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

[Tower-Union]

Nvm

 

[notabadname]

It looks like an over-inflated resumé. There are legit items on that list. But extending the list with software features that have iPhone equivalents in most cases, but implying the iPhone has no way to achieve those functions is lame, and really discredits the add. Smarter consumers simply find such marketing ploys humorous.

 

[newyorksole]

 

[k995]

Haha, "A totally different plug."

Do you know how stupid that makes a tech company sound...why not say "Lighting Plug"? Oh ya, because that actually sounds badass lol

Badass? Sure

 

[Ochyandkaren]

You mean this LG Prada? It's so much like the iPhone! LG and Prada should sue Apple!

I did not even clicked on that link.


When did apple started working on the iPhone?
All those prototypes ARE out the in the wild.


Any original work like the first iPhone take years to make ( unless you copy it like Samsung ), to make right that is. Dragging that argument makes you look like a troll.

 

[k995]

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.

My point was actually that every single thing apple can do you can have simular argments, what is great for one is useless for another.

Just buy the phone you like

 

[mulletman13]

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?

I'm pretty sure they are talking about using it with their 'Extended Battery' that they offer separately. Somewhat misleading.

 

[corinhorn]

It's called an ad people, calm down. If you start defending Apple, this ad did what it was supposed to, to piss off Apple fans.

I somewhat agree, but I think it is more likely that the ad was meant to piss on Apple. But really, like you said, it's just an ad, meant to promote a product that people don't really need. Every company tries to have better market performance than competitors, and they use ads to help. There is nothing wrong with it.

 

[JB413]

Samsung: "We can't come up with anything original... Just steal and complain about the competition"

 

[rei101]

Who was the genious behind the Android?

Oh... Steve Jobs original ideas?

 

[Ochyandkaren]

It looks like an over-inflated resumé. There are legit items on that list. But extending the list with software features that have iPhone equivalents in most cases, but implying the iPhone has no way to achieve those functions is lame, and really discredits the add. Smarter consumers simply find such marketing ploys humorous.

Lame but efficient for the Windows PC minded people, just read most tech reviews on the BBC and The Guardian site.

I expect no less from a company that copies blatantly like Samsung.
Do not forget that crooks DO know their victims very well, at least the most successful crooks.

 

[matttye]

Samsung: "We can't come up with anything original... Just steal and complain about the competition"

Lawl.

 

[JForestZ34]

Shake to update? Seriously?

And I bet if apple had this you'd be praising it all day long saying how a great feature it was...

I'll say it again. Get which ever phone you like if it works for you. I would rather have a plastic phone so when I dropped it, it didn't shatter. THe iphone looks good but if you drop it and it lands on a corner it's done for.



James

 

[hwrdrrk]

3.95 oz. weight sold me. Thanks Samsung for advertising for Apple

 

[Lark.Landon]

More like

Apple: Sues over anything

Yeah, because Apple has sued *so* many people right?

 

[KPOM]

Samsung’s trial with Apple may be ongoing in the US, but the company has scored an early success in its home market of South Korea, where a court has ruled that Apple infringed on two of the company’s patents, The Wall Street Journal reports

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/08...th-korea-court-rules-apple-infringed-patents/

Of course for an american it didnt happen if its outside of the US?

No, we knew about that. The same court also ruled that Samsung violated one of Apple's patents.

I take it from your comment that non-Americans find it fashionable to be anti-American.

 

[CubusX]

I would have...

I've been an Apple fanboy since the first iPhone came out in 2007. Yes, I was late to the party. If I were Samsung, I would be targeting Verizon and Sprint customers more directly instead of every single iPhone user as a whole. iPhone lovers will not change their preference unless certain features are not available on the device (while being available on others), period.

The lack of talk and surf at the same time on the iPhone 5 is making me question getting it. I'm still on the iPhone 4 and that is the one feature I miss (I was an AT&T customer). I switched to Verizon from AT&T after dropping 18 calls in one week. I was really looking forward to this feature and it's still not available on the Verizon iPhone. Yes, it is mainly a CDMA issue but is it is also due to the design of the iPhone. Apple went against allowing certain features on the device for design purposes. Yes, the iPhone is a great device but Apple stopped innovating long ago (my opinion). Basic functions that are or have been on Android devices for years are now making their way to iOS, slowly.

Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone allows Verizon and Sprint users to talk and surf the web at the same time unlike the iPhone 5. That is the feature Samsung should be selling to its potential Verizon and Sprint customers.

Samsung needs to stop focusing on the entire smartphone user market as a whole and find the appropriate niche.

 

[Ochyandkaren]

I somewhat agree, but I think it is more likely that the ad was meant to piss on Apple. But really, like you said, it's just an ad, meant to promote a product that people don't really need. Every company tries to have better market performance than competitors, and they use ads to help. There is nothing wrong with it.

To mislead is NOT wrong?
A poor person doing that i can forgive, NOT a HUGE corporation.


Why would that ad piss Apple?
For most than a decade Apple has been attacked with ads like that! Mainly by other HUGE company - Microsoft.
Not knew at all.

 

[iTalk]

Black iPhone 5 vs White S3?

 

[Ryth]

They are not targeting iPhone fanboys. They are targeting regular people who are undecided what to get. That's why they make fun of the fanboy in their ads too.

Um...no.

Do you REALLY THINK that regular people even know what 3/4 of the stuff in that ad even means?

Samsung lists a ton of stuff that is their software without comparing Apple's iOS/applications to those. Those last things aren't even important or better then Apple's equivalent.

Can't wait to see Apple's response. Hopefully, it something to the effect of. iPhone 5: XX million sold in 1 hr. Galaxy SX: XX thousand sold in 1 month. Do the math.

 

[Ochyandkaren]

And I bet if apple had this you'd be praising it all day long saying how a great feature it was...

I'll say it again. Get which ever phone you like if it works for you. I would rather have a plastic phone so when I dropped it, it didn't shatter. THe iphone looks good but if you drop it and it lands on a corner it's done for.



James

Aluminium is better for the environment, unless you care NOT for your descendants.
You certainly understood that that is not a relevant feature to throw at Apple.

 

[Ryth]

To mislead is NOT wrong?
A poor person doing that i can forgive, NOT a HUGE corporation.


Why would that ad piss Apple?
For most than a decade Apple has been attacked with ads like that! Mainly by other HUGE company - Microsoft.
Not knew at all.

Yah...tech/spec ads don't matter when your device are engineered to be superior with hardware and software integration. Anytime I see a company quote specs to the average consumer, it means their product is usually inferior.

 

[musser]

Sam—Last Song—Sung

I've about had it with Samsung. They're pathetic. And, because of this, I'm swearing off ALL Samsung products. Their overly expensive fridge I've recently bought, btw, constantly ices up and, generally, is poorly designed on the interior. So, no more Samsung for me. They can continue to cry like babies and see where it gets them.

 

[Krazy Bill]

Apple fanatiscism is really embarrassing sometimes. Keep waving those pom-poms for the iPhone monopoly. Let's give the most powerful corporation on the planet even more power.

Yeah, that always works for us consumers in the end.

 

[ani4ani]

Whilst true, it's a null argument IMO. iPhones get a minimum of two years of decent upgrades. A 3GS, whilst a painful experience for nerds like me and probably you, is still a passably decent phone that is reasonably comparable to modern phones and can probably run (not necessarily that well) lots of apps on the App Store.

Please show me an Android phone from 2009 that can do the same! (Don't factor in via custom roms, we're talking Joe Schmoe here).

I must stress, I'm largely neutral, own a Galaxy Note but would generally prefer iOS. However, I honestly feel in this area, regular upgrades, there is zero argument to be had, iPhones trounce android phones.

You're exactly like me, I have a Note, but generally prefer IOS! To be honest, I am only on the thread to discuss the advert in reality. I don't follow most of arguments that the list is meaningless, i.e. most of the Top 10 Apple mentioned in their own keynote, so clearly important enough for them to highlight. So the remainder is somewhat "pointless", but were there to keep the advert at the forefront of the discussion - certainly succeeded on that score. Most features are "pointless" or "no use" if you have no access to them...rather like the truth is often what people choose to believe, rather than actually the truth. No axe to grind with you; your points on android fragmentation are largely accurate.