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Apple Expanding Marketing Efforts with New Ad Agencies to Battle Samsung Threat
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Translation: innovation to me = big screens and more ram oh and do the one thing apple will never do and open their OS Like android.
Compare that rubbish ad in the article to some old Apple ads.
Apple use to have so much charisma, but now they just come off as another soulless company.
Apple use to have so much charisma, but now they just come off as another soulless company.
From all the recent posts here it looks more like Apple is starting to panic.... I smell a bad financial report coming on the 22nd.
Or maybe you need to stop taking pretty remarkable pieces of technology for granted. That goes for any modern smartphone, not just the iPhone.
They can still do it, when they're not the super serious "whats your verse" kind. iPad Air ad is the most recent example, had a lot of that old-school Apple charisma with the twist at the end, at least in my opinion. The problem is, Apples agency has taken a more serious approach lately.
Having some fresh minds might help bring back some of that charisma. Or maybe not, we'll see.
We're talking about Samsung so obviously innovation is not the problem. Here is the problem:
So they are attacking that problem head on.
I really hope not.....those type of ads turn me off to products. One of the reasons I'm not a Samsung fan.
Apple needs to go back to the iPod days as someone mentioned. They just need to do a better job of showcasing the product. Focus on your own products not others.
I'll be disappointing if Apple stoops to attacking other people's devices.
i still get very excited with every new iPhone i get, you must not appreciate how much effort it took to make it work and look how it does.
I find it odd that an article talking about Apple combating the "Samsung threat" is just NOW coming out when I believe Samsung has already peaked as a threat....
The GS3 > GS4 was the time to combat the threat. At this point, Samsung is in decline (preparing for their second straight profit drop) and the smartphone industry is stagnating somewhat.
The growth phase is almost at an end. New product markets will need to emerge for innovation. While there's still plenty Apple can do with the iPhone, I don't feel like they need to "combat" any threat. They still hold the top selling smartphone line of all time and continue to have the best selling device quarter after quarter.
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Me too - I love opening up those new boxes....
Can September get here any faster?
The GS3 > GS4 was the time to combat the threat. At this point, Samsung is in decline (preparing for their second straight profit drop) and the smartphone industry is stagnating somewhat.
The growth phase is almost at an end. New product markets will need to emerge for innovation. While there's still plenty Apple can do with the iPhone, I don't feel like they need to "combat" any threat. They still hold the top selling smartphone line of all time and continue to have the best selling device quarter after quarter.
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Me too - I love opening up those new boxes....
Can September get here any faster?
I would think instead of offering competing ads or cheaper iPhones, Apple could stay within their ecosystem by just offering a credit towards App Store with each phone purchase. Perfect way to enhance the user exp. when buying the phone and help support the paid app devs.
I'm sure it has been thought of but wonder why they don't pull the trigger.
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I'm sure it has been thought of but wonder why they don't pull the trigger.
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Apps that I like: New favorite Game: Cosmic Cat! by Cactus Brand | https://appsto.re/us/5nROX.i
Must Have: iCube Solver by Andrew McCulloch | https://appsto.re/us/rn9CV.i
Bingo - I'm not going to be SCUBA diving with my iPad anytime soon....or fixing a wind turbine for that matter.
At least Apple's ads aren't a desperate attempt at making Apple products look better by trying to make the competition look worse. It makes me laugh and sad when others don't have anything significantly positive to show, and have to resort to belittling others.
Use a Samsung phone for a week then tell me if iPhones aren't magical
iPhones are not magical
Hi godslabrat. I'm 69Mustang. I have Samsung products (they weren't cheaper either. I wish.) I also have Apple products (equally not cheap). Got other stuff from other companies too.
I fall into category C) I buy what I like.
Now you know (figuratively) someone not in A or B.
Software is impossible to release bug free from operating systems to games they all come with bugs. As for parts missing ive got no idea what the heck your talking about there.