Samsung Ad Encourages iPhone Users to Switch to the Galaxy Note10 and 'Fall in Love' With Bokeh Video

[Mousse]

As the old saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you. Unless you carry your Canon with you everywhere, having a phone that can take decent video is a good option.

I always carry a pocket size point and shoot camera when I go for a stroll. There is no way to get real bokeh from a tiny mobile phone sensor, or even a slightly larger P&S camera sensor. Fake lense blur is better done in Photoshop after the fact. Once its save to file, you can't undo the fake blur from the phone.

 

[bobbie424242]

Phil "Bokeh" Schiller approves this !

 

[rmoliv]

Ridiculous. Will never leave Apple.

 

[cyb3rdud3]

While videos aren't the only thing I look at for a phone, I was recently at a concert in a small theater and the person next to me had some version of an Android phone, and their video looked amazing. All the stage lighting was captured and the video mimicked what it looked like in real life. My friend and I shot some with our iPhones and it was flat and dark, and she was using an Xs Max. If I'm paying +$1k for a phone, it better deliver on all counts.

Taking good photos or videos is an art. Rarely the full auto mode, i.e. just point and click, gets the best result for what one wants to achieve. And sometimes when they do, as I experience with my Galaxy's and Nokia's, the results look great on the phone screen but the moment it is viewed on other media it is clear it is an inaccurate mess of image quality.

Saying that I'm sure one can always find a device that is better at a particular individual feature. And if that particular feature is really really important then it would be wise to go for that. For me the entirety of the package is important and how well it works in a coherent and integrated manner, not just on the mobile devices but also integrated with my laptop, tablet and tv.

That is why for me I keep going back to iOS as it works so well together with MacOs, iPadOS, WatchOS and tvOS.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

This may be an unpopular opinion but this little feature could be a game changer for a segment of customers.

There is a HUGE market of customers out there that want to purchase their first DSLR or Mirrorless camera so they can shoot amateur-pro level footage or take pro level photos.. Smartphone cameras have been improving but one thing they've always lacked compared to a pro camera is the "blurry background" or bokeh. Previously Bokeh could only be created when you had a large sensor and a large lens with a wide open aperture.

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If the feature is good or not, I'm not sure. But I promise you, there is a large market out there WAITING for the day where you cannot tell a pro camera video apart from a smart phone, this is a HUGE step to getting there.

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Agree with you!

As a photographer I love the bokeh effect in photos that I shoot. My video right now are more about capturing scenery and such. So I am not caring much about bokeh.

In the end this feature will probably end up in the iPhone 12.

 

[fokmik]

This feature sure works great when real people use it!!!!
Video @ 7:37

Also like the IRIS scanner hahah

 

[dannyyankou]

I’ve seen Bokeh video demonstrated. It looks dumb.

Edit: The idea is good, but the execution and quality is very bad.

 

[fokmik]

Agree with you!

As a photographer I love the bokeh effect in photos that I shoot. My video right now are more about capturing scenery and such. So I am not caring much about bokeh.

In the end this feature will probably end up in the iPhone 12.

As a photographer you need something good, not what we have in note 10+ its horrible made

 

[DreamyLucid]

A year behind what? iOS? Samsung phones have more features (both in hardware and software) than iPhones so your assertion seems odd.

Here we go. Found the Samsung user.

 

[NickName99]

This is even less useful than slofies

 

[Khedron]

I’ve seen Bokeh video demonstrated. It looks dumb.

Edit: The idea is good, but the execution and quality is very bad.

So still better than Slofies. Bad idea, bad implementation.

 

[Baymowe335]

If they don't work than why the Android user retention rate is higher than that for iOS users? Besides, Apple has plenty f similar adds too. No one company is going to come up with an ad that lists all device features. That would be just stupid. Some people may be unsure what to buy. All Samsung is trying to do is to give them one reason to go with Samsung device. It also reminds people that Samsung is constantly ahead of Apple when it come to innovations. There is a long list of features that Samsung introduced first (or among the first) and Apple followe a year or more later: phablets, LTE, wireless charging, OLED, fast charging, pen support, large RAM, large batteries, NFC, barometer, sensor HUB etc (a very long list)

Easy...because it's either Android, OR iPhones. Android has many manufactures and Android users tend to stay in that space, but they DON'T stay with just Samsung, as an example. This means iPhone users are FAR more loyal because they can only use iPhones.

