Most of the stuff Samsung is advertising of their devices, the iPhone doesn't even have.
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So Samsung Copies the iPhone Yet Again
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Most of the stuff Samsung is advertising of their devices, the iPhone doesn't even have.
it may seem like Sammy is challenging the Rose Gold this time around (and they may very well be), but as far as the Note series go, they've always had a pink version (as far as I recall) which didn't always release at launch. they've been known to release different variants later, and often times dependent on market and even carrier - Active versions, pink versions, N4 edge version, N4 LTE-A version. it's especially true because of the way the many Android models aren't as universal as iPhones are.
Dude, calm down! You're gonna have a heart attack! They're my biased opinions as I've already admitted, so yeah, can't help them.
Well the Note 5 isn't a bad smartphone. The camera in particular is (besides for ultra low lighting conditions) a lot better than the one in the iPhone 6s.
Problem is, it still runs Android.
And if you're not fond of Google's data mining and the generally bad update policy of Android devices, you better avoid those.
If Samsung would start improving Tizen and put it in their flagships, I probably would consider it as alternative.
Problem is, it still runs Android.
And if you're not fond of Google's data mining and the generally bad update policy of Android devices, you better avoid those.
If Samsung would start improving Tizen and put it in their flagships, I probably would consider it as alternative.
^^ OP, you should try harder with the troll bait. The second reply already schooled you here, son. No company has patents with color options.
There's been a history of Samsung trying to mock iPhones. When Samsung used to have removable batteries, sd card slots, the headphone jack moving to the bottom on the 5. You know, things Samsung basically mimicked later with the s6.
Samsung is so in your face when it comes to comparing to iPhone that when they adopt a feature or whatever after a successful iPhone launch, it looks like following. It's not really about following a color, it's viewed as riding the coat tails of the company you always bash in commercials.
The iPhone basically comes out once a year, at about the same time lately, mid-late September. You see Samsung release what like 6-7 models, push the note 5 release up before the iPhone launch, and now they're releasing a pink gold version less than 2 months after the rose gold iPhone. Now they're trying to push the s7 into January. It looks desperate.
What's so ironic is that history is showing it's actually helping apple with free advertising.
Such futility for such an insignificance.
All designers, all artists, all writers, all creators seek and find inspiration in existing natural and man made things. All take, analyse, dissect and reinterpret others creations. They all copy and are inspired to remake in their own image.
Such asinine bickering simply because of some unrequited brand allegiance is just moribund.
Customers are the beneficiaries here. Those determined to get a Note 5 at some point are unlikely to have been persuaded by a Pink iPhone and vice versa. But it does give those customers a new colour choice and that's it. No drama. No end of the world scenarios. No need to perpetuate more juvenile bickering on forums over such absolute insignificance.
If your troubled truly by this, i would gladly trade places with you - if the only stress factors affecting your life are the colour of a feckin phone or point scoring in some endless twilight zone-esque episode.
End of.
All designers, all artists, all writers, all creators seek and find inspiration in existing natural and man made things. All take, analyse, dissect and reinterpret others creations. They all copy and are inspired to remake in their own image.
Such asinine bickering simply because of some unrequited brand allegiance is just moribund.
Customers are the beneficiaries here. Those determined to get a Note 5 at some point are unlikely to have been persuaded by a Pink iPhone and vice versa. But it does give those customers a new colour choice and that's it. No drama. No end of the world scenarios. No need to perpetuate more juvenile bickering on forums over such absolute insignificance.
If your troubled truly by this, i would gladly trade places with you - if the only stress factors affecting your life are the colour of a feckin phone or point scoring in some endless twilight zone-esque episode.
End of.
^^ OP, you should try harder with the troll bait. The second reply already schooled you here, son. No company has patents with color options.
I'm confused why no one else has realized he's just trolling.
Fair enough you win this round LOL. From what it sounds like Samsung maybe didn't advertise the pink until the rose gold iPhone came out because I never saw it before. That said I don't work at T-Mobile so I'm sure I haven't see a lot of stuff.
You didn't see them because they were not advertised in US. Just like gold color, they sold them long before Iphones but only in Asia.
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To be fair, some people (myself included) are actually bothered by things like this, just like I'm bothered when Apple releases products that are not at their full potential (or "half-baked" as many would say, perfect examples being the iPhone 6 with 1GB of RAM or the iPad mini 3 in general). That's just the way some of us are: we like to give companies a hard time with the decisions they make because we want the best products they can possibly produce and we also like to give them a hard time when they take inspiration from other places. That's part of human nature. How do the smarter kids feel when other kids copy their test answers? I doubt they feel flattered, just like I doubt Apple felt flattered when all of their competitors' smartphones became multi-touch or Samsung when they saw all of their competitors' smartphones started having larger screens.
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Soooooo has anyone reported it as trolling?
You do realize Samsung released pink phones before Apple did right? Just look a few posts above this one for visual proof. So who copied who?
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No one here has or is saying that. We are responding to a bogus claim that Samsung copied Apple by releasing a pink phone. When in fact Samsung has had pink phone models since at least 2007.
Moderators can we close this thread now?
It's beyond me how the Mods haven't closed or cleaned up this thread but yet they closed a thread titled "Show off your new device."
yeah the only intent of this thread was to enflame others. I have seen moderation for a lot less. I even asked for it to be closed for what it is....yet nothing
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