Well I'm glad you feel the same , I own a nexus 4 and nexus products are cool as ice
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Samsung Bashes the iPad, Microsoft Surface and Kindle in New Ad
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Well I'm glad you feel the same , I own a nexus 4 and nexus products are cool as ice
I do know you're just as condescending as many others here so that's all I need to understand. Read your own posts. You using the term "You Guys" when describing the Mac community and Marketshare doesn't sound much like you're a Mac user.
FYI
Apple killed the 399 Ipad2 quietly this week and have replaced it by bringing back the Ipad 4 at the same pricepoint.
(your own local price may vary though).
All full size ipads now are retina.
It's so annoying though because the comments are always the same. Samsung bashers, Samsung defenders and a whole bunch of Mac vs PC comments as if people posting here didn't didn't know those ads existed, or that it makes sense to compare something Apple did 4 years ago to something competitors are doing today.
if we didnt follow the routine.. what would we have to talk about?
how was your evening?
Apple vs PC
Samsung vs Apple
Ford vs Dodge (or car vs car)
Coke vs Pepsi
FedEx vs UPS
Miracle Whip vs Mayo
Beer vs Beer
And so on....
I don't understand why everyone gets their panties in a bunch over these ads. When you have competition in your industry this is pretty much the norm. Sometimes we see ads featuring the product itself, other times we see the product pitted up against their competition. This has nothing to do with class/trash. This is how you explain the differences. As a loyal Apple user (multiple versions over the years but always have a current or close to current MBP, iPad, iPhone, iMac) I enjoy these ads and can see the humor in them. Does it get me to ever want to jump ship? Not really but it does remind me of some of the shortcomings of Apple products. Also when Apple posts a new ad it reminds me why I use Apple.
Do these type of ads work? YES! As a long time PC based Systems Engineer and Network Administrator I HATED the Apple vs PC ads. The PC guy did not represent myself or my other co-workers in the industry. BUT..... One day I'm screaming at my PC. It's running like a slug, bloated and need a fresh install to get rid of junk I had installed/uninstalled. All the sudden there is a Apple vs PC ad on the TV. PC comes in all bloated, fat and slow complaining about what I was going through. That was the moment I said "screw it! I'm trying out a mac!" I did and haven't looked back since. I still have a Windows box running and dual boot my MBP but I'm an Apple guy now. Every once in a while a Samsung ad gets me and I look in to getting something Android to play with. Had a Galaxy S4 for a bit and LOVED the screen and size but it just wasn't for me. Why did I try it? These type of commercials strike a cord with Apples short comings. But in the end there are other reasons I use an iPhone.
Samsung vs Apple
Ford vs Dodge (or car vs car)
Coke vs Pepsi
FedEx vs UPS
Miracle Whip vs Mayo
Beer vs Beer
And so on....
I don't understand why everyone gets their panties in a bunch over these ads. When you have competition in your industry this is pretty much the norm. Sometimes we see ads featuring the product itself, other times we see the product pitted up against their competition. This has nothing to do with class/trash. This is how you explain the differences. As a loyal Apple user (multiple versions over the years but always have a current or close to current MBP, iPad, iPhone, iMac) I enjoy these ads and can see the humor in them. Does it get me to ever want to jump ship? Not really but it does remind me of some of the shortcomings of Apple products. Also when Apple posts a new ad it reminds me why I use Apple.
Do these type of ads work? YES! As a long time PC based Systems Engineer and Network Administrator I HATED the Apple vs PC ads. The PC guy did not represent myself or my other co-workers in the industry. BUT..... One day I'm screaming at my PC. It's running like a slug, bloated and need a fresh install to get rid of junk I had installed/uninstalled. All the sudden there is a Apple vs PC ad on the TV. PC comes in all bloated, fat and slow complaining about what I was going through. That was the moment I said "screw it! I'm trying out a mac!" I did and haven't looked back since. I still have a Windows box running and dual boot my MBP but I'm an Apple guy now. Every once in a while a Samsung ad gets me and I look in to getting something Android to play with. Had a Galaxy S4 for a bit and LOVED the screen and size but it just wasn't for me. Why did I try it? These type of commercials strike a cord with Apples short comings. But in the end there are other reasons I use an iPhone.
