I don't even understand the temporal mechanics that Apple didn't invent. Or did they invent those too?
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I don't even understand the temporal mechanics that Apple didn't invent. Or did they invent those too?
I have seen some Apple 'stands' in stores with other computers/tablets where only the Apple ones could access the WiFi and was told by one that Apple had paid for the WiFi which kinda gives them an advantage when you try and test the others only to get a 'no signal' warning.
Came here to comment with nearly the same thing. This is just getting too over the top. The pantomime is now at an absolutely absurd level.
The difference though is that I use to work for a phone manufacturer back in the early 90s. I've also been in Marketing and PR for over 20 years. I know you have to take my word for my qualifications - but I think having reviewed similar documents and also my experience in the industry gives me a perspective that I (maybe incorrectly) am assuming you and several others probably don't. I know we do have a lot of techies on this board. But based on your post history and what you've written in the past, I'm going to go with the gut feeling that my experience might offer me better insight.
Not at all meant to sound condescending. Sincerely.
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And if Apple move into any area that Samsung have been operating in for over decades (say, televisions for example ...) I guess people will be slating them for copying too eh?
I don't get the analogy. "Moving into an area" is something entirely different than blatant copying. When Apple moved into the phone or tablet area, they didn't copy an existing product. However, when Samsung moved into the "real" smartphone or tablet areas, they started off by simply copying existing products.
To be fair, they have moved on from copying by now. Still, they remain very focused on what a certain company with a fruit in its name is doing. Otherwise the sudden massive PR activity about TV user interfaces around the end of 2011 (following equally massive iTV rumors) and the current sudden flurry about smart watches (following iWatch rumors) can't be really explained.
Why a Samsung store of all brands?? Just make a Gateway store while you're at it.
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Samsung could have gone out of business without Apple to follow/copy for mobile devices, but I doubt it. They make all kinds of products that Apple doesn't even touch. Their TVs are nice.
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Samsung could have gone out of business without Apple to follow/copy for mobile devices, but I doubt it. They make all kinds of products that Apple doesn't even touch. Their TVs are nice.
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Has the store within a store even been that successful for Apple in Best Buy. I don't know about the Best Buy stores around each of you, but I never really ever see anyone looking at the Apple products in the stores here in AZ. Same thing holds true for Apple products in Walmart or even Costco back when they at least sold some idevices. The Apple stores are obviously just the opposite, as they are everywhere. They're slammed anytime during business hours.
Just seems like if the Apple store within a store is a ghost house that the Samsung version of that would be a waste of floor real estate. Perhaps it will work for them since there aren't dedicated Samsung stores?
Just seems like if the Apple store within a store is a ghost house that the Samsung version of that would be a waste of floor real estate. Perhaps it will work for them since there aren't dedicated Samsung stores?
Yeah, saying that Samsung copied Apple's store idea is dumb unless it has details that match Apple (not saying that there will be, but we don't know yet).
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Or just saying that he prefers not to buy from Samsung because of inferior support. It's valid justification.
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What did they copy, the idea of a store???
They could be following... but it's a generic thing to have a store.
If it ends up looking like the Apple stores or having a strikingly familiar layout and strategy, then you can say something about it.
This has been my observation at the Best Buys in my area. There is never an Apple specialist in the Apple section like there was a few years ago and it doesn't seem like the Macs generate much attention. There is more activity with the iPads. Some Best Buys here have a separate display with the iPads-they are in the tablet section.
Good lord people. It's not like the store in a store concept was first utilised by Apple. Coca-Cola have the honour there, just in supermarkets not retail stores. Same concept though.
How so?
Samsung manufacture their own display panel, RAM, chips in house.
Samsung even makes their own air conditioner.
And lastly, Samsung provides jobs for American and built their very own facility in New Austin.
Apple Campus provides job for what? 1000 people? Try again.
OTOH...
