Samsung Compares Galaxy S9 to Very Slow iPhone 6 in Frivolous Ad

[Anandc]

I'm not being biased about Apple but from watching the advertisement, they are trying to say that iPhones which are 4 years old become slow.

Now I have used Android before for a very long time and I bet a lot of people must have gone through a sluggish Android OS which is 4 years old and smartphones get hot in no time.

What Samsung doesn't tell you is how their Galaxy Phones work after 4 years. It's more of a mislead rather than competing against Apple.

We all know that down the time, every smartphone gets slow. Here is a link which will make you understand why smartphones get slow over a period of time.

I find this ad total misleading to consumers and this has become a growing concern because Apple is the only company who confessed about the slower smartphones and at least they have a solution to it while Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Sony etc don't have any solution to it.

Why Your Smartphone Seems to Slow Down as it Ages

 

[DNichter]

Wasn’t iPhone 6 performance on par with Galaxy S9,

SAMSUNG should stop with this childish behaviour saying mines better than your and if your using iPhone your silly, not going to win new loyal customers when you seem to go out of your way to insult future customers.

If I was going to go from iPhone to an Android based phone I am not going to go with SAMSUNG not someone that insults me, LG, SONY etc but not SAMSUNG

I think the 6s (2015) was comparable to the S9 in benchmarks.

 

[Jimmy James]

They're trying to get people with older iPhones, who are ripe for upgrades, to switch platforms. There is the false premise that the platform is responsible for lag, not the hardware vintage.

 

[shyam09]

I understand why this site disparages the Samsung ad; but the reality is that it is clearly, carefully targeted advertising. It's aimed at people who currently own iPhone 6's, who are primed for a new phone. There's not much value in targeting iPhone 8 owners to switch right now.

Exactly. Most people are probably aware by now of how Apple throttled performance as their devices aged. Samsung is capitalizing on that.

 

[emulajavi]

Great ad showing the current reality for iPhone 6 owners.....doing tasks that the iPhone 6 was able to complete in much less time on 2014.

 

[CPx]

Pretty rich coming from the company that used to cheat on performance benchmarks.

 

[iSayuSay]

A8 is still a very decent chip, even by today’s standard. It handles 1080p contents just fine.

All the slowness were caused by throttling and battery degradation. Let’s see how well it performs given an infinite source of power (i.e Apple TV 4th gen and HomePod). They work flawlessly for their purpose even after 4years.

 

[BMcCoy]

You mean like a shed of Apple ads over the last few years...

Yup.
Outdated and no longer appropriate.

Apple’s modern ads are fortunately much more focussed on extolling the qualities of the devices.

 

[Altis]

I think the 6s (2015) was comparable to the S9 in benchmarks.

Benchmarks are rather meaningless when it comes to user experience. My iPhone 4S and 5 are much, much faster on iOS 6 than my iPhone 6 on any iOS version, but especially 10 and 11.

The 6 and 6S are brutally slow on iOS 11. This ad captures precisely how it feels to use the 6 -- when time is of the essence, you're left hanging there waiting for no reason whatsoever.

 

[techguy15]

lol as a current Android user even this ad makes me laugh. I've owned Samsungs before and they are in NO WAY even close to the iPhone in terms of speed, reliability or obviously security updates. The problem with Samsung is they push out devices like the S9, S8 last year etc and hype them up as the latest and greatest but then abandon the phone 6 months to a year later to make room for the next flagship. You'd be lucky to get timely updates on any Samsung flagship and I say this from experience having owned an S7 and Note 5

 

[CollinMeOut]

"Samsung's decision to use an older iPhone in the video may have something to do with the iPhone X outperforming the Galaxy S9 in benchmark tests"

This was clearly done to give people a reason to switch.. It wouldn't make any sense to try to convince people who juuust got a new iPhone to switch. The ad is called "Moving On" for a reason. Also in real tests, not benchmarks, REAL tests, Samsung phones often outperform or at least match iPhones, often due to the better RAM performance.

"but it also gave them an opportunity to mock Apple's performance management, which isn't enabled on the latest iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, or iPhone X."

That's because they're brand new phones. If they were even a year old, like the iPhone 7, they'd be throttled.

 

[iosuser]

I know it's fashionable around here to bash Samsung (and I have no particular love for Samsung myself), but this ad wasn't about comparing the S9 to the iPhone X (or the 8). It's about upgrading from an older device. Nothing frivolous here other than the title of this story. So it seems they're fully aware that no one will "upgrade" from an iPhone X to a Galaxy S9.

