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Samsung Bashes iPhone Battery Life, Calls Users 'Wall Huggers' in New Galaxy S5 Ad

PocketSand11 said:
I've heard that the battery life is worse on Samsung phones. The only Samsung feature I'd want is a water-resistant casing.
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It is. I have a friend who carries around a Galaxy and three batteries to get through the day so that commercial is BS.

But hey SAMSUNG, don't let the truth get in the way of your bashing.

I don't know if that is "the norm" but it seems kind of wasteful.

If I leave fully charged in the morning my 2 year old iPhone 5 has never run out on me.

For the same price or less than he paid for those extra batteries, I can buy an iPhone charger that uses AA batteries and top it off If I need to.
 
mattbaar26 said:
This logic makes no sense, the iPhone has a smaller screen so it's smaller battery should be able to power it as long as the S5..
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The screen isn't the only thing that consumes power. The CPU and wireless chips are major power hogs. Though the bigger the device, the less proportionate amount of battery life they use.
 
All Samsung is able to say here is "hey look, we let you change batteries". Sorry, I don't want to carry around another battery. Their power saving mode is terrible as all it does is underclock the CPU/GPU to make the phone as choppy as can be (or is that just Touchwiz?).

The fact is, Samsung is in the same boat as everyone else. Battery life isn't great on phones unless you never turn the screen on.
 
It's super lame when companies take turns bashing each other and consumers actually care about it. Both Apple and Samsung could stand to improve their own products first before knocking each other. Poor character.
 
TBH, samsung phones don't have amazing battery life, either. I you want AMAZING battery life, LG has your back with the G2 (and the soon to be available G3). Sony does to, but there phones are harder to find and purchase.

I'll stick to my Nexus though for when I want android.
 
QCassidy352 said:
I agree; Samsung's ad's don't just bash apple's products, they bash the users. It's a strange tactic, insulting the people you apparently want to win over.
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What makes you think Samsung wants to win over an Apple user? :confused: I think ads like this are for the person who's about to get a smartphone. Do you want to buy one that keeps you tethered to a wall or do you want to buy ours and do what you want to do? That's what these ads are asking.

The idea is to get someone to buy Samsung instead of Apple. If they get an iPhone user to switch, that's just gravy. Love 'em or hate em, their marketing is effective and it changed the fortunes of Samsung.
 
I was at the airport 2 days ago and I needed to charge my iPhone on the seat outlets but didn't work! Luckily I had a battery pack on my carry on.

I really hate this ad because it is true...
 
I really do feel sorry for Samsung and their marketing department. They should compare their rubbish phones battery life with similar android manufacturers battery life's. My iPhone, my iPad always last much longer than the competition. My friend who upgraded his iPhone 4 to a Samsung S4 is crying to me everyday that he has to charge his device at least twice comparing to his iPhone.
 
ChrisCW11 said:
This was the way Apple advertised their products for 90% of their existence, by insulting their competition and, in turn, the masses that used them.

Remember "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC".

Further back, Apple used to have Jeff Goldblum bash the "big beige box" to mock the Wintel platform.

And remember Ellen Feiss?

Apple has traditionally invested more effort in calling out their competition rather than just making feel good ads about all the features their devices have. Those ads full of inspired music showing people doing things with an iPad or iPhone are actually quite RARE for Apple.

It is an important rule to never mention your competition in advertising, that is like Mad Men Rule #1! Doing so only solidifies the people using your competition against you. Rarely will someone ever switch to another product when someone tells you the product you're using sucks.

This is why Apple historically failed to capture any of the PC market with ads like "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" because most PC users thought Mac users were simply douchebags like Justin Long or drugged out teenaged girls.

It is more historically accurate to claim Samsung is copying Apple's traditional advertising style then to say that Apple has risen above all this.
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I do remember the I'm a Mac commercials, the others I do not (the Macintosh was only like 3 months old when I was born :p) At the time of those I'm a Mac ads, I was a Windows user, I had zero interest in Apple or their products. But you know what? Never once when one of those ads aired did I feel insulted. Not one. In fact, I agreed with a lot of them. And I found them kinda cutsie.
 