Apple assemble their hardware in China. Yep, Apple asks Foxconn to glue a LG/Samsung display together with Elpida/Hynix RAM, TSMC and Broadcomm chips, along with shiny aluminum case.
Apple manufacture hardware? Hmm ... I must've been living in a cave for decades now, or are you?
I recently bought a new Samsung TV, and the Best Buy stores essentially had Samsung SWAS in the big screen TV section.
Now, after the guy lists the features of the iPhone 5 you just asked about, you can ask "How is it different than this GS4 right over there?"
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I've never heard the word Samsung anywhere else
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I've never heard the word Samsung anywhere else
Ok, if you want to get technical they bundle and support everything they sell, no one else does that.
By an HP and have issues with Windows, they tell you to call Microsoft, call MS and they tell you to call HP, seems that others do not offer the all in one support that Apple does, but they do design their own gear, maybe components from other MFG's are used, If Apple uses Samsung screens, they do not tell you to see Samsung or call them if you have problems, that is what makes Apple and all in one provider, one of the best in the business.
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Ok, go thru all your technical details, and I am sure Samsung does America well right, but if you have a problem with a Samsung Computer you will not get the same sort of support you get from Apple, and maybe their mfg facilities are in China, but they have a lot to offer in the way of jobs, taxes etc in the US. You honestly do not believe Samsung is more American and supports the US more than Apple do you?
Samsung stores in Shenzhen and they looking cool. I think this will change apple from making iPhone 5, 5S, 5SS to taking bold move, rolling the dice, going all in and making iPhone 6, 7, 8.
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/...earch-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com
Samsung supports jobs in the US - it doesn't have to be a pissing contest to find out who can shoot farther.
Samsung's planning a new complex in Silicon Valley that's about half the size of the Apple spaceship - that's quite significant. http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_22858102/samsung-san-jose-expansion-facts?source=pkg
I would welcome the end of the "S" models. All it does is drag out the development cycle so as to make more money for Apple.
If indeed the next phone is labeled 5S, it will seem as though Apple has spent the last two years creeping along in the smartphone sector. It's as though they have nothing but time on their hands to generate headlines about TV, Watch, and a few other categories. Drifting to and fro, instead of maintaining a logical path for the consumer to follow.
There are thousands of employees in the company I'm with, a huge number of Apple enthusiasts amongst them, and yet the normal "buzz" around the iPhone has faded to near oblivion.
In lieu of having truly exciting iPhone rumors, Samsung has now captured the "buzz" with it's pattern of action, not just words. With a firm date of April 16th, as the day AT&T will introduce the Galaxy S4, it's given us something to look forward to with certainty. That's a very powerful move on Samsung's part.
Then recently with the rumors of June possibly revealing something about the iPhone, it leaves most of us with the feeling that it's a "reaction" to Samsung's readiness rather than part of Apple's normal plan.
There's a general feeling and plenty of articles in the blogosphere that, for the first time in years, are questioning the state of Apple. Posing the question, are they now followers adrift in a sea of uncertainty, or are they just appearing that way.
Only time will tell.
I like how you guys think Samsung is the one doing this,they don't have a single Samsung worker there and this is 100% done by best buy.
All they are doing is putting all the Samsung gadgets together like they did with apple.
You don't see any apple workers at best buy and you talk to the regular kids that work at best buy.
omfg best buy is setting up a Samsung booth
seriously some of you need to get a life outside of apple
did apple patent having a store now?I seriously can not wait a single day longer to dump my iphone for a gs4 and leave this pathetic culture apple has a following of
All they are doing is putting all the Samsung gadgets together like they did with apple.
You don't see any apple workers at best buy and you talk to the regular kids that work at best buy.
omfg best buy is setting up a Samsung booth
seriously some of you need to get a life outside of apple
did apple patent having a store now?I seriously can not wait a single day longer to dump my iphone for a gs4 and leave this pathetic culture apple has a following of