Apple's ads are far better and you know it.

Apple's userbase is growing, so they aren't worried about market share. Again, they don't sell $50 phones, so it's obvious market share of Android will continue to grow.

Apple's features are supported longer and actually work. Samsung throws stuff out and immediately abandons it or throws it out half baked like their version of Animoji....lol. Remember how creepy that was?

 

[kemal]

That bokeh is cheese. But to Samsung's credit; they at least showed the courage to remove the headphone jack.

 

[DreamyLucid]

That's like highlighting the iPhone's notch. Not one of the outstanding features.

The iPhone notch has a Face ID system under it which is being used.

 

[MauiPa]

What, no headphone jack? I thought that was why you bought a Samsung

 

[Baymowe335]

In the second quarter of 2019, Samsung's market share was 22.7 percent. In 2018, Samsung shipped more than 292 million smartphones worldwide. Samsung, known for consumer products such as mobile devices and home entertainment systems, is the global leading smartphone vendor.

Seems to work they are the "global leading smartphone vendor"

They sell $49 phones...who cares? Apple would lead too if they sold a phone that cheap. Apple has sold 215M smartphones in 12 months at an ASP of $760 each. They have done $166B in iPhone revenue alone in 12 months.

iPhone crushes the Samsung flagship line in sales.

 

[DreamyLucid]

In the second quarter of 2019, Samsung's market share was 22.7 percent. In 2018, Samsung shipped more than 292 million smartphones worldwide. Samsung, known for consumer products such as mobile devices and home entertainment systems, is the global leading smartphone vendor.

Seems to work they are the "global leading smartphone vendor"

Buy junk models does contribute to more smartphones shipped.

 

[WatchAndWait]

Any data on actual phones? Breakdowns on that share? Otherwise it’s a talking point

They're numbers in my post; can you not read?

 

[whoknows2597]

They're numbers in my post; can you not read?

Breakdowns of phone models sold, did you not read that?

 

[MauiPa]

It's a strange feature to single out and tell people to switch an entire OS/ecosystem/accounts for.

Well, at least its not a creepy "private" video, or a stalker video like some Samsung ads
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I had the Note 10 for a week - it was a very slick device. Didn't use the S-PEN at all... the Bokeh (Live Focus) Video... was Brokah. It was horrible - interesting idea, but total gimmick.

But did you use the headphone jack?

 

[TheSapient]

So did Samsung take the iphone portrait feature and extend it to video? Did they copy a feature, innovate a feature or improve a feature?

This is exactly why I hate people talking about one company "copying" another. Almost everything is an evolution that is generally happening industry-wide. Rarely is there a "first". "Best" is almost always short-lived.

All you can do is made decisions based on what is available when you decide to make a purchase. If video bokeh is important to someone, they should take that into consideration when they buy their device. It doesn't make any company bad, good, or unoriginal.

 

[sulpfiction]

Focus on a half baked “feature” that kinda works, most of the time.

 

[ani4ani]

“Oooh I need that!” Said very few people ever?

“Aaah I can’t have that” said many more people!

 

[Ultramove69]

There seems to be too much hate in here. I’d instead like to acknowledge that this is a useful / fun feature. With all of the processing power in iPhone 11 I look forward to a third party solution. It’s ok folks.

 

[falainber]

So did Samsung take the iphone portrait feature and extend it to video? Did they copy a feature, innovate a feature or improve a feature?

Samsung clearly innovated here. Live focus is based on the use of 3D Depth Camera (Time of Flight sensor). Comparing this to Apple version is like comparing Face ID to 2D facial recognition.