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New Samsung Galaxy S4 Ad Pokes Fun at iPhone
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To sum up your post... "I WILL NOT USE THESE FEATURES SO THEY ARE WORTHLESS GIMMICKS"
This tread is wearing a bit thin now... [pun intended].
Anyway to be clear, the PC v MAC campaign does not need to relate to a specific product to make it's point regarding the hypocrisy being cried about in this thread.
When Apple focused on PC v MAC, it is clear to anybody who understands this type of advertising, that they were in fact focusing mainly on Windows PC's and so (at least) in part, Microsoft.
In fact the very same campaign also ran Ad's mocking Vista, so if you want to get all pernickety, last I checked Vista was a Microsoft product.
So yes, a product was named
You know I would be quick to say that this is a very ignorant comment, and to a great extent it is because these are also popular amongst geeks too, but sheesh the amount of trailer trash, hood rats, thugs, wanna be ghetto ballers I see with my very eyes with these exact phones, their has to be some level of truth to this. Don't get me wrong I see some these folks with iphones too, but I see them mostly with android for sure. I suppose Iphones are losing its cool factor in the hood..
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Just wow.No other reply to your post. Sorry.
So you're knocking a built in feature of a phone as useless but want to assert that having to buy/wear additional clothing is a better option.
oooooooo kkkkkkkkkk
Nobody ever places their phone on the table in front of them. Not during meetings. Not during meals. Never once have I ever seen anybody ever do that.
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Yup to me absolutely, but hey If you like'em have at it and have fun. To each his own.
How so?
How is implying the iPhone is a 'Dad phone' different from implying that if you use a PC, you look and act like John Hodgmans 'Anal Dad' Character rather than the 'cool young and hip' Justin Long's character?
How is that not mocking the user directly? Otherwise why use and assert the very personable image of 'successful-hip-guy' over the 'nerdy-nice-but-a-loser' stereotype?
Samsung merely try to do exactly the same here.
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It doesn't even work as a sanding block! It is way too curvy!
For a good sanding block, the iPhone works better, because it is so squared off!
iPhone FTW!! AGAIN!!!!
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Because it's not like you can finish applying your sunscreen/lotion, dry your hand on a towel and check or answer the text message. NO, instant generation, need that now with my still-wet hand OF COURSE.
You could say the same about people using siri to do some of the crap it can do when it's faster/easier to do otherwise.
I still don't get the beaming thing. Holding your Galaxy back to back with another Galaxy. Isn't it easier to send a file via email or mms? From what I've heard, it's not just touch the phones back to back and poof it's done. Depending on the file size it could take a while. It may be more convenient for both the sender and recipient to send the files in a traditional way.
The gestures are cool and the commercial did a good job of illustrating when you'd use them, while eating, with wet hands and as others have pointed out, with gloves on.
They kinda skipped past (maybe in the fine print) that you need certain samsung tvs to control them from your phone. Apple TV does that too and I can control my computer from my iPhone.
The pictures of the dive into the pool were cool. I'd like to see how that works in real life. I'm sure you need perfect lighting conditions for that too work well.
Great innovation by Samsung / android and I like it when the bar is raised. Apple will respond and then the dance continues with each trying to out do the other. It's a win-win for consumers.
The gestures are cool and the commercial did a good job of illustrating when you'd use them, while eating, with wet hands and as others have pointed out, with gloves on.
They kinda skipped past (maybe in the fine print) that you need certain samsung tvs to control them from your phone. Apple TV does that too and I can control my computer from my iPhone.
The pictures of the dive into the pool were cool. I'd like to see how that works in real life. I'm sure you need perfect lighting conditions for that too work well.
Great innovation by Samsung / android and I like it when the bar is raised. Apple will respond and then the dance continues with each trying to out do the other. It's a win-win for consumers.
I know plenty of already mentioned this to you, but it's just silly and biased so say such a thing. Apple has made fun of Microsoft with their ads all the time. And now Samsung does it, and they have no class? So by that standard you must admit that Apple themselves have no class. Do you admit to that?
Give me a break!
Face it, what this ad says its true.
As someone pointed out in an earlier post, Apple was making fun of the PC itself and the software... not the people who use it. Samsung is portraying the user (such as myself) as an ignorant follower who cannot make a rational decision.
It is fairly instantaneous with S-Beam vs Android Beam. Android Beam uses BT which is slow but S-Beam creates an ad-hoc wifi direct connection between two galaxy devices and can transfers at a high speed. Pictures, Small videos, apps and websites are pretty much instant and the phone doesn't have to stay back to back in order to continue the transfer for larger files.
Also the G4 has an IR blaster, so it should theoretically control any tv much like a Universal Remote already does. As long as you have the IR code for the specific TV.
I personally do not care much for the air gestures. I can see their use in very special occasions but it is not a "must have" that some people are making it out to be.
Doesn't iPhoto do this over Bluetooth? No need to touch phones. It's not a free app, but it's a pretty good app that does plenty.
That campaign showed the shortcomings of the PC vs. the Mac. It didn't make fun of the people who use a PC.
Ignorant follower? You mean like a lemming?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-SJQdREDKM
Apple would never do that.
This fanboi defense of Apple is getting pathetic. Face it, everyone does it, including Apple who practically invented it.
Spot on. Ironic that tech companies produce products to make life more "enjoyable", etc, yet we're so busy capturing life (or arguing how best to capture it) that we're not living in the moment and losing out on the most important aspect in our lives. Perhaps it's time we stepped back from our devices and rejoined the world.
Did you not watch??
Do you people even watch the video before commenting? The point was that you could use the waive / gestures to control some things if your fingers are messy. Once the guy answered a call while his fingers were all saucy from those ribs. Once the girl used her finger hovered over the screen when she had been putting sunscreen on and would have therefor had greasy hands. No one is saying these gestures are to replace touching the screen. They are just another useful method of doing certain things under certain conditions. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Android fan. I have nearly exclusively Apple products in my house. But look at what is actually going on before you put down a feature or product.
Do you people even watch the video before commenting? The point was that you could use the waive / gestures to control some things if your fingers are messy. Once the guy answered a call while his fingers were all saucy from those ribs. Once the girl used her finger hovered over the screen when she had been putting sunscreen on and would have therefor had greasy hands. No one is saying these gestures are to replace touching the screen. They are just another useful method of doing certain things under certain conditions. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Android fan. I have nearly exclusively Apple products in my house. But look at what is actually going on before you put down a feature or product.
So you seemed to care enough to make a pithy comment to someone for whom you did not care about the comment they made. Right, got it.
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Overheat gate starts:
http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/05...overheating-rumors-spreading-on-social-media/
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/4646...y-s4-heats-up-quickly-iphone.htm#.UYcp9ZXd78s
http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-g...ed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RedmondPie+(Redmond+Pie)
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-y...616?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/05...overheating-rumors-spreading-on-social-media/
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/4646...y-s4-heats-up-quickly-iphone.htm#.UYcp9ZXd78s
http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-g...ed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RedmondPie+(Redmond+Pie)
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-y...616?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter