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New Samsung Galaxy Ad Makes Fun of iPhone X's Notch, Lack of Stylus Support, Dongles, and More

ScorchedEarth said:
So you are participating in this thread without even watching the video? It's fine if you swear by your device, but its always good just to have the understanding of the competition. Even if I disagree with someones opinion, I'll still listen to what they have to say, to try and get an understanding of where they are coming from. Give it a watch, even some die hard Apple fans find the notch jab funny.
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I am completely comfortable and confident I know enough of what’s in that video thanks to this thread. And the “notch jab” is depicted in the frame grab. And I didn’t comment on the ad content, just accurately stated that Samsung cares about the YouTube hits and not even a little bit about the number of posts here.
 
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Samsung today posted a new video on its YouTube channel called "Samsung Galaxy: Growing Up," which follows the life of a young man as he purchases Apple devices over the course of ten years, and then decides to switch sides to Samsung on the eve of the iPhone X launch. The 1-minute commercial features the song "I'm Moving On" by Chyvonne Scott.

The video begins at the iPhone launch in 2007, and subsequent years show the main character facing storage issues when taking a photo and waiting in long lines under poor weather conditions for the latest iPhone. At one point, he drops his iPhone in water and has to place it in a bowl of rice, while his girlfriend's Samsung device continues to function.


Other points made in the ad center around the iPhone's lack of stylus support, as well as its need for dongles after the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack in the iPhone 7. The ad ends with the character's decision to turn off his iPhone and purchase a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, and he eventually walks past a line of people waiting for the iPhone X -- including a guy with a notch-like haircut -- without joining them.

The latest Samsung smartphone is the Galaxy Note 8, which launched in September with dual rear cameras, a 6.3-inch AMOLED 'Infinity Display', and a new and enhanced S Pen with improved pressure sensitivity. Many publications favorably reviewed the Note 8 prior to its launch, agreeing that the lack of an explosive battery made Samsung's newest device a step up from the Note 7.

Article Link: New Samsung Galaxy Ad Makes Fun of iPhone X's Notch, Lack of Stylus Support, Dongles, and More
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9to5Mac has an article about this...nearly 450 comments. Like I said this ad is just about trolling and fanyboy wars. I doubt one person is going to buy a Note 8 because of this commercial. Everyone brings up the Mac vs PC ads but they’re not comparable. What was macOS market share in the PC space compared to Windows? Less than 5%? Samsung sells more phones than any other company. They’re not th3 underdog, they’re not the upstart. When does punching down ever work? So many of Apple’s competitors are out so fast with ads the minute Apple announces something. Is there any evidence it’s getting people to purchase competitor products instead? Seems to me it’s just free advertising for Apple.
 
Think the ad is to debunk and derail the overhype of the X... just in case uninformed consumers got sucked in.
 
Samsung forgot something...

I'm not buying a phone in 2007 or 2010 or 2016. I'm buying a phone today. The phone today isn't the phone of yesteryear. I'm also getting bluetooth earbuds/headphones.

Their ad failed. HARD.

Their ad also looked desperate because they had to reach back so often and so much. It's shifty. I am not sure what they offer above the iPhone... snakiness, definitely, but a better product? Not sure.
 
"Guess what I just got?"
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I appreciate this joke might already have been made in the 13 pages of comments.
 
DoctrJ said:
Except it's been in Samsung phones for years, which is the point of this commercial, Iphones are always catching up.
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Samsung still needs to use Android. Their own OS Tizen is garbage. A lot of catching up to do to iOS.

MH01 said:
Is Samsung not in the same position as mac was to PC? Apple is the giant in phones . So they are using humour to bring attention to their small markert share phones .
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I thought Samsung fans here are saying that Samsung has the larger user base? Larger market share? Which is it?
 
Apple gets **** for being the same and gets **** for trying something different. That's why they just make it work.
 
farewelwilliams said:
can someone explain how writing down a contact is much better than typing it in?

- you need two hands
- you need a stylus
- looks wildly uncomfortable to write without some palm rest
- unless there's some "google magic" going on, you can't search for that contact (EDIT: yes i know OCR exist, but you need to take extra steps to file it as a contact instead of saving as a note)
- looks unorganized
- much slower to write vs typing
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Exactly. I can even use my finger in the Notes app to write as neat as the example you show here. In fact when demoing the stylus, this is about the only use reviewers ever show us, writing down someone's phone number.
 
And now this got moved from the sidebar so we really know it’s all about clicks. I’m sure by the end of the day this will have 2x more comments. :rolleyes:
 
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Imo its absolutely childish behaviour to the point of being embarassing; theres really no excuse. Imagine a world where every company just attempted to berate and ridicule their competition in TV ad's..."Hey everybody, check out our new Ford Mustang, its fantastic because its not a Chevy Camaro hahahaha" - seriously, grow up.
 
The one feature that android that iPhone doesn’t is large fonts. With a 5.5” android phone, you can make the fonts huge. Useful for people who have old eyes and don’t take bifocals everywhere.

Where Samsung sucks is customer service. Google and Apple will take care of you. Once your warranty is over, even if the battery explodes, Samsung will not help. I’ve had google and Apple replace stuff that wasn’t even covered under warranty.
 
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vannibombonato said:
it would have been a cool ad up to Thursday, but it honestly looks a bit stupid post iPhone X launch.

Basically everybody is aknowledging the X as being the best, most innovative phone on the market. There’s not much Samsung can do around the fact that FaceID is a technological breakthrough that they simply do not have.
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In what ways is it innovative? The tech is awesome sure, but what can it really do that other phones can't?
Actual features, actual capabilities, real things I can do with it. Can you list any that say the iPhone 8 can't do? Or a cheap OnePlus can't do?
 
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