Personally Samsung can do whatever they want it's nothing to me because I want iOS and its apps ecosystem.
This is like the Mac vs PC argument. You can build a killer desktop PC with two CPU sockets, SLI'd graphics, 512GB of RAM. Things Apple do not offer. But it's not about that is it? It's about the overall product.
The Hardware is just a vessel for the user experience. The operating system and associated services are what matters when using the product.
A rocket is faster than a luxury sedan but you're not going to take one to work. It's all about the overall product and not just any one thing.
Some of my friends have the Samsung phones and the first thing they've all done is remove Touch Wiz and uninstall the bloatware that Samsung puts on there. Some of them even switched away from Samsung to HTC M8's not because the hardware was better but because in their opinions the user experience was. Software matters.
And even if we forget all this and play Samsungs game just focusing on who got to a large screen first, well who got a finger print scanner first? Samsungs one doesn't even work properly so it shows rushing in straight away like they did to copy Touch ID wasn't a good idea. Apple waits until they can do something well and I think that is what they did this time around with the larger screens.
Don't forget what the people who had hands on time with the phones said, it's a big phone (6 Plus) but it doesn't feel big, due to the curved cover glass and body. Apple didn't do a block shape like Samsung for a reason.
This is like the Mac vs PC argument. You can build a killer desktop PC with two CPU sockets, SLI'd graphics, 512GB of RAM. Things Apple do not offer. But it's not about that is it? It's about the overall product.
The Hardware is just a vessel for the user experience. The operating system and associated services are what matters when using the product.
A rocket is faster than a luxury sedan but you're not going to take one to work. It's all about the overall product and not just any one thing.
Some of my friends have the Samsung phones and the first thing they've all done is remove Touch Wiz and uninstall the bloatware that Samsung puts on there. Some of them even switched away from Samsung to HTC M8's not because the hardware was better but because in their opinions the user experience was. Software matters.
And even if we forget all this and play Samsungs game just focusing on who got to a large screen first, well who got a finger print scanner first? Samsungs one doesn't even work properly so it shows rushing in straight away like they did to copy Touch ID wasn't a good idea. Apple waits until they can do something well and I think that is what they did this time around with the larger screens.
Don't forget what the people who had hands on time with the phones said, it's a big phone (6 Plus) but it doesn't feel big, due to the curved cover glass and body. Apple didn't do a block shape like Samsung for a reason.