 

[alpi123]

Why don't they compare the Galaxy S6 for example or S7? I'm pretty sure they're the same speed as the iPhone 6 (both slow). Samsung just shows how retarded their marketing team is.

 

[DNichter]

Benchmarks are rather meaningless when it comes to user experience. My iPhone 4S and 5 are much, much faster on iOS 6 than my iPhone 6 on any iOS version, but especially 10 and 11.

The 6 and 6S are brutally slow on iOS 11. This ad captures precisely how it feels to use the 6 -- when time is of the essence, you're left hanging there waiting for no reason whatsoever.

My girlfriend had a 6s on iOS 11 and it ran fine. No problems at all.

 

[Black Tiger]

Why stop with an iPhone 6? Let’s see an ad comparing their flagship to the original iPhone! They must think their target market for their phones is pretty stupid.

 

[C DM]

"Samsung's decision to use an older iPhone in the video may have something to do with the iPhone X outperforming the Galaxy S9 in benchmark tests"

This was clearly done to give people a reason to switch.. It wouldn't make any sense to try to convince people who juuust got a new iPhone to switch. The ad is called "Moving On" for a reason. Also in real tests, not benchmarks, REAL tests, Samsung phones often outperform or at least match iPhones, often due to the better RAM performance.

"but it also gave them an opportunity to mock Apple's performance management, which isn't enabled on the latest iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, or iPhone X."

That's because they're brand new phones. If they were even a year old, like the iPhone 7, they'd be throttled.

They wouldn't be without that being enabled for those devices first, and without those devices falling under the conditions that would qualify for that, where many devices, especially more recent ones, certainly do not. Furthermore, that functionality is user controllable now too.

 

[isotropic]

This is so lame! You ->try<- to point out your competitor weaknesses instead of showing your strengths. It's called lack of personality.

 

[Greymacuser]

With my experience using iOS on both iPhones and iPods, I'd say this ad was very accurate on th eApple side. Never used a Samsung so I have no idea how much better or worse they are. However, the delays in loading apps, cruddy battery usage and general hang ups in iOS are very spot on.

 

[zeromeus]

Lazy.

Would have a lot more respect for Samsung if they made a ‘positive’ advert, pushing the qualities of their device.

This sort of negative advertising, just criticising the competition, is lazy, dull, and frankly a bit pathetic in these modern times.

That is EXACTLY the kind of advertisement we see ALL THE TIME for politicians. They have nothing good, so they try to dig the dirt up from under their opponent hoping to make themselves look good. However, it just makes them look even worse! I really enjoy the ads I saw for Antonio Villaraigosa, whereas I felt that Hans Keirstead's ad makes him look like trash. These are California politicians.

 

[skitidetdu]

Depends on what iOS version is forced onto the iPhone 6. Being that you have the iPhone 5 there's no update beyond 10.3.3 that introduced lag and throttling with 11.x.

Ah of course I didn't think of the throttling....don't have any issue with that in my regular phone.

 

[Jack Burton]

My girlfriend had a 6s on iOS 11 and it ran fine. No problems at all.

My sis in law had a 6s on iOS 11. Nothing but problems.

 

[AMPO]

Samsung finally gets it. Their flagships compete with 4 year-old Apple devices!

Makes sense , people aren't going to upgrade from a new iPhone obviously and this ad does bring to light the uselessness of the iPhones long update schedule when the phone is basically useless regardless of said updates .

 

[macfacts]

A8 is still a very decent chip, even by today’s standard. It handles 1080p contents just fine.

All the slowness were caused by throttling and battery degradation. Let’s see how well it performs given an infinite source of power (i.e Apple TV 4th gen and HomePod). They work flawlessly for their purpose even after 4years.

You're also forgetting the iPhone 6 has 1 GB of RAM while android phones at the time were future proof with 2 GB of RAM.

 

[PickUrPoison]

How is Apple "obviously above this kind of ad campaign" when they ran the Mac vs. PC adds for how long?

Apple didn’t compare their current Mac to a four year old PC, did they? That would be rather deceitful, and more than a little desperate.

And they didn’t target Dell, IBM or Toshiba—they targeted a platform. Windows PCs. If Apple had any reason to make a comparison ad today, the equivalent would be iPhone vs. Android, not iPhone vs. Samsung Galaxy.

Having the cool Mac guy vs. the nerdy PC guy is like the notch haircut. Funny even if you prefer the other platform—but hardly a reason to go Android. (Though iirc, PC fans were most certainly NOT amused.)

 

[b0nd18t]

I think Apple should compare the iPhone 6 to an exploding note 7.