Microsoft Posts Anti-Apple Windows Phone Videos of Questionable Taste [Update: Removed]

[wcinvest]

One of the things about that clip that stands out to me is the implication that they could do so much better. And the wish that they would. Not that they would fail, but that they would succeed better.

In a way I think we are still seeing that to a degree. Apple's success with the iPhone is in part because few other companies have really produced something outstanding. These other folks have failed in part because they just didn't bring it to the game. Samsung, to me, seems like the only folks that have. Which is why they are certainly dominating the Android world and are neck and neck with Apple in ways no other company is. Certainly not Microsoft

Samsung and Google have been having great success. Samsung has started to make big profits and has great market share despite competing with other Adroid phone producers.

Google has pretty much already accomplished what they wanted. Android has about 75-80% of the smart phone market worldwide. Apple has been (probably permanently) losing market share since they have been unwilling to trade some margins for market share. In China the amount of quality applications for the IOS platform reportedly is not as good as Android.

Microsoft is actually starting to come on internationally as well. Many of the Lumias are very good phones with a great OS IMHO and have all sorts of price ranges.

I've had an iPhone, Android Phone and now have a very nice entry level Windows Phone which actually is nicer to use in terms of the OS then either my previous $200 Android phone or more expensive iPHone 4s.

If the new iPHone 5c came out reasonable priced such as $450, I would have probably got that for my next phone but now I'll probably get the Nexus 5 if the 16GB version is priced at $299 like I suspect.

 

[titanz91]

Apple isn't innocent either. They also attack Microsoft and don't have the best business practices.

 

[Chub]

I think Microsoft is essentially poking fun at the bad press that the iPhone 5C has received recently. However, the video itself I must say wasn't too impressive and at the same time having #timetoswitch has almost no relevance as they haven't even marketed what we are meant to be switching too.

To be fair though some of the WP8 phones aren't bad but not really up to par with either Android or iOS.

 

[cgk.emu]

As if you were going to buy any of their products anyways.

Do you know me? Do you know the systems I work with or run at home?? Just because I'm posting on an Apple related forum doesn't mean Apple is all I own or run. The last MS product I bought was Windows 7. Pull your head out of your behind.

 

[435713]

They could have done those better and in better taste. Lots of stuff they could point out while marketing their own devices.

I know Bill and Steve developed a friendship of sorts, I wonder if Gates would see the obvious portrayal of Jobs and make a quick call, fire a few folks and call it a day. Personally that would anger me if I was him.

 

[Rogifan]

The fact that stuff like this is rushed out wreaks of desperation more than anything else. All this Apple bashing may eventually work to Apple's advantage. People become sympathetic to someone who is always picked on.

 

[Tysknaden]

Tasteless and clumsy. But it describes Apples momentary status rather well, unfortunately.
Ive's selfparody is the real hardcore stuff.

 

[Sodner]

The ads are absolutely repulsive. I know it doesn't make a difference, but MS is never, EVER, getting another dime from me. My personal boycott.

Seriously, I just canceled my xbox one pre-order. I'm an avid gamer but just the PS4 for me. Thanks MS, you just saved me $500.

 

[charlituna]

This.

A major selling point on introducing the Surface was...a keyboard cover. In a small variety of pretty colors. For an extra $80. Not actually included with the device, despite strong implication it was included.

If you look at the ad focus sure seems that's all MS saw worth talking about. That and the kickstand.

Bash the cheese all you want but at least Apple shows folks, real folks, doing things with their iPhones and iPads. Corny emotional music notwithstanding

 

[Karma*Police]

Looks like they're trying to take a page out of Samsung's old ads that attacked Apple, but that's a dangerous game... They're essentially spending millions to inform the masses that Apple has a new line of iPhones available.

 

[NT1440]

Samsung and Google have been having great success. Samsung has started to make big profits and has great market share despite competing with other Adroid phone producers.

Google has pretty much already accomplished what they wanted. Android has about 75-80% of the smart phone market worldwide. Apple has been (probably permanently) losing market share since they have been unwilling to trade some margins for market share. In China the amount of quality applications for the IOS platform reportedly is not as good as Android.

Microsoft is actually starting to come on internationally as well. Many of the Lumias are very good phones with a great OS IMHO and have all sorts of price ranges.

I've had an iPhone, Android Phone and now have a very nice entry level Windows Phone which actually is nicer to use in terms of the OS then either my previous $200 Android phone or more expensive iPHone 4s.

If the new iPHone 5c came out reasonable priced such as $450, I would have probably got that for my next phone but now I'll probably get the Nexus 5 if the 16GB version is priced at $299 like I suspect.

Now, for a business, what is the point of marketshare if it doesn't drive profits?