See them? No. But it might be handy to not have to exit out of the video chat completely while teferring to the document.
I too love Apple, and true you can't fault Samsung for advertising what they feel makes them better.
I'm just not sure of when you mention Samsung is innovating where Apple has stopped? True Apple has not come out with a different kind of flying car every other day, but no one else has either? That Samsung brings out larger and larger screens, more and more pixels (when apparently we are told, after a certain amount the human eye can no longer distinguish the difference), that to me is not innovation? Maybe i'm wrong about that though?
From interviews we've seen from Apple staff (Sir Ive's, etc.) it would seem (although this I have no facts to back up, just my personal thoughts) that Apple is familiar with Multitasking and know very well how to do it (if you look at the Macs they've been doing it for a while and really well), but if the experience is going to take away from the overall, so for instance, the battery life will only last 2 hours when multitasking, then Apple won't do it until they figure out a better way? Again, this is just my speculation.
And although it's not the next flying car, the touch sensor on the 5S, the 64 bit processor, the new Mac Pro, they're not terrible either?
Uh, excuse me. Did I reply to a post of yours saying that you should be interviewed before posting here? NO. And you're best at not bothering to include a Hackintosh as part of you being an Apple product user. You don't win any points with that.
One of the things I think that Tim Cook does a lot better than Steve Jobs was this sort of behaviour.
I can't think of an Apple ad that is out now that does behave this way. Under Jobs though, he was very quick to pull up his competitions name and drag them through the mud during keynotes and speeches. He Loved putting up slides showing the competition and outright calling them out, (sometimes even lying in doing so).
Tim Cook doesn't seem to be like that. And I applaud him for it.
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Uh, excuse me. Did I reply to a post of yours saying that you should be interviewed before posting here? NO. And your best at not bothering to include a Hackintosh as part of you being an Apple product user You don't win any points with that.
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you need to stop speaking as you are one of those people who give real Apple fans the bad name.
you posted in a public forum and if you dont want the public to respond, stay silent
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I agree. Of course its not easier to make the ipad thinner etc, but other than the weight reductions and the retina display (a big thing obviously), there is little reason to justify upgrading from my ipad 2, there isn't actually very much that an ipad air can do much better than my 2, not that i can see anyway, other than being a bit faster. Give me some real multitasking and maybe I'll change my tune
I do know you're just as condescending as many others here so that's all I need to understand. Read your own posts. You using the term "You Guys" when describing the Mac community and Marketshare doesn't sound much like you're a Mac user.
you guys in reply to those two i was quoting. are you looking to be agitated?
and if you were a mac user back in the day you should understand the marketshare point.
Anyone who thinks Apple is going to change their game over an ad doesn't understand Apple, or how ads work.
Ads like this don't make Apple need to "compete" more, only shifts in the market do (which these ads will not cause), and rarely does Apple respond to the market.
Their first and foremost competitor is Apple themselves.
Ads like this don't make Apple need to "compete" more, only shifts in the market do (which these ads will not cause), and rarely does Apple respond to the market.
Their first and foremost competitor is Apple themselves.
And Apple ads aren't arrogant? Really? Better do a 'reality distortion field' check in your ecosystem.
And aren't there some Kindle's that actually CAN browse the web and act like a regular tablet?
And I believe the windows tablet you can actually use it without a mouse and external keyboard?
Agreed, they pick and choose they're battles!
I wouldn't know. I said you can get a Retina iPad for $399. I didn't say, but say it now, that Samsung doesn't have anything coming close for $399. Can't quite figure out why you are asking about the iPad Air though.
Bashing other companies, that's a no no...
so it taking others ideas (but we all know Samsung already does that)
so it taking others ideas (but we all know Samsung already does that
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