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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
- Thread starter Bilalo
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1: It looks very much like an iPhone, a little more chrome I'll admit
2: It still looks like an iPhone aside from a few more buttons
3: the UI works pretty similar to iOS, other than multi touch ( which apple didn't invent nor implement first ), the UI is pretty close
4: Its about the same size and shape as the first iPhone.
Whats so different about it? They both work and look pretty similar other than Multi Touch, which apple did not develop, or invent. Its been around snice the 80s, and Microsoft put it into the tablet in the early 2000s.
After 2000 lots of PDAs did had that look and feel. My iPaq 1940 had also icons on the screen. Wasn't a phone though, but some more upmarket iPaqs had GSM functions. Apple made PDAs more phone like.
Samsung thinks their audience is really that tuned into specs? What a sad, sad attempt at differentiation. I actually feel sorry for Samsung's marketing team.
Nice job at cherry picking one use case!
Not cherry picking. If Samsung listed these as features and they don't work what's the point? Useless!!!!
Like Siri? Oh wait since its "beta" its all good, right?
Apple would never advertise a feature that doesbt work as intended
Oh ***** iPhone doesn't have smart alarm how will I every live without a smart alarm. Are you Fu#ken serious Samsung!
Maybe you should have checked with these guys first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHknjlMGXFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdRBc97KeeM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVm1qyUuXI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7JTuITgjU0
Over 1k replies, this just shows the ad is working haha.
God bless.
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Well the iPhone is for uneducated people after all.
God bless.
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Well the iPhone is for uneducated people after all.
That Samsung list is not long enough.
IP5 missing ALL of following:
HARDWARE
- bigger 4.8in + AMOLED screen
- storage upto 96GB (32Gb + 64Gb external)
- removable battery
- better 2MP front camera + more functional camera app
- USB To Go (direct connect to portable drive, keyboard, game controller, usb-hub etc)
- unrestricted Bluetooth
- Wifi-Direct
- DLNA / Allshare / AllCast
- NFC - direct share/beam, automate phone tasks with TecTiles/tags, NFC payment
- HDMI out (video and UI)
- standard USB-port (no need for proprietary and expensive adapters/cables)
PHONE
- One touch dial/sms (via desktop shortcuts) + Speed dial with phone keypad
- Picture contact/log (incl. grid view) and unlimited call log
- contact sync/integration with fb,tw,skype,g+ etc
- 3G-standard video call
- Motion: Flip to silent, Pick-to-call, Touch for missed call/sms, Tilt to zoom, double-tap to scroll
- multi-purpose LED indicator
- Smart Stay (keep screen on via face detection)
- Built-in call-blocker (to keep away unwanted calls)
- Unrestricted internal storage access via USB (or other connectivity methods)
- File-system
- Full email attachment support
UI
- various desktop launcher UI to cater to any taste
- Widgets (one-glance for essential info)
- Live Wallpaper (aesthetic)
- Lock Screen direct launch
- Quick Toggles in Notification
- Full Multi-Tasking
- Back button for easier back navigation (+ reduces screen space wastage)
- Replaceable keyboard (swype/T9/variants etc)
- Non-centralized settings
- Various media format support (avi, divx, mkv etc) - no need for tedious itunes conversion
- Popup-Play
- Web-broswer text reflow (+Flash support)
- UI Font Type/Size selection
APPS (not possible for IOS due to limitations/restrictions)
- Side-loading of apps + browser-based app installation
- Better Google-based services/apps
- Free 50GB drop-box storage
- Plug-and-Play (seamlessly replace built-in apps with 3rd party)
- Intents (manually choose which installed app to launch based on content-type)
- Automation-type apps e.g.
