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See Samsung's Sunday newspaper ad about the iPhone 5. Whats your thoughts? (merged)
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And half of the "features" that Samsung listed in their ad aren't as gimmicky as Flyover?
Yeah - I'm not condoning Samsung's ad in its' current form. They're really stretching for things to put in their list. The gestures they've listed aren't very useful IMO.
Another thing though, the Galaxy S3's FaceTime equivalent is probably Google Talk.. that supports video chat and is installed on Android by default
Yes iPhone has a 1.2 ghz quad core with rogue GPU (rumor but looks to be right - suppose to be really good) and 1GB of RAM.
Please accept my apology, I didn't realise that NFC would ask for the password. However I've tried Barclay contactless debit card - that won't even ask for the PIN number
that's why I assume NFC would do the same things for quicker payment.Once again thanks for pointing out!
It's what any company would do after losing a major PR event. It's SoP.
And half of the "features" that Samsung listed in their ad aren't as gimmicky as Flyover?
You're a fool. To even think that Apple didn't have millions of iPhones in stock already really shows how incompetent you are. It's clear you're too ignorant to even realize the facts.
Wait ONE MONTH. Lets see how many iPhone 5s are sold and how many S3s are sold - total. You're fooling yourself if you walk around with blinders on thinking the iPhone is just a joke and not a massive powerhouse in the smartphone industry.
The iPhone has OUTSOLD every phone ON THIS PLANET. That is a fact. Don't believe me? Look up the numbers. Not one phone has even come close to outselling ONE model of the iPhone.
Also, just to comment on the ad:
1. The Android operating system is sluggish and buggy. It is also not compatible with older phones (even six month old phones). iOS is smoother, has less bugs and has way more fun/useful apps.
2. NFC is a joke. I have not seen one person use this. I wouldn't use it. Who the heck doesn't carry around cash or a credit card while shopping? And, with all the hacks and bugs on Android there is NO WAY I'd keep my credit card info on a phone.
3. The S3 is a nice concept but the phone is too big. A friend of mine has one, I hate holding it. I don't have gorilla hands and he can't even use it with one hand. You must use two. Not everyone wants a five inch holder or a five inch bulge in their pocket.
It doesn't take a genius to see that iOS and Apple products are better than cheap pieces of plastic with buggy/slow software
Please accept my apology, I didn't realise that NFC would ask for the password. However I've tried Barclay contactless debit card - that won't even ask for the PIN number
Once again thanks for pointing out!
NFC-enabled phones are more secure than contactless debit cards because you can passcode-protect the apps that make payments.
It's the phone that will ask for a PIN/password rather than the NFC terminal, but apparently NFC terminals do occasionally ask for a PIN too, so you might even have to input two passcodes sometimes.
Presumably your phone itself will have some kind of lock on it too, so they'd have to get through the phone lock, through the app lock and maybe even through the PIN request by the NFC terminal.
It's like fort knox
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Somebody forgot to tell my phone that it should be buggy. Either that or it's being disobedient.
Honestly the removable storage and possibly NFC (for the few people it's useful for) are the only things Samsung has. Those other features are for the most part useless gimmicks added to the phone just for the sake of having them.
Also Siri is far superior to S-Voice
Also Siri is far superior to S-Voice
The original image listed all of the comparable features next to each other.. yours just seems random.
This has already been debunked as fake a while ago. The 20 million "orders" were actually orders by carriers planned for a long period of time in the future. For example, they counted as sold if AT&T "ordered" 5 million GS3s for the next 6 months.
Those are not actual sales, and not orders made by customers either.
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The original image listed all of the comparable features next to each other.. yours just seems random.
I listed all comparable hardware features just like Samsung did, then mentioned lots of software features for one while ignoring most of the competitor's software features, again just like Samsung did.
I'll agree that my image is biased, its point was to show how biased Samsung's one was in the first place. I just reversed bias.
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I was personally convinced to buy an iPhone 5 but the "Palm Touch Mute Pause" feature just made me cancel my preorder.
Galaxy S III here I come!
Palm Swipe Capture? They had the nerve to list that incredible cheesy and useless feature? And S Voice is complete dog poo.
This isn't really surprising though. Samsung has been doing this stuff for awhile now. And hey, I'm sure this is somewhat effective towards the easily swayed/trendy crowd. It's tacky IMO, but I would be pulling out all the stops if I was an iPhone competitor, too.
This isn't really surprising though. Samsung has been doing this stuff for awhile now. And hey, I'm sure this is somewhat effective towards the easily swayed/trendy crowd. It's tacky IMO, but I would be pulling out all the stops if I was an iPhone competitor, too.
A lot of butt-hurt fan kiddies today. Who gives a shlt about the add. It's just an add that forces people to see the facts. Nothing more, nothing less. So stop crying like Sammy just took your lunch money. Enjoy your new longPhone and don't worry about what any other person or Corporation thinks about your fruity little out dated phone. Seriously, just enjoy it. You feelin' me?
I listed all comparable hardware features just like Samsung did, then mentioned lots of software features for one while ignoring most of the competitor's software features, again just like Samsung did.
I'll agree that my image is biased, its point was to show how biased Samsung's one was in the first place. I just reversed bias.
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I was personally convinced to buy an iPhone 5 but the "Palm Touch Mute Pause" feature just made me cancel my preorder.
Galaxy S III here I come!
No. Samsung deliberately listed a bunch of features that Apple had no competing features for. You listed a bunch of features that Samsung/Android does have competing features for, but failed to list them.
Your way is even more shady than Samsung's!
Galaxy S3 has lost mode (Samsung Dive) in all versions of the software and Do Not Disturb (Blocking Mode) in the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update
Google Talk has video chat which is a FaceTime competitor.
Um no, Samsung didn't. They didn't list the way we could mute the iPhone, pinch to zoom, capture a picture quickly, scoll up to update and so on.
I could also have liste stuff on the GS3's side like S-Beam and S-Cloud but honestly nobody uses those compared to their Apple equivalent.
There's also the fact that mine is a joke whereas Samsung's is an actual ad that made the newspapers. Don't take this too seriously, I'm not insulting Samsung users, I'm just pointing out Samsung's bias with more bias of my own.
NFC-enabled phones are more secure than contactless debit cards because you can passcode-protect the apps that make payments.
It's the phone that will ask for a PIN/password rather than the NFC terminal, but apparently NFC terminals do occasionally ask for a PIN too, so you might even have to input two passcodes sometimes.
Presumably your phone itself will have some kind of lock on it too, so they'd have to get through the phone lock, through the app lock and maybe even through the PIN request by the NFC terminal.
It's like fort knox
It's good to know that NFC is more secure then contactless debit cards,however I can't believe how come Barclays accepted contactless debit cards which can be expose much higher risk!
I saw this example from YouTube about NFC payment
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q87oIVIYbCM
Uh, you are forgetting this is an ad to try to sell Samsung's phone, of course it is biased and going to use tricks like that. That's what ads do!
Anyways, in the end I think the ad will do what they wanted it to do, get people who were unaware there were other phones out there besides the iPhone to maybe get curious and check out that phone. It may not be accurate but that's not its job, its job is to get attention and to get people to consider their phone.
And it definitely got attention, for example we have four pages now discussing this ad. And I bet it will get some people curious enough to check out the Samsung phone. You have to remember, we are not its target audience at all (in fact why would they target people who already have their minds pretty set?).