I really enjoyed that, well done Samsung. Those features of the S5 really do batter the iPhone.

Swappable battery is incredibly useful. Travelling on a flight with my iPhone means I need to try find power at the airport to make it last (imagine if you have a connecting flight). If I could bring 2 or even 3 batteries with me, then it'd be a lot less stressful.

A battery saver mode for iOS would be handy. Perhaps if my battery drops into the red zone (20%), an extra option appears in Control Centre, offering me the option to turn on battery saver mode that'll limit background app activity and down-clock but at least let the battery last perhaps the remainder of the evening for that user.

Does anyone know if the S5 includes an internal battery with just enough juice so you can hot swap the batteries without having to power off/on?
 
In the ad Samsung shows a customer of theirs changing the battery in his phone in the airport. Which is nice and all but I can just buy a battery the same size as that for my iPhone that connects in to the charging port and gives the same results.
 
To be honest, yes the S5 has much better battery life than the 5s. However, after a few months it'll start to get really bad, even if you maintain it properly. Every samsung phone in the past has been like this. iPhone's battery life is much more consistent over it's lifespan IMO. You also don't get the days where your battery randomly lasts two hours.
 
ChrisCW11 said:
This was the way Apple advertised their products for 90% of their existence, by insulting their competition and, in turn, the masses that used them.

Remember "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC".

Further back, Apple used to have Jeff Goldblum bash the "big beige box" to mock the Wintel platform.

And remember Ellen Feiss?

Apple has traditionally invested more effort in calling out their competition rather than just making feel good ads about all the features their devices have. Those ads full of inspired music showing people doing things with an iPad or iPhone are actually quite RARE for Apple.

It is an important rule to never mention your competition in advertising, that is like Mad Men Rule #1! Doing so only solidifies the people using your competition against you. Rarely will someone ever switch to another product when someone tells you the product you're using sucks.

This is why Apple historically failed to capture any of the PC market with ads like "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" because most PC users thought Mac users were simply douchebags like Justin Long or drugged out teenaged girls.

It is more historically accurate to claim Samsung is copying Apple's traditional advertising style then to say that Apple has risen above all this.
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I agree with everything you said. And... Samsung even has to copy Apple's advertising style that didn't work.
 
BCWorld said:
Funny Commercial. This only thing is, its not true. I have used an iPhone for many years and have never been a "wall hugger" and I never will be. Just Turn down the brightness and you'll be fine. :) :apple:
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This...

My iPhone 5S last twice as long as My HTC ONE, S4, S5, Nexus 5 or any other of the zillion android phones i've tried lasted. The iPhone battery has always been better than Android by a mile and that hasn't changed. Two of my friends recently switched from the Note 3 and S5 to the 5S simply for battery life. They both report exactly what I have experienced. Iphone battery is the best of all smartphones.
 
slash7844 said:
Isn't that what Apple was doing in Mac vs PC ads? Oh and pop open your iphone/ipads/imacs and whatnot and see how many Samsung parts are there. lol
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I'm aware that Sammy provides components for Apple's line, I have no choice in that matter. But when I refer to Sammy's products, I mean the items one could buy if you walk into a Best Buy. Their phones, tablets, TV's, whatever.
 
klamse25 said:
It's sad but true. My 5S battery sucks. I have to charge it twice a day.
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Spot on; just fanboys won't admit to it. Proven the S5, M8, Z2 and more last way longer than our iPhones. Just Apple fans boys won't admit to anything, same as Android ones. All sad and pathetic really. Anyways hoping Apple fix the crap battery life.
 
Me and my friend who have an iPhone 5/5s never charge our phones more than once every night. People at work who have S4's/S5's have their phones on charge all the time with more than one charge cycle a day. My friend who has a 5s has everything on push notifications and is generally a heavy user as well.

It's all stupid in anyway, because swapping your battery out for another one isn't a viable solution.
 
Looks like the last tradeshow I attended, but I don't remember the sadsacks along the wall being of any specific brand loyalty.
 
I must be the minority, but i normally charge my 5s three times a day. Almost all power-consuming features have been disabled too. The G2 i had were much better in this regard
 
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