I think that the "turn over to mute," etc. that Samsung is touting is sort of just a list of gimmicks. I guess it's cool to say that you have, but all of those features really have limited usefulness. I guess Apple could cram 500 pony trick features into the iPhone, but I think that they sort of just stick to what's actually useful every day.
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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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It seems effective for people who like to compare specs, but they would have done that anyway. Not as effective for people who have an emotional attachment to a brand, so don't really care about specs.
This reminds me of Microsoft's anti-Mac advertising. "The Mac mouse works differently, and Macs don't have Microsoft Windows Snap."
Even funnier: "Thinking about getting a non-Mac just for Internet Explorer." I think we can all agree that IE is trash. Also, what if you get a Linux PC? That's a non-Mac that can't run IE. Macs can actually run IE natively, but it's IE 5 or something.
Even funnier: "Thinking about getting a non-Mac just for Internet Explorer." I think we can all agree that IE is trash. Also, what if you get a Linux PC? That's a non-Mac that can't run IE. Macs can actually run IE natively, but it's IE 5 or something.
Cult of Mac, where else would you go for an unbiased Android review?
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Also, that article is comparing a Galaxy Y (low end phone) to an iPhone (high end phone). Completely inappropriate.
If by "emotional attachment" you mean "better OS", then sure. I doubt many people care about phone specs in the least bit since you're just using it for web browsing and some small apps.
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I did buy a Sammy tv a few months back
Given this tho, yeah I think they are getting pretty crappy.
If they cannot let their phone sell on its own merits - i think they just made it a target for an injunction....
Would be funny now if apple gets one!
Given this tho, yeah I think they are getting pretty crappy.
If they cannot let their phone sell on its own merits - i think they just made it a target for an injunction....
Would be funny now if apple gets one!
Exactly what they were aiming for
They didn't expect all of the die hard iOS fans to buy GS3s
No doubt about that - this campaign is a huge success even before anyone has actually seen it in print. They most likely banked on it going viral when they made it - and now it is 'everywhere'. Great move
The ad doesn't lie, but it just leaves out a lot of key features of iOS. It's like those Hyundai ads that say that the Genesis has the same kind of paint as a $100K Mercedes (and the same exact front design, which they don't mention in words).
New Samsung TVs are good, but my cousins have older ones from 2007. Those are terrible TVs.
get shush from the play store. when you volume down to silent you get a timer for how long to keep it silent. nice free app for avid movie goers.doesn't help you in a movie theater - unless you flip yourself to mute the phone
Steal them? Or provide other options? There is nothing wrong with a person who doesn't want an iPhone.
While I think the Mac vs PCM ads were great and did make PCM come off as worse than Mac, jobs said himself that Mac was really the bad guy in those ads an Pc was just a victim. In other words those ads were meant to make apple look good but not to make PCM look bad. This on the other hand is just pathetic. And all it really does is point out samsungs weakness, and the gimmicks and bloat ware Samsung jams in a device that you could get an app for on iOS if you really wanted to have similar functionality. And to top it off, the s3 isn't really a very good phone, it has a lot of problems to say the least.
Edit: wherever it says PCM, it's supposed to say pc. Thanks autocorrect
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After reading all of this thread, i can safely say that Samsungs advertising campaign was a 100% success.
<cough>Apple<cough>E-Book<cough>price-fixing.<cough>Department of Justice.
Keep Apple high and mighty. Let them continue to choke off and tie up supplier channels. Yep, good for everybody (especially us lowly consumers).
You guys crack me up.