I think you took the wrong wormhole from a universe where the Samsung battery problem was handled well.Even better!!! The guy's iPhone battery explodes in his pocket (Which happens but doesn't get any press), then apple covers it up and lies to its consumers and blames them instead, as per company policy. Meanwhile the guy with the note 8 laughs at him because the company he bought his phone from admitted their faults and launched a massive recall with full transparency to prevent anything from happening to future Galaxy phone users. Oh...and BONUS...in the background an EgyptAir plane is flying towards earth on fire due to the iPhone that caught fire and killing several people.
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Samsung Compares Galaxy S9 to Very Slow iPhone 6 in Frivolous Ad
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With plenty of them being about bashing Apple and/or Apple users. What the thread shows isn't what some are trying to imply that it shows. At best it simply shows that people just like to argue over pretty much anything and nothing from any and all sides.
Haha, they should make an ad comparing the originals iPhone's lack of copy and paste that should really make people switch /s
Well, it is a 4-year old phone. That is still being supported by software updates. Heck, even the 5s looks set to receive iOS 12 later this year.
I do agree that in hindsight, Apple should have given it 2gb of ram, but otherwise, I am not sure what people are expecting here.
The iPhone 6–iPhone 8 all having the same form factor makes it deceptively easy for Samsung to poke fun at, as most common consumers can't tell the difference between these models. So yes it is a iP6 in the ad, but it might as well be the latest and greatest 8 that "appears" to be slow and laggy.
Most likely already said:
If you have to compare yourself to your competitors four-times-removed product ... marketing isn't going to save you.
If you have to compare yourself to your competitors four-times-removed product ... marketing isn't going to save you.
I believe we already addressed it all yesterday: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-in-frivolous-ad.2119150/page-8#post-26065466
The battery issue exists and it could be replaced. But lag after a software update is a real thing and Apple did drop the ball. That said, my Mom still uses a 6 and it is fine. I have a friend still using his 6 plus. It works fine as well.
Comparing 96 reports to the total of phones sold during that week is truly unfair since there are more than 96 iPhones blowing up everyday.
As a current iPhone 6 owner, I can relate to this ad. Everything is true except for that awful Apple genius interaction. They can be really helpful (most of the time). I've used the most of my phone in the past 4 years and the fact that it is now a laggy piece of crap (even after a battery replacement) won't make me upgrade to any Samsung phone. At least iPhones get timely major software upgrades and they are not forgotten by Apple when a new fancier model is released.
The worst kind of troll is one that just makes things up. At least try and come with something plausible.
Do not buy a Samsung for speed, I have a Samsung now and this is complete Bs. They have so much junk on here that everything takes for ever to load and this phone cannot handle tempatures above 80. The entire summer this phone is over heating and is slower than an iPhone 6. My 5 year old phone destroyes this phone and everything is customizable on that phone. This one you have to use there bloat ware(bye privacy) and can customize very little.
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Yeah definitely don't buy a Samsung, they are even slower than any iPhone. Oneplus, Google, or any phone with completely stock Android OS that will allow you to completely replace the OS if you so chose, are worth the money. Samsungs are the absolute worst phones on the market.
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Yeah definitely don't buy a Samsung, they are even slower than any iPhone. Oneplus, Google, or any phone with completely stock Android OS that will allow you to completely replace the OS if you so chose, are worth the money. Samsungs are the absolute worst phones on the market.
I have one on iOS 9.3.3 - which is near flawless. For anything else indeed 2 Gb would have been better.
Well clearly you aren't familiar with the Samsung devices then. Both Apple and Samsung make great smartphones... and there are pros/cons on both side.
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President Trump has agreed to mitigate a meeting between embittered Samsung CEO Kim Hyun Suk and dismayed Apple CEO Tim Cook to see if he can arrange a truce between the two rival electronics titans.
Update - President Trump arrived at the summit meeting in Seoul, South Korea sporting a OnePlus cell phone, and was immediately removed from the premises. A gun battle between the Secret Service and South Korean guards ensued and in a panic President Trump pressed the red button. Missiles were launched, pandemonium ensued....
It wouldn't make sense to show an iPhone x in the ad because, not everyone has an iPhone x. People like housewives and the lady in the video are more likely to be on an older model iPhone, like the 6. I find the ad to be very relevant and "real", because it's what most Apple product users experience when they go to an Apple Store. Every time I've taken my computer in, every time, not once, not twice, every single time I've been told by the Apple person that I should upgrade and that old machines display problems with performance. This ad will appeal to a lot of people who are not hardcore fans of Apple products or the people who work in the mall at Apple stores. I would never own a Samsung myself, but the photos taken with my mother-in-laws older Samsung phone beat the stuffings out of any that can be taken with the iPhone SE. I have a camera to take photos so it only bothers me when it bothers me, which is rarely because taking photos all the time is not that important to me, but I can see this commercial appealing to the frustration of a lot of people with Tim Cook's Apple.
Very Funny advertisment!! That notch at the end of the commercial ha ha!!
So the target audience is iPhone 6 users, who are looking to upgrade now that their phones are on their last legs...fair enough.
I remember when Apple used to make funny commercials at Windows back in the day.... Karma baby HA HA!!
So the target audience is iPhone 6 users, who are looking to upgrade now that their phones are on their last legs...fair enough.
I remember when Apple used to make funny commercials at Windows back in the day.... Karma baby HA HA!!
The notch haircut is pretty hilarious. Apple should do something similar to this... compare a new iPhone with a Galaxy S5 that would be brutal
The ad is pretty smart from a marketing perspective. A lot of people still have an iPhone 6 (or 6S) and this ad targets them directly... it's going to get the message inside their head. Did you upgrade from that old iPhone 6 yet?
that would be brutalThe ad is pretty smart from a marketing perspective. A lot of people still have an iPhone 6 (or 6S) and this ad targets them directly... it's going to get the message inside their head. Did you upgrade from that old iPhone 6 yet?
What are the chances that this thread would have the two people in the whole world with the magical devices (an iPhone 6 and a Galaxy S6) that had no performance degradation years later?
The BS is strong is this thread.
And the notch haircut in the video is hilarious. I think the iPhone X is wonderful and I still think it's funny.
None of these companies are worth tying up your personal ego into. Phones are tools. They don't take it personally. Why should we?
The BS is strong is this thread.
And the notch haircut in the video is hilarious. I think the iPhone X is wonderful and I still think it's funny.
None of these companies are worth tying up your personal ego into. Phones are tools. They don't take it personally. Why should we?
On the other hand there are frequent posters that talk about iOS update shortcomings fairly consistently who see iOS 9 as one of the more horrific versions based on their experience to the point that iOS 10 was a significant improvement (despite their own claims that every update slows things down and makes things worse).
It's a Good Ad! A bit provocative, but good... (the haircut part, especially).
As a satisfied iPhone 7 user I couldn't care less about Samsung and I'm not the target audience, really.
But this famous iPhone X "notch" is a real design fail IMO and Apple deserves all the jokes they can get on it's expense
As a satisfied iPhone 7 user I couldn't care less about Samsung and I'm not the target audience, really.
But this famous iPhone X "notch" is a real design fail IMO and Apple deserves all the jokes they can get on it's expense
Bingo. And, the reason they're still on the 6 and haven't upgraded because the 6S, 7 and 8 are pretty much the same thing while X is going backwards without the familiar touch ID, removed headphone jack, missing chunk of display from notch, etc. and the distrust of secret throttling. In that context the ad makes perfect sense.