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

[saberahul]

I wish Apple would release an ad comparing sales numbers. Like in 1 week we sold more phones than you did in a year.

Very well said.

 

[mackinmike]

The ad is true tho. The ip5 is nothing special. The next big thing is already here... The s3

By the way I have an ip5 pre ordered but I'm not a fanboi too afraid to state the ip5 is just catching up. Sigh...

 

[Shadyriley]

Love how they don't mention iCloud or anything yet add all the rip off stuff in a big list while bundling all the apple features into "ios6"

Actually I think it's lame that apple uses ios6 and iCloud to advertise for the iPhone 5 when you can get that on the 4, 4S, and the 3GS

 

[spacebetween]

It doesn't have to be accurate, it just has to convince people that it is or might be better.

And that about sums up Romney's entire campaign strategy, ha.

 

[matttye]

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.

They wouldn't list pinch to zoom as an iPhone feature when the S3 has it too.

 

[Wuiffi]

I think it's ironic that they even dare bringing up Android 4.0, when 4.1 Jelly Bean was released in June ....

That alone shows how much Android devices suck

 

[Oppressed]

Fixed.

 

[tigress666]

And that about sums up Romney's entire campaign strategy, ha.

Sadly I think it sums up politics in general. No one cares anymore about actually doing what is good for the country, it's all about making sure you make yourself look good and the opposition look bad. So don't actually be honest about something cause you know large amounts of people won't like it (such as actually coming out and say the drug war doesn't work and just is making things worse... no politician that actually wants to win vs. wants to do good will admit that cause that's a career killer).

But, we're digressing here .

 

[oplix]

samsung should add Dirt **** cheap quality to their long list of amenities.

 

[DanteMann]

Very nice projecting brah.

But are ya feelin' me brah? Hey brah? You feelin' me? brah?

 

[AFDoc]

I'm gay... what is gay about this? Gay people definitely aren't cheap or any more or less like Samsung.

Get a damn brain.

I support the cause but come one, gay has many outwardly not offensive ways it can be used. Homosexuals don't own the word. My sister uses the word gay to describe many things and she is herself a homosexual so lighten up Francis.

 

[BlueKhufu]

I know not all will agree, this is how i feel about the subject. Samsung needs to be careful with these type of ad campaigns. Remember the "I'm a Mac" campaign? Nearly every one of those ads felt as if Apple was mocking me through my use of Windows. It didn't bother me in a huge way that affected me personally, but the cumulative effect on me was I loathed Apple and never would have bought a Mac. In fact, they annoyed me enough that when the first iPhone came out I truly hoped it would fail miserably and sink the company. It wasn't until I saw some of the jailbreak community's work that I got a little bit interested (hey, it wasn't Apple that made it good, it was the jb people). I tried one out at Best Buy and a few weeks later I ended up getting one and I haven't looked back. I'm a fan of the iphone and I have a LOT more respect for what apple has done and even what they tried to do earlier in their existence. That being said though, I still don't own a Mac. The current Samsung ads - and the ones last year in particular - have turned me completely against a company I never thought twice about before. They aren't insulting a product I like, they are flat out attempting to insult me. I'm sure their flagship is a wonderful product, I'm sure under different circumstances I could have owned one and would have gotten used to it and been a fan (provided it was as integrated into my life as the iPhones, iPads, and AppleTVs have become), but I will never buy a phone from them, just as I am still turned off by Macs all these years later and will likely never buy one. If the only way to advertise a product is to mock those that don't use it, you have a problem beyond specs. Apple's current campaigns are nice, they show everyday uses for the products without coming off as arrogant braggarts (my opinion). I not only respect that, I sincerely appreciate it in this age of dirty campaign ads and anonymous internet vitriol.

 

[phantomsd]

The current Samsung ads - and the ones last year in particular - have turned me completely against a company I never thought twice about before.

Seems like they're at it again... I'm assuming this new commercial will air sometime around iDay/iPhone 5 launch...

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/11/3314119/samsung-anti-apple-commercial-photos

Oh, Samsung...

 

[Oppressed]

On the topic of "I'm a Mac" vs Samsung ads both relatively have the same messages, but one is playful and the other is vindictive. Remember it isn't what you say but how you say it.

 

[Geckotek]

It's all true though.

Not exactly, it's misleading. Specifically leaving out features on one side and adding on the other. I haven't checked, but I'm guessing a good portion of the features Samsung listed are available as apps on the iPhone.

Oh, and it makes a critical mistake of comparing processor and memory on systems running 2 different OSs. The S3 running on 1GB ram is laggy. Apples Oranges.

