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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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Yes... I'm sure a die hard Apple fanboy from this site actually bought a non-Apple product.
Not just the software, the entire user experience. Hence why Android remains light years behind Apple and iOS.
iPhone 5 has both though, the A6 is a beast and with iOS 6 will put Android on catch-up mode for the next year.
News flash children, the iPhone was not the first of its kind. I sold rectangles with rounded corners before the iPhone came out. Some of Samsung phones did look like the iPhone, but not all. Anyone that would mistake a gs3 for an iPhone is a dumb donkey. Same goes for the s2.
The s3 is how apple SHOULD have made the iPhone 5 look.
If Samsung had made a metal back plate, it would have been just as nice as iPhone build quality.
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Please explain what is light years ahead about iOS?
The s3 is how apple SHOULD have made the iPhone 5 look.
If Samsung had made a metal back plate, it would have been just as nice as iPhone build quality.----------
Please explain what is light years ahead about iOS?
Actually, brands are like opinions (and *******s): everyone's got one and they all do the same thing. Some you just like better than others.
Number of applications?
Customer satisfaction ratings?
Profits of Apple?
Profits of iOS developers?
Numbers of phones shipped and kept by their purchasers vs. numbers stuffed in the channel?
Numbers of phones that are actually used as smartphones (i.e. app purchases, web browser traffic, etc)
That's just a few....
In fact Galaxy SIII customers get 50GB of free Dropbox space. How much of the free iCloud space did the iPhone customers get?
Good list for a prospective investor, but what about a customer who doesnt give two shiz about Apples profits or sales?
What about iOS is light years ahead of Android?
This reminds me Apple vs Microsoft commercial, Apple is the inferior product here.
They can call it magical all they want BUT sales of S3 prove something very different, people sell their iPhones to buy S3, I'll be one of them
come say that on September 21st
Give a regular Joe (non techie) both units, say an iPhone 4S and a Samsung S III. The regular Joe will immediately know how to operate the 4S (ok, except Obama apparently LMAO) while he/she will spend some frustrating time trying to figure out the Samsung device (despite the nearly 1-for-1 copies of most everything Apple has!)
At the end of the day, you have to realize that specs don't matter. It doesn't matter that [insert Android flavor of the weak here--pun intended] has 4GB of RAM and 8 processing cores. No one really cares. It's the fit and finish, the polish, the overall UI and user experience that matters. Apple has always known that and it's been the key to iPhone's amazing success in the face of hundreds of competing devices over the last 5 years.
I'm not aiming to convince a fAndroid, but you guys really need to get out a bit more.
iPhone 5 pre-orders total more than every single S III sold thus far. Any bets?
Why? Apple is its competitor. Is this not similar to the PC and Mac ads? I agree Apple did it in a better way, but that's because Apple has always been good with ads. The intent behind both ads are the same though.
What's funny to me is Apple fans' reactions. I mean just read the thread. It's as if they thought Samsung was personally insulting them.
He clearly said no phone OPERATED or LOOKED like the iPhone. Furthermore, even if you don't agree with that claim and think that the LG Prada did operate like an iPhone (which it wasn't even close) and that the overall design is similar enough - there are internal apple documents of the iPhone prototype "purple" dating back to 2005 - which looked EXACTLY like the iPhone 4 now. Way before the LG Prada.
I don't get why people try to debunk Apple as an innovator. Is every thing they create 100% original? No, of course not - certainly they are one of the most innovative tech companies.
If you want to read more about early iPhone designs - look here:
http://www.slashgear.com/2005-iphone-purple-design-revealed-to-squash-samsungs-copy-claims-30240770/
Give a regular Joe (non techie) both units, say an iPhone 4S and a Samsung S III. The regular Joe will immediately know how to operate the 4S (ok, except Obama apparently LMAO) while he/she will spend some frustrating time trying to figure out the Samsung device (despite the nearly 1-for-1 copies of most everything Apple has!)
At the end of the day, you have to realize that specs don't matter. It doesn't matter that [insert Android flavor of the weak here--pun intended] has 4GB of RAM and 8 processing cores. No one really cares. It's the fit and finish, the polish, the overall UI and user experience that matters. Apple has always known that and it's been the key to iPhone's amazing success in the face of hundreds of competing devices over the last 5 years.
I'm not aiming to convince a fAndroid, but you guys really need to get out a bit more.
You are wrong.. as soon as you load an ics/jb phone you are greeted with a nice guided tour of everything.
Please dont think for a second iOS is easier to use than Android.. they both have learning curves to a complete new user.
I will def second this. I have a friend that just went from android to ios. She said she can't figure out how to use her iPhone.
There is a learning curve on every new phone or operating system you get.
James
The 1950s called. Joe McCarthy wants you back making blacklists for him.
Here's the deal: with popularity comes diversity by virtue of sheer numbers.
iOS devices aren't owned by just Apple fans. On the contrary, there are no doubt far more iOS iPhone/iPod/iPad owners around the world who do NOT use Macs or have any old loyalty to Apple, than those who do.
The more that iOS devices sell, the more this is true.
No forum in its right mind would cut off its nose to spite its face, by leaving out the majority of iOS users, especially just because they don't always use Mac or iOS browsers to read the posts. Heck, I have tons of iOS devices, but my favorite browsing while laying down is still on a 7" tablet, which of course is only available in Android flavors right now.
It dosen't take genius too see that Shamsunk is boned after seeing those specs for the iPhone 5. They'll be the next Nokia.
And yet even Android users can't even figure out how to use so-called innovative features? One guy even said he mastered how to do screen capture. It just doesn't work.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/583029-motion-mute-phone-issue.html
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/583029-motion-mute-phone-issue.html
They are the biggest smart phone maker in the world, bigger than Apple.
And the iPhone managed to score as high as the S3, because it can't even multi task.