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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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I care because I've owned 3000 shares of the stock since 1998. The math tells you why I care. It's made me a rich man.
Too true. I'm still v happy with my iPhone 4, and don't feel the need to rush out and get the 5.
My contract is up, and the only new features that appeal to me are the better camera, and being able to have 64gb memory. An iPhone 4S would handle that. Unfortunately Apple have just stopped selling them.
Thanks for the heads up. Didn't realize this was an "alternative" forum, linked to it from the main MR news page.
I'll leave you to your "alternatives", never use them myself unless pressed.
Android users on a MR site. Smacks of desperation.
Porsche has a tag line: There is no subsitute.
See ya
I agree with you however these facts are wrong, Android has had social network integration way earlier than Apple have.
Samsung are offering something similar to Airplay however I can't confirm the usefulness of it and whether it is on par with Airplay.
Also the most recent reports have said that Android and Apple have more or less an even amount of apps available on their respective stores. Although some iPhone apps tend to be better I do remember reading that about half of apps available on the iPhone are never downloaded even once and simply get buried. Quality of the respective stores is very subjective however so app store preferences is really just personal opinion.
Samsung makes fun of the fanboy in their ads OR secretly WISHED they had that constant experience?!
Yeah, Samsung is jealousssss because they wish they had that Fanboy problem!
Don't think for one second Samsung wouldn't give their **insert your favorite body part here** to be able to show pictures of people lining up days before their Galaxy S2 launch, S3 launch, S4... etc.
Don't think for one second Samsung wouldn't give their **insert your favorite body part here** to be able to see on news reports of third party apps that are developed for your iPhone or Android device? When actually the apps are made to run on iOS and Android OS. So to define it as iPhone and Android device is a simplistic way of saying iPhone and "everybody else"!
Don't think for one second Samsung wouldn't give their **insert your favorite body part here** to have their precious Galaxy S3 image to be associated with smartphone every time the news media or commercial businesses need to pull an image to represent smart phones!
Sure Samsung needs to target "undecideds" with their poke at Apple fanboyism ads. Samsung doesn't want to see those lines for the iPhone to grow even longer!
Or to put it succinctly from a MDN story...
“Samsung’s biggest problem isn’t that its phone doesn’t have some fine rational attributes. It’s that the brand hasn’t captured hearts,” Matyszczyk writes. “There are no lists nor self-help books that can tell you how to do that. That does, sometimes, take a little genius.”
Read more at http://macdailynews.com/2012/09/16/...-in-major-u-s-newspapers/#t2bZZQIyx3o0tjlG.99
iPhone 5 for me!
iPhone 5 - 4.0 inch with 1136x640 resolution vs S3 - 4.8 inch with 1280x720 resolution... if u do it in math, obviously iPhone 5 has much clearer screen.... so
iPhone 5 ftw!
iPhone 5 - 4.0 inch with 1136x640 resolution vs S3 - 4.8 inch with 1280x720 resolution... if u do it in math, obviously iPhone 5 has much clearer screen.... so
iPhone 5 ftw! 
So people just HAVE to post here because it's linked?
Fair enough, but using stock value in an argument with average consumers is stupid. Why would your average user care?
Thanks for the heads up. Didn't realize this was an "alternative" forum, linked to it from the main MR news page.
I'll leave you to your "alternatives", never use them myself unless pressed.
Android users on a MR site. Smacks of desperation.
Porsche has a tag line: There is no subsitute.
See ya
I wondered why this thread was so popular
I am an iPad user as well as well as an Android user. Just because someone is an Android user doesn't mean they don't use Apple products (or vice versa).
Spouting a list of specs is a bit juvenile. Who buys from looking and comparing specs these days? You test drive, find if the features benefit you or not and make a purchasing decision from there. People always ask why I stick with Apple despite products that they sell have "inferior" specs than the competition. I simply state the benefits that Apple provide me far outweigh those of it's competitors.
I mean I look at the ad and go wow a list and it shows Samsung's is longer? So I purchase the phone... what I fail to realize I no longer can use Keynote Remote, AirPlay, iCloud, and Wi-Fi sync with iTunes on my mac (features of the iPhone I personally use aside from phone, messages, safari and mail).
I mean I look at the ad and go wow a list and it shows Samsung's is longer? So I purchase the phone... what I fail to realize I no longer can use Keynote Remote, AirPlay, iCloud, and Wi-Fi sync with iTunes on my mac (features of the iPhone I personally use aside from phone, messages, safari and mail).
In reality of course this existed long before on ios an android. Apple copied just as much
Not at all but of copurse if apple brought out the same it would be 'magic'
Saves a touch or two, isnt tha innovation ?
Yes always very easy push several buttons at once
Lol. This thread is getting people so worked up over an ad. I think some of you have the cra-cra
I'm guessing some don't pay attention to what the forum is. I usually don't when commenting on articles on the main page. Plus since this topic does involve an iPhone comparison what exactly are Apple fans invading?
Ad that Sells for Ignorants. Samsung Knows that.
Usability only mirrors quality or the lack of it.
Usability only mirrors quality or the lack of it.
It's kinda sad
I think this just makes Samsung look pretty desperate, the same as when they launched those commercials against Apple with the customers waiting in line for the next iPhone (If that even was Samsung, I forget, sorry).
The fact that a company has to hide behind technical specifications that really don't even convince me that the Smasung Galaxy is "better", I find cheap. The reason I picked the new iPhone is that I feel Samsung has not character. It's empty. They list iOS6 as a simple spec, which when it's unpacked really is so much more and has so much more life than anything the Galaxy has to offer.
Totally respect anyone who uses Android, I had one and it was a great phone. The galaxy is an impressive phone, but I think it tries too hard.
I think this just makes Samsung look pretty desperate, the same as when they launched those commercials against Apple with the customers waiting in line for the next iPhone (If that even was Samsung, I forget, sorry).
The fact that a company has to hide behind technical specifications that really don't even convince me that the Smasung Galaxy is "better", I find cheap. The reason I picked the new iPhone is that I feel Samsung has not character. It's empty. They list iOS6 as a simple spec, which when it's unpacked really is so much more and has so much more life than anything the Galaxy has to offer.
Totally respect anyone who uses Android, I had one and it was a great phone. The galaxy is an impressive phone, but I think it tries too hard.
I agree completely. I don't get it. Maybe Samsung pays them to come here. It is the only answer that makes any sense. Otherwise why would they care?Why does an Apple fan site even have a sub forum for (mostly) non-Apple fans? Aren't there Android sites where y'all can get off on the latest Samsung gadget?
Smart alert isn't massively useful since you can just see the notifications on screen. The auto calling one is probably the only one which might be nice to see on an iPhone, but then unless it works very well, it will be more annoying than anything else. Swipe to capture screenshots also means you can't use the same swipe in apps, so the Apple way is better.
Someone on BI commented "why even bother with a connector at all with wireless charging & connectivity"...
Seems kind of obvious as not everyone has Bluetooth connectivity in their cars and how would you charge your phone in the car on those long drives using GPS apps that do drain down the battery? I don't recall seeing any "wireless charging" features being built into cars just yet...
Seems kind of obvious as not everyone has Bluetooth connectivity in their cars and how would you charge your phone in the car on those long drives using GPS apps that do drain down the battery? I don't recall seeing any "wireless charging" features being built into cars just yet...