 

[lilo777]

I know not all will agree, this is how i feel about the subject. Samsung needs to be careful with these type of ad campaigns. Remember the "I'm a Mac" campaign? Nearly every one of those ads felt as if Apple was mocking me through my use of Windows. It didn't bother me in a huge way that affected me personally, but the cumulative effect on me was I loathed Apple and never would have bought a Mac. In fact, they annoyed me enough that when the first iPhone came out I truly hoped it would fail miserably and sink the company. It wasn't until I saw some of the jailbreak community's work that I got a little bit interested (hey, it wasn't Apple that made it good, it was the jb people). I tried one out at Best Buy and a few weeks later I ended up getting one and I haven't looked back. I'm a fan of the iphone and I have a LOT more respect for what apple has done and even what they tried to do earlier in their existence. That being said though, I still don't own a Mac. The current Samsung ads - and the ones last year in particular - have turned me completely against a company I never thought twice about before. They aren't insulting a product I like, they are flat out attempting to insult me. I'm sure their flagship is a wonderful product, I'm sure under different circumstances I could have owned one and would have gotten used to it and been a fan (provided it was as integrated into my life as the iPhones, iPads, and AppleTVs have become), but I will never buy a phone from them, just as I am still turned off by Macs all these years later and will likely never buy one. If the only way to advertise a product is to mock those that don't use it, you have a problem beyond specs. Apple's current campaigns are nice, they show everyday uses for the products without coming off as arrogant braggarts (my opinion). I not only respect that, I sincerely appreciate it in this age of dirty campaign ads and anonymous internet vitriol.

I agree with your observation about "I'm a Mac" ads but Samsung's add is very different. In those adds, Apple used "fat" and "stupid" guy who impersonated PC. That was offensive. And those ads were very light on substance and very heavy on insult. This Samsung ad just lists the facts. They are all correct. They may have skipped some relevant iPhone specs but such is the nature of all comparative advertising.

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Not exactly, it's misleading. Specifically leaving out features on one side and adding on the other. I haven't checked, but I'm guessing a good portion of the features Samsung listed are available as apps on the iPhone.

Oh, and it makes a critical mistake of comparing processor and memory on systems running 2 different OSs. The S3 running on 1GB ram is laggy. Apples Oranges.

In US, S3 is running on 2GB of RAM and it is not laggy. Not a single review said it was laggy. All of them said it was the fastest phone on the market (especially the quad core version).

 

[Geckotek]

Interesting that the Samsung ad claims the iPhone 5 has 1GB of ram.

I noticed that as well. Wonder if they know or if it's conjecture?

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In US, S3 is running on 2GB of RAM and it is not laggy. Not a single review said it was laggy. All of them said it was the fastest phone on the market (especially the quad core version).

Correct, they had an opportunity to fix it. Point being, processor and memory specs are not correctly compared 1:1 when comparing an iOS device to an Android device.

 

[jca24]

If you want a cheap plastic toy like phone with a donkeyed up os, get a samsung. If you want the best built, best user experience, best supported phone, get an iPhone.

 

[spacebetween]

I noticed that as well. Wonder if they know or if it's conjecture?

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Correct, they had an opportunity to fix it. Point being, processor and memory specs are not correctly compared 1:1 when comparing an iOS device to an Android device.

It's correct. There's an article on it on the front page of MR.

 

[soya]

 

[BlueKhufu]

I agree with your observation about "I'm a Mac" ads but Samsung's add is very different. In those adds, Apple used "fat" and "stupid" guy who impersonated PC. That was offensive. And those ads were very light on substance and very heavy on insult. This Samsung ad just lists the facts. They are all correct. They may have skipped some relevant iPhone specs but such is the nature of all comparative advertising.

I apologize for not being more specific. The ads I'm referring to in my "be careful" warning were last years mockery of apple fans and the upcoming 2012 campaign featuring the same. The specific ad posted everywhere today I don't find offensive.

 

[irDigital0l]

Well...better stop using my iPhone and cancel iPhone 5 preorder because iPhone doesn't have 'shake to update'.



LOL

 

[Sedrick]

It's all true though.

I think it's a pretty damn good add, actually, too.

 

[Timzer]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! This add is doing exactly what it's supposed to, getting the blind followers all riled up and getting everyone else talking. When it comes to ads, the ones that get people talking are the most successful ones of all. Looking forward to the new Sammy ads and commercials. Sammy vs Apple is the new Mac Vs Pc of this generation. But in this round it's manufacturers instead of OS'. And I use the word manufacturer very loosely in Apple's case.

 

[iphonefan74]

Now that Apple has taken most their business elsewhere for the new iPhone build and the fact that they just sued Samsung for a billion dollars plus the fact that they are the 2 top dogs in the mobile phone industry, expect a war.