Samsung Ad Pokes Fun at Apple Genius Bar and Touts Faster Galaxy S9 LTE Speeds

[Abazigal]

Realistically speaking Samsung's top Galaxy phones are faster on average(so basically most of the time) when it comes to connections speeds.
It's amusing to see users here trying to dismiss the importance of having a fast and efficient modem in a phone (so something that is a communication device) just because Apple is behind.

It’s like buying a car that can go up to 200 mph, when the roads have a speed limit of 70.

Past a certain point, those numbers are just that - numbers, which don’t necessarily have any meaningful impact on the end user experience.

And as the saying goes - you don’t miss what you don’t need.

 

[ROGmaster]

LoL India then.

Samsung has a 24% market share in India so around 8% of Samsung's total smartphone shipments go to India.
Try harder.

 

[Jsameds]

Samsung has a 24% market share in India so around 8% of Samsung's total smartphone shipments go to India.
Try harder.

Try harder at what? I said their budget phones go mainly to China and India. You do realise there's the rest of the world to account for too?

 

[iapplelove]

At the end of the day, they are just smart phone devices.

 

[Abazigal]

I don't understand how and why you dismiss things because of cost. If Samsung makes sub $100 phones and people are happy with them what's wrong with that?

Nothing.

However, I feel that a clear distinction ought to be drawn between the budget phones which Samsung sells vs the higher-priced iPhones that Apple do carry.

At the end of the day, what does Samsung have to show for having sold more (cheaper) phones? Last time I checked, Apple has the lion’s share of profits, which in turn extends to other products such as the iPad, Apple Watch, Airpods, homepods and the like.

Owning the whole ecosystem means Apple also earns from iTunes sales, which Samsung doesn’t see a single cent of apps purchased via their phones. We dominate in app sales, in web browsing and online shopping metrics.

In a nutshell, not all customers are created equal (from an economic standpoint). Apple has aggregated the best customers. What exactly are people trying to prove by showing that Samsung has sold more $100 phones than Apple has sold $1000 iphones?

Attempting to equate the two is meaningless.

 

[ROGmaster]

It’s like buying a car that can go up to 200 mph, when the roads have a speed limit of 70.

It's not like that, these are phones there are no legal limits that can't be crossed. A phone with a better modem will get better reception and connection speed than your iphone with the same Sim and in the same pace.

Past a certain point, those numbers are just that - numbers, which don’t necessarily have any meaningful impact on the end user experience.

A better modem is a better modem.
These are phones after all. Getting better reception and better connection speed does have a positive impact on user experience.

And as the saying goes - you don’t miss what you don’t need.

Well at this point you can claim you don't need a smartphone at all seeing how hard you are trying to dismiss one of the vital components that makes a phone a smartphone.

 

[Shanghaichica]

It’s like buying a car that can go up to 200 mph, when the roads have a speed limit of 70.

Past a certain point, those numbers are just that - numbers, which don’t necessarily have any meaningful impact on the end user experience.

And as the saying goes - you don’t miss what you don’t need.

I think that's region specific right? Can these faster speeds be achieved in Asia? You might know more about it.

 

[Guy Clark]

Samsung must be the worst company when it comes to advertising.

These ads just want to make wars. To incite tribalism.

Stupid people can't differentiate between real information and ads. They are going to watch this ad, and come at random people with iPhone with "hurr durr, my phone is faster than yours, you are an idiot because you bought an iPhone".

What you mean like 'I'm a Mac and I'm a PC'

Genius Bar visits can be an utter nightmare particularly if you own a iMac Pro it would seem

 

[Shanghaichica]

Samsung has a 24% market share in India so around 8% of Samsung's total smartphone shipments go to India.
Try harder.

Samsung sell a lot of phones in the UK. In the UK you do sometimes see the odd LG of Sony phone but basically it's either an iPhone or a Samsung device. In some areas it's more iPhones and in others its more Samsung. However in the UK Samsung and apple are the only really relevant companies.

Apple vs Samsung: The UK cities that love the iPhone over everything else

http://flip.it/Tlu4DK

 

[windywalks]

Samsung loves to be full of s**t. Their American market snapdragon phones are pathetic compared to their Exynos ones but they won't point that out. The S9 was an underwhelming failure which had to be discounted just a month after launch.

Did you read the Anandtech review of both processors?
If anything, the Exynos was the one that underperformed.

 

[kis]

But Samsung are still the biggest smartphone vendor in the world so someone is still buying Samsung phones.

they mainly sell low-cost feature phones in emerging markets. Overall, expensive Android flagship phones really haven't gotten very far. With prices being close to what Apple charges now, people don't want to buy a phone that stops getting updates after a few months.