 

[artpease]

I gotta agree with the ad. What the hell has Apple been doing the last 6 months? But unfortunately, the iPhone 5C/S will not flop. People will once again line up in droves like nice little iSheep. I don't understand it. They're not bad phones, but their not innovative.

Whether you think Apple is innovative is not the least bit important. Apple certainly knows what people want. What new innovative product has Microsoft sold lately?

 

[petsounds]

So they not only tried to represent a dead person who no longer leads Apple as leading Apple, but they represented the emaciated, dying-of-cancer version of Jobs. Ballmer wants to go out with class, I see.


As for the "it's so true" comments, this is the 5S. S models are always modest upgrades. This S is actually a much bigger deal than the 4S or 3GS. Alleged 5x speed increase, first 64-bit mobile proc on the market, fingerprint scanner which "just works" (which means they spent a LOT of hard work on it).

But sure, right, Apple is just treading water. Okay.

 

[MichaelJohnston]

I gotta agree with the ad. What the hell has Apple been doing the last 6 months? But unfortunately, the iPhone 5C/S will not flop. People will once again line up in droves like nice little iSheep. I don't understand it. They're not bad phones, but their not innovative.

So what phone IS innovative? Sure the Lumia 1020 has a great camera and yes, the GS4 has a big screen. But are those features innovative?

What about Touch ID? What about the new camera features like the True Tone Flash? Or the A7 with 64-bit and awesome graphics? Eh, MAYBE True Tone Flash is innovative, but the rest of those things aren't.

Ultimately the iPhone is a great package, but so are many of its competitors. That's why they're competitors.

The type of innovation that everyone says Apple doesn't have any more doesn't exist anywhere else either. It takes a long time to come up with that stuff. What the hell do you people want?!

 

[JohnWhitesideii]

This is pretty pathetic. I love how a company that lost $900 million on a product is trying slam Apple.

 

[MyMac1976]

I thought it was kinda funny

 

[\-V-/]

The commercials are done in poor taste but they do bring up a good point... What the heck has Apple been doing for the past year? Upgraded camera, processor, and finger print sensor? We get camera and processor upgrades every year.

zzZzzzZzzZZ

What are you expecting the phone to do? Make you toast? I don't think some of you will ever be satisfied. You've grown jaded and don't really seem to understand all the technology that has been smashed together in such a small device. It's not just a telephone anymore, it's bluetooth, motion sensing, wireless, music, videos, web browsing, digital camera, video camera, streaming, the ability to face time with someone halfway across the planet by pushing a button, GPS (you know ... satellites that are orbiting the earth in space at 7,000+ mph are able to tell you where you are on the planet by the little device you hold in your hand), among other things.

I think some of you are just being negative to be negative. You take for granted the amazing things we have available to us in this day and age.

1st world problems.

 

[jrcsh6]

Consumers in line at Apple store: "Should we prank call the Microsoft store and ask if we can stop by and keep them company on their shift?"

Or call them and ask if they're going be open early next Friday with the new iPhones.

 

[Technarchy]

I'm not anti Microsoft, but I no longer need Microsoft. My home is 100% free of Microsoft products. Last year I had 2 PC's and a laptop.

That is something people are realizing daily. You can live without Microsoft, and their products are blah, with the exception of Xbox maybe.

 

[aapplephone]

We know now microsoft is not creative in creating parodies also

 

[tentales]

I gotta agree with the ad. What the hell has Apple been doing the last 6 months? But unfortunately, the iPhone 5C/S will not flop. People will once again line up in droves like nice little iSheep. I don't understand it. They're not bad phones, but their not innovative.

If you can't innovate, mock! That seems to be Microsoft's mantra. To be fair, they are just pandering to people like this guy here. Matching the intellect of the iAlternative crowd.

So the squares on a Windows phone are the pinnacles of innovation or taste ?

C'mon, you iBashers are just different sheep following the iCompetitors marketing campaigns.

 

[Kariya]

Their phones are so great that their celebrity ambassadors use iPhones.

Yet every iPhone spokesperson ACTUALLY uses an iPhone.

Try harder MS and consequently fail some more. Its fun to watch.

 

[johnnyturbouk]

i can honestly say what a **** advert - pathetic MS!

Yes i think the new iphone sucks, and as an iphone user since g1 have been tempted by the note 3 - but really MS, really, is this all you could come up with!

 

[xmaseve]

What is everyone so bent out of shape for? My God (am I still allowed to say God with today's PC garbage going on?), why does everyone get so offended by absolutely everything in today's society? I don't think that our Founding Fathers would have any respect for what a bunch of whiny crybabies this world has turned into.

 

[psblake]

Dont be so thinskinned

MS got attention so what?