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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)

azerila said:
After they have done with copying, and failure in court ....,
now they are testing another way of cheating and fraud ,
samsunG is never ever comparable with Apple ,cause there is a long time
they've been busy with making Washing machines , refrigerators (the device that Galaxy S3 inspired by) , vacuum cleaners and this kinda stuff,. ...
just imagine what samsung would be if Google kept Android for itself , and didn't give it to other companies, without Android All of them (samsung,HTC, and..) have nothing to say, exactly like Nokia.
There is much more to say about Apple and its competitors(rest of the world)
but Apple fans know that Apple is different.
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Thinks like middle eastern protestors much?

Seriously, don't take an ad personally. Most ads twist the truth. You'll have heart failure from all the "Well I never!" if you react like that to all ads. Which I doubt you do. So why do you think you react as such to this one?
 
linkgx1 said:
Apparently not enough considering Samsunng has still sold more phones than Apple worldwide and Android is gaining marketshare
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cool what is the market share please explain the little pie that you look at and thinks those numbers are correct.... It's called marketing..... Just like every network says the same thing on all their adds the largest network in the nation bla bla bla.....
but the fact is everywhere you go you see people with iphone and a few with androids but when you ask do you like android they say it's ok ...... you ask the same question to an iphone customer different response... it's great...... also as a developer for multiple games and apps ask the same questions to app developer, which is much better to code for and they all say the same thing iphone is much better..... It just works
 
Samsung is going all out in hitting Apple iPhone 5. It's kind of sad to see the iPhone 5 but Samsung is very bias about it.

Apple manage to upgrade every single of their hardware yet keep it small and light but taller.

I won't call that innovation of new design but still it's quite something.
 
Pointless waste of money on Samsung's part. People don't choose iPhone over Galaxy III due to specs. People choose iPhone for the UX.

This will just serve to roil up the rabid Android fanboys and confuse regular customers. Just shows how little Samsung understands the customers they are trying to attract.
 
cotak said:
Thinks like middle eastern protestors much?

Seriously, don't take an ad personally. Most ads twist the truth. You'll have heart failure from all the "Well I never!" if you react like that to all ads. Which I doubt you do. So why do you think you react as such to this one?
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it's not your business
 
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Guys, while I was doing my own mockup of their ad, I went on their website and noticed something...

Samsung can't even provide the right talk time on their ad. 11.4hrs is pure fiction. Nowhere it's written 11.4hrs. We have 8hrs (AT&T), 8hrs (T-Mo) 9hrs (Sprint) and 17hrs (Verizon). I thought they put the average number and that number is 10.5hrs, not 11.4hrs.

So, where the hell did they got that?
 
foodle said:
People choose iPhone for the UX.
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This might have been true some years ago, but not anymore.

North Americans are brand obsessed and will stop at nothing to show their connection to a logo as if to add meaning to their character. Why do you think people flock to starbucks when theres a superior privately owned coffee shop down the street?

Do you really think those numbers indicate that people chose iphones purely for their UX?
 
Ironically we all know that internally Samsung refers to the difference as that of heaven an earth, where iPhone is heaven. They should have been more honest about their true feelings in the ad. :D
 
Let's be honest, the only reason the iPhone even sells is because of iTunes. It doesn't sell for the use of syncing between it and a Mac computer since the vast majority of people in the US own PCs. It doesn't sell for the screen size or the specs because there are larger phones out there with better specs. The only reason it sells is because too many people think itunes is the only way to get multimedia to their phones and they are heavily invested in it. The iPod got everyone tied into iTunes and the iPhone just followed right along. If it weren't for people being so attached to iTunes, iPhone with the small screen and inferior specs wouldn't even be in the top 5 selling smartphones.
 
Rafagon said:
You are so scared of Apple and it shows so well!
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Apple is scared of Samsung. Everyone is afraid and should always be afraid of their competitors or else they'll end up like Microsoft, upsetting people who are forced to use terrible products made by a successful company.
 
wikus said:
Yeah but after the warranty is up, youre screwed. It reminds me of Sony Minidisc recorders; they were easily the best portable players until proper mp3 players came out from the likes of Cowon/iAudio. Sound quality was great, battery life was awesome, it was digital, could record from any source, discs were small and far more durable than regular CDs due to the shell and the gumstick batteries lasted a long time and were priced very well.

The problem?

Planned obsolescence. Just like iDevices.

A lot of those minidisc recorders crapped out just after the warranty. And just like the Sony MD, iPods and all of their other devices usually start to crap out after about a year, the battery just doesnt hold up. Typically the batteries last about 300-400 charges before battery life starts going downhill. With normal usage, charging once a day gets close to the 400 charge cycle after about a year.... after that..... like I said, your screwed.

That reason alone has made me look at portable apple devices in disgust as I've experienced this bull***t from them first hand. Its left a bitter taste that I will never forget. (on top of the battery going bad, the hard drive in my iPod failed too). It was the worst experience I've ever had.
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Dude, you sound so bitter because your iPod battery crapped out on you. Had it really been 10 months in, it would have been covered under warranty. Were you rude and full of inflammatory words when you brought it in for service? Even if Apple wouldn't replace it, you could get the credit card company to (most cards like American Express give you 1 year of extended warranty on most purchases).

When the warranty runs out on a product, you're out of luck. That's with any company.

While we're on the subject of out of warranty service, I can tell you that I've brought my wife's MacBook in for service after the warranty expired. I was patient and polite with the store workers and when they couldn't help me, I asked for a manager.

Even though it was out of warranty, I ended up getting it serviced free of charge--they overnighted it to the repair center and then had it back 2 days later.

Just this past Tuesday, my sister's son accidentally dropped her iPad 3, which was cracked to the point of being harmful for a child to use. She called Apple and told them about it. After speaking which a manager, he offered to replace it free of charge. It was sent in on Wednesday; the replacement came back on Friday.

I don't know of any other company that treats their customers this well, do you?

Based on the tone of most of your posts, you seem like a difficult and argumentative person. Perhaps you could have gotten your iPod replaced had you carried yourself with a better attitude, just saying.
 
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