 

[chatin]

Both iOS and Android are solid standards. Samsung is giving iPhone free advertising here in a classic standards battle misstep.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Did you read the Anandtech review of both processors?
If anything, the Exynos was the one that underperformed.

This year. But in past years the exynos chip always out performed the Snapdragon chip.

 

[kis]

Samsung sell a lot of phones in the UK. In the UK you do sometimes see the odd LG of Sony phone but basically it's either an iPhone or a Samsung device. In some areas it's more iPhones and in others its more Samsung. However in the UK Samsung and apple are the only really relevant companies.

Apple vs Samsung: The UK cities that love the iPhone over everything else

http://flip.it/Tlu4DK

used to be like this here (Switzerland). Now they're still in every store window but if you look what people carry, it's iPhones, iPhones and more iPhones. I teach college - few years back maybe half my students had iPhones, the other half had Android handsets. Today it's maybe 9:1 in favor of Apple devices.

 

[alexgowers]

Samsung don’t get it do they.

Their competition is not Apple, their competition is largely Chinese brands etc. They only target Apple for brand association and it’s getting weak at this point.

Samsung and Apple are lumbering giants both too unfit to compete against the new breed. The one thing Apple has is iOS, no speeds or theoretical tech specs will change that. Samsung has a borked outdated version of android that google themselves have a better product for. That is Samsung’s real competition.

 

[Shanghaichica]

they mainly sell low-cost feature phones in emerging markets. Overall, expensive Android flagship phones really haven't gotten very far. With prices being close to what Apple charges now, people don't want to buy a phone that stops getting updates after a few months.

Well this is simply not true. Yes samsung sells more budget phones but they also sell about 50-60 million flagship phones a year. So to say android flagship phones haven't gotten very far simply isn't true. And flagship android phones don't stop getting updates after a few months. Another thing which is simply not true. Updates are slow and you only get two years support which is rubbish in comparison to Apple but what you are saying isn't true.

Also the pixel phones get software updates at least once a month for 3 years.

 

[Abazigal]

I think that's region specific right? Can these faster speeds be achieved in Asia? You might know more about it.

I honestly can’t say I have felt any difference.

If I am in an area with no reception, everyone has no reception, no matter how good their modem is. And when there is reception, the tasks we typically do, any disparity in speed is virtually imperceptible.

Due to data caps, any data-intensive task is typically carried out over WiFi anyways.

A faster modem is a faster modem, but it’s not the big deal people here seem to be making it out to be.

 

[alien3dx]

I honestly can’t say I have felt any difference.

If I am in an area with no reception, everyone has no reception, no matter how good their modem is. And when there is reception, the tasks we typically do, any disparity in speed is virtually imperceptible.

Due to data caps, any data-intensive task is typically carried out over WiFi anyways.

A faster modem is a faster modem, but it’s not the big deal people here seem to be making it out to be.

office wifi home wifi so hardly will miss speed of 4g .

 

[The-Rift]

Funny ad.

 

[DNichter]

Pretty bad, worse than the others. I guess to some tech illiterate consumers, this could work. I never understand Samsung’s marketing though as I’ve still never been given any real reason to get one of their phones. They should highlight the strengths of their products instead.

 

[ROGmaster]

I honestly can’t say I have felt any difference.

If I am in an area with no reception, everyone has no reception, no matter how good their modem is. And when there is reception, the tasks we typically do, any disparity in speed is virtually imperceptible.

Due to data caps, any data-intensive task is typically carried out over WiFi anyways.

A faster modem is a faster modem, but it’s not the big deal people here seem to be making it out to be.

Interesting collection of excuses.
Meanwhile
https://imgur.com/zxCzM28
(and that's a Note 8 with a Snapdragon 835)

 

[kingalexthe1st]

All well and good when you take 6 months from your competitor's offering to release your own handset

 

[Jsameds]

Interesting collection of excuses.
Meanwhile
https://imgur.com/zxCzM28
(and that's a Note 8 with a Snapdragon 835)

It's 5 seconds difference per 100Mb.

It's really not that big a deal.

 

[chairguru22]

There aren't many Samsung stores, but I'm pretty sure they have a "Genius Bar" tech support area of their own too.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Pretty bad, worse than the others. I guess to some tech illiterate consumers, this could work. I never understand Samsung’s marketing though as I’ve still never been given any real reason to get one of their phones. They should highlight the strengths of their products instead.

I don’t think any tech illiterate consumers would even care about download speeds.