o automaticly switch phone settings (vol, bt, wifi etc) based on events/states/gps/nfc
o phone call recording
o NFC tasks (tectiles) - e.g. tap to call/sms directly (or change phone settings)
o schedule auto send sms/email based on events (birthday, meeting reminders etc)
o auto check-in, auto upload photos/info
o etc etc
IP5 missing ALL of following:
HARDWARE
- bigger 4.8in + AMOLED screen
- storage upto 96GB (32Gb + 64Gb external)
- removable battery
- better 2MP front camera + more functional camera app
- USB To Go (direct connect to portable drive, keyboard, game controller, usb-hub etc)
- unrestricted Bluetooth
- Wifi-Direct
- DLNA / Allshare / AllCast
- NFC - direct share/beam, automate phone tasks with TecTiles/tags, NFC payment
- HDMI out (video and UI)
- standard USB-port (no need for proprietary and expensive adapters/cables)
PHONE
- One touch dial/sms (via desktop shortcuts) + Speed dial with phone keypad
- Picture contact/log (incl. grid view) and unlimited call log
- contact sync/integration with fb,tw,skype,g+ etc
- 3G-standard video call
- Motion: Flip to silent, Pick-to-call, Touch for missed call/sms, Tilt to zoom, double-tap to scroll
- multi-purpose LED indicator
- Smart Stay (keep screen on via face detection)
- Built-in call-blocker (to keep away unwanted calls)
- Unrestricted internal storage access via USB (or other connectivity methods)
- File-system
- Full email attachment support
UI
- various desktop launcher UI to cater to any taste
- Widgets (one-glance for essential info)
- Live Wallpaper (aesthetic)
- Lock Screen direct launch
- Quick Toggles in Notification
- Full Multi-Tasking
- Back button for easier back navigation (+ reduces screen space wastage)
- Replaceable keyboard (swype/T9/variants etc)
- Non-centralized settings
- Various media format support (avi, divx, mkv etc) - no need for tedious itunes conversion
- Popup-Play
- Web-broswer text reflow (+Flash support)
- UI Font Type/Size selection
APPS (not possible for IOS due to limitations/restrictions)
- Side-loading of apps + browser-based app installation
- Better Google-based services/apps
- Free 50GB drop-box storage
- Plug-and-Play (seamlessly replace built-in apps with 3rd party)
- Intents (manually choose which installed app to launch based on content-type)
- Automation-type apps e.g.
o automaticly switch phone settings (vol, bt, wifi etc) based on events/states/gps/nfc
o phone call recording
o NFC tasks (tectiles) - e.g. tap to call/sms directly (or change phone settings)
o schedule auto send sms/email based on events (birthday, meeting reminders etc)
o auto check-in, auto upload photos/info
o etc etc
A baby that age can learn to navigate an iPhone or Android with practice. .
My 10 month old swipes from screen to screen on my S3 and ipad.
They disserviced (I know not a real word) themselves. The jury has already proven they had no idea what they were doing. Judge found they ignored crucial evidence and made hasty decisions which then led to a decrease in the fine. They have made Samsung's appeal infinitely easier by opening their mouths post trial.
lol the shame that Apple thru their range of products has kept the same plug for most devices.
iPod? Ipad? iphone? I use the same adapter.
I own many samsung devices and never noticed it, but I have personally about 10 different cords lol.. primarily cellphones
Funny I have 1 apple cord that works for my ipod, iphone, ipad..
So Shame on Samsung to throw that in an ad lol
Oh so only iPhone fans are "fanboys"? Please....
And yeah go back to some of the tech sites after the S3 was announced. Even Samsung "fanboys" we're disappointed with the look ans feel of the device. It might be the best phone spec wise but certainly isn't in the looks department. Unless of course you love cheap looking glossy plastic.
Too bad you wouldnt mention that only applies in USA where Apple got awarded patents they never should have. Anywhere else in the world, apples been laughed out of court.
28 page application that apple filed for the slide to unlock patent? you really think this is something to boast about?
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No, of course not. They're just the ones have been played the best by some bearded guy as if he was big brother only to protect an inferior product by the powers of persuasion....
Wait a minute... I think Jobs was onto something...
so the point of this ad was to generate hits on Apple fan sites?
I'm still curious how many will choose an S3 over an iPhone based on this ad. I'm assuming at the end of the day what Samsung wants are sales. If all they get are page hits on tech sites (with arguments between "fanboys") that don't translate into sales how effective was it?----------
hmm...I love my iPhone and it does everything I need it to do. Does that make it an inferior product? If it really was wouldn't people be leaving in droves to the better product(s). Are tens of millions of people around the world all ignorant sheep?
No Android Fanboys are FanDroids
But seriously, why does there have to be fanboys from either side. It's just childish.
Face it Apple is getting lazy now and this same design with the iPhone supports it. They called a "redesign" when all they did was make it taller. It's a stale design now. Boring! Yea they updated the specs and changed some minor things to the outside, but comon it's the pretty the same thing. Johny Ive has been slacking off if you ask me. I feel like with Steve at the cockpit, Apple is going to loosing it's touch now. We shall see I suppose. Hopefully I'm wrong because I really like Apple and want them to make great products.
And Samsungs ads attacking iPhone users are truly pathetic. Way to insult your target audience. Stupid. Yea Apple made the "I'm a Mac/ I'm a PC ads" but those attacked the product, NOT the customer. Big difference.
I don't get this logic.
i4 comes out and everyone loses their minds because it's possibly the best designed phone anyone's ever built.
So a couple years later they stick with the design so they can evolve it slightly and now it's crap?
I like the i4. I like that they stuck with the core of its design for the i5. I like that they didn't try to desperately out-design themselves by sticking every bit of plastic and chrome they had lying around the workshop together.
But perhaps that's just me.