If I were Samsung, I would capitalize on Apple's failings in a heartbeat, even if my product had the same issues in the past. All about public perception
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Samsung Targets Apple Maps with New Promotional Display in Australia
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Free? No. Pirated? Maybe. Made up "facts"? Absolutely.
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/specifications.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navigon.navigator_checkout_aus
I wish Apple tried this hard with their Maps, operating systems, and pretty much everything else they do.
The do seem to make fun of the customers. That said, I'm sure Samsung would love to have crowds for the Galaxy SIV launch even half as long as those in their ads that mock Apple line waiters.
and apple making fun of Bill Gates in their apple computer ads weren't?
talk about hypocritical
Revenue from advertising. Google doesn't get a penny from their Samsung, HTC, Motorola, etc for using android...it is all about ad space and not having maps on iOS is lost money to them.
oh silly John.B
how about you go to the Australian site? (you know where this ad is being run)
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/mobile-phone/mobile-phone/smartphone/GT-I9300RWOOPS-features
then click the Features tab and scroll down to the Navigon section?
oops samsung was too early to post their stupid ad - http://allthingsd.com/20121212/guess-who-else-has-map-app-issues-down-under/
On the contrary.... this isn't being creative, this promo is a no brainer.
Just proves they don't have original creative thoughts.
Funny. Did an Aussie dump you some time ago and break your heart?!
Switzerland is next to Austria, not Australia. Austria, the one without Kangaroos
Very smart. There is blood in the water and they are attacking. Apple pulled the same crass marketing tactics on Windows.
Apple had a HUGE multi-year head start. And in 5 years, Forstall and company let iOS idle and now Apple is losing the market it created. Despite what the fangirls say, iOS was not perfection that just needed yearly polishing. It needed to take it's lead and break the competitors backs with updates that others could not catch up with.
Samsung, try showing us ads that tell us what your products do, not what your competitors products do not.
So after they copy the whole apple style.
They now are going to copy apple's old commercials?!
Can they do anything for them selfs?
(ps : people that say that they did not copy apple in product style, Really ? you blind or something)
After the commercial of samsung where they INSULT customers, i have 0 % respect for them anymore. + there TV's are ****.
I have to use a Samsung galaxy for work and boy am i glad when my day is over and go back to my iphone.
They now are going to copy apple's old commercials?!
Can they do anything for them selfs?
(ps : people that say that they did not copy apple in product style, Really ? you blind or something)
After the commercial of samsung where they INSULT customers, i have 0 % respect for them anymore. + there TV's are ****.
I have to use a Samsung galaxy for work and boy am i glad when my day is over and go back to my iphone.
Switzerland is next to Austria, not Australia. Austria, the one without Kangaroos
?????
You realise 'Aussie' is a colloquialism of an Australian person?
Why would they post this? Like I said before, people take this way too seriously and don't realize Samsung is a business.
Funny. Did an Aussie dump you some time ago and break your heart?!
BRLawyer is correct, Australian domestic policy is based on being a good little supplier for China. So I think is an accurate description to call Australia a mining colony.
Look, even the DJs can cause international embarrassment with self-serving pranks, and the people there love it. Then they proceed to drive into the middle of nowhere and almost get killed. Really. Is a funny place down there.
Well it's also true that Samsung builds missiles that kill people. And despite it being true, you don't see Apple running bloody war torn advertisements that state the truth, that if you buy a Samsung phone, you are funding a company that builds weapons to kill women and children.