I don't know why you mentioned those two apps because I use the Stocks app daily and with many online gamers I'm certain Game Center is used often.
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Samsung Compares Galaxy S6 Edge to iPhone 6 in New '6 > 6' Campaign
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I don't know why you mentioned those two apps because I use the Stocks app daily and with many online gamers I'm certain Game Center is used often.
I'm not an Apple fanboy. I think most people on this forum would attest to that (heck some probably think i'm a hater/phandroid).
But at no time do i think commercial campaigns that directly name, and attack your competitor is in good taste. Samsung doesn't get this. they have always directly attacked apple in their adds, from the lines, to the devices like you mention
Samsung needs tto stop this practice and start advertising directly about their merits. They have enough of them. They do make great quality devices and the S6 is a top tier smartphone that is in the same calibre as the iPhone.
No really didn't. But I do think 6 > 6 is way beyond bigger then bigger.i bet you loved "bigger than big"
Great strategy. Don't innovate and advertise to lure new customers. Use gimmicks to "galvanize" your easily amused customer base while it slowly erodes when people realize they can have a higher quality phone with features that won't be forgotten about by the next year.
I'm really wondering how much of that clinkiness with Android is due to touchwiz. its always been a dog in the past. Currently using stock android, and it doesn't really feel all that clunky.
i"m geniuinely curious how the S6 would perform with stock android on it, instead of Touchwiz. in the past, TW has always been the worst thing to ever happen to android. I really wish Samsung would just... stop
nothing wrong with that. some people are very private people, and don't want to show messages that any passerbys can read. It's the reason why i don't have texts show up on the lock screen of any phone. To each his own.
uh what? Many Android users own Macs and many Mac users don't buy iPhones.
i'd like wireless charging on the iPhone. that's about it for S6 benefits.
as for the edge, i really can't see this being a 'plus'. is a big fullscreen lock screen with notifications not enough? how often is the edge of your phone more visible than the front? do people put their phone facedown on the table?
as for the edge, i really can't see this being a 'plus'. is a big fullscreen lock screen with notifications not enough? how often is the edge of your phone more visible than the front? do people put their phone facedown on the table?
Samsung are TRULY TRULY stupid. As teslo says, who puts their phone glass down, and then looks at the visible edges as a "feature"?
DOH! Gimmickery and mockery is all they can do.
DOH! Gimmickery and mockery is all they can do.
Yes. The whole point of the phone being face down, would surely be "I'm busy or sleeping, LEAVE ME ALONE" - your mind doesn't want to be drawn into the bother of the who/why/what, to just make a mental tag to check your phone soonish, will suffice, and keep stress levels low.
Even the Moto E and Moto G have simple, white iMac-esque pulsing notification LED, which is simple and effective.
You can fix the iPhone in settings to only show the person sending you the text on the lock screen and hide the entire message. That way you can still get the notification without people lurking over at your phone to see what was texted to you.
Nah, the Apple watch charging system is bloody awesome - I would love something similar for the iPhone.
You just sit it on the charger, it snaps into place and *ping*
i really think they should have made the apple logo translucent with a multi-color led in it programmable to any pattern any color on any event. Perhaps the interface for programming it would just be tapping a color wheel and it just recording the tap color and pressure for intensity.
This is the next natural progression for this douchy campaign
[In Germany, Clark is looking for their relatives house]
Clark Griswold: What are we looking for?
Audrey Griswold: Sechs, Dad.
[Pronounces it as "Sex"]
Clark Griswold: That'll do Audrey.
Rusty Griswold: Dad, that's German for six.
IMDb European Vacation (1985) - Quotes - IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/quotes?qt=qt0264351
[In Germany, Clark is looking for their relatives house]
Clark Griswold: What are we looking for?
Audrey Griswold: Sechs, Dad.
[Pronounces it as "Sex"]
Clark Griswold: That'll do Audrey.
Rusty Griswold: Dad, that's German for six.
IMDb European Vacation (1985) - Quotes - IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/quotes?qt=qt0264351
That's called "tacky". They COULD do ANYTHING, but they have this wonderful thing called taste. A flashing Apple logo? Wow, you don't understand Apple's design ethos, do you.
Which the iPhone already does. Serrings>General>Accessibility>LED Flash for Alerts
It's annoying as hell, too.
well, you can put any other launcher on it. try the google launcher or nova.
or, a windows phone or ios launcher if you fancy that.
I don't currently have an S6 to test on.
HIstorically, Many people have had a lot of negative opinions of Android based on their experiences with Samsung phones.
This is rather unfortunate, because Samsung's iteration of Android is not indicative of actual Android. Samsung goes out of their way to obfuscate most of googles android behind their fork of the operating system.
Touchwiz isn't just a launcher. There are fundamental changes to the underlying operating system. Samsung does it as much as they can get away with, while still being allowed to be "android" and run google services.
many people have made comments (around the world, not just online) that Android is buggy, slow, cumbersome, laggy, with too many things in too many places that arent intuitive or logical. But they're basing this off Touchwiz. Not Actually Android. The experiences are two completely, utterly different things.
And i'm not speaking out of assumption here. I have owned a few devices, some samsung, nexus, an apple device in the past,. I like shiny and I don't hold myself to any particular vendor just because of a brand. Touchwiz has by far, been the worst OS / Android experience I have ever encountered. So much so, that on the two Samsung devices I have owned in the past, I eventually always wiped it and went with a stock android ROM
Something seems to be tickling my memory about iPhone 6 preorders blasting out two months in shipping time within the first 6 hours of preorder.... and I also seem to remember there being lines outside my local Apple store for the first 9 WEEKS of iPhone launch.
Surely I'm mistaken, though.
The commercial was okay. Wireless charging is too infant to be considered a must have feature in an iPhone since the peripherals are still too expensive and charge slowly. Sure, my Edge has a sleek design w/ two curved sides, a brilliant screen, nice architecture, an epic camera, and some nice build quality features. But it doesn't mean that it is better than the iPhone. I think specs aren't everything. Samsung lacks the same software support and they would have the power to bypass carriers and just try to control TW and get Google's approval for updates. The user friendliness of the 6 is a bit better for the casual user. Phone support and customer service are bolstered by Apple's history. The Edge screen is gimmicky. I think the 6+ is the best phone on the market. If the iOS 8 updates weren't horrific, people would have a more favorable opinion on the 6/6+.