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It was a big advertisement, I thought some elements were funny but the whole premise is, in my opinion, based on too poor of a marketing campaign. Like I said, the commercial itself had some funny parts but if you consider what they're trying to convey, it's not only "over the top" as the commercial even said at the end, but it's just in bad taste in my opinion. I wouldn't really think it to be wise to make fun of the customer base, even if they aren't your own.

And for the record the Mac/PC ads weren't Apple's best ads either, nor were the "well, you don't have an iPhone" ones. Even then those ads weren't really as snide as these but still, Apple's best ads were ones that focused on its own products without having to compare them to others or to focus on other consumer bases. I guess simply comparing the directions of the two companies' marketing says enough about where they stand in terms of mindshare.
 
A stylus and Justin Hawkins of bad-joke comedy "metal" band The Darkness.

Is that the best you can do samsung? Your phones aren't bad, but your advertising sucks.
 
Obviously your new to technology or you would have remembered the incredibly successful Get a Mac commercials showing windows as un cool. Check out youtube, newbie. :eek:

Wasn't Hodgeman (the pc) the funny/likeable one in the ads?
 
Why are they so obsessed with this waiting in line thing? I stood in line three years in a row to get my iPhone. Won't do it again but I don't regret doing it in the past..


Never waited n line. I got the 3 by walking in two weeks after release and got my 4 by ordering it on line 20 minutes after they went on sale and had it shipped to my door.

Ditto my iPad 2.

I don't queue up for a piece of consumer electronics that is being made in the millions.
 
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Galaxy note is the best mobile device yet made. All you stupid iFan boys stay your none LTE 3.5" forever. The game is over at least now, go check at a store in your hand. All people bitching about Samsung are the standard brain of apple here. Sent from iPhone4
 
It's actually pretty sad that people will stand in a line for hours. Have they nothing better to do with their lives? :roll eyes:

You guys gotta get your lips away from Apple's posterior. *passes glue solvent*
 
Well...

Funny Samsung boasting they have "a pen" with their phones, one of main selling points for the original iPhone was that nobody wants a stylus: goo.gl/pr2U4

But we do want one for our iPads. If you want to use the Ipad to replace your paper note pad for school or work, you will need a stylus....and you will.

Check out how many stylus exist currently and there are about 5 others soon to hit the market like eStylo and others.

Just because Apple says you don't need one doesn't mean you don't need one.
 
That was a pretty annoying song.

Yeah Samsung, you're really reaching an emotional connection with me. :rolleyes:
 
lol

i miss SJ for his to the point quotes. lol

as for the commercial. I thought it was funny.

as for the stylus, along with SJ's point, I just think it's dumb to think of how many ppl would lose a stylus. just one more thing to worry about not having. i know you can buy them for the ipad (I have one), but it stays at home where I would use it the most. I would never carry it around as I'm sure I'd lose it.

and i'm also sure i'm not the only one who would.

back to the commercial - I'm a huge fan of the Darkness and am jacked that Justin Hawkins, their lead singer (in the commercial) is back with the band and touring Canada/US of A right now. They are a fresh band in today's music scene.
 
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elgrecomac said:
Insult your competitor's customers. That will get them to switch!


Obviously your new to technology or you would have remembered the incredibly successful Get a Mac commercials showing windows as un cool. Check out youtube, newbie. :eek:

He said customers, not product. Reading comprehension is so difficult.
 
I forgot about that song for 9 years, now i have it stuck in my head and had to download it. :mad:
 
Obviously your new to technology or you would have remembered the incredibly successful Get a Mac commercials showing windows as un cool. Check out youtube, newbie. :eek:

I don't think you understand the difference. Apple insulted the platform, not the user. That ad didn't allege one negative quality about the iPhone. They couldn't even say what was so great about the stylus. Just that it had one.
 
You should look at the note. It is something that combines a tablet and a phone.

One of the biggest short comings of tablets right now is the lack of being able to use a stylus. For many things I would love to have one. Big time for taking notes or writing things down. In those things a stylus is just by far better. For basic navigation yeah the finger is great.

There are plenty of 3rd party styli for iOS devices. With the likes of Cregle iPen the iOS devices are superior to the Note even in that respect.
 
So I'm confused, is this a phone or a tablet? It's called a "Note"(tablet-esqe). It has a stylus. A 5 point what inch screen?(tablet). This is why I bought the 4s, just incase the next iPhone has a 4 incher, or larger, it's a phone, I want to put it in my pocket. A stylus..lol. Samsung is reinventing the stylus!
 
THAT was a super bowl ad? These things are getting less funny and entertaining per year.

Seriously that ad annoyed me more than anything. If it was clever I'd give it props but it wasn't clever...
 
Insult your competitor's customers. That will get them to switch!

I don't think you understand the difference. Apple insulted the platform, not the user.

You mean like Apple did in the lemmings ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYP1Tjgt1Ao

Or the get a mac ads:

http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...9l2605l0l2836l12l9l0l0l0l0l202l1022l4.4.1l9l0

Or, one could even argue, the 1984 ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8


If have to attack a competitor's product, they blew it!

You mean like Apple did in the toasted commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE6aKeK61A4&feature=related

Or in the steamroller commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OBai9P-j74

Or the snail commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvzmAvkfUM


Seriously people, Apple has done all of the same things in the past that many of you are crucifying Samsung for doing now.
 
Obviously you're new to reading and grammar.

The Get a Mac ads insulted Windows, not Windows users. More importantly, they highlighted points where Macs are superior.

This ad insulted people who are waiting in line for a device without really explaining why its better.

Pubb

Obviously your new to technology or you would have remembered the incredibly successful Get a Mac commercials showing windows as un cool. Check out youtube, newbie. :eek:
 
Samsung is attempting to create cachet via marketing, because they have no cachet and never had any, whereas Apple products have it inherently, in spades.

So what happens? Commercial ends up being lame by default, because Samsung just doesn't get what Apple has known and understood for years.
 
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satchow said:
I can't believe they used a stylus as a selling point...

I wish you can use a stylus with the ipad.
 
There are plenty of 3rd party styli for iOS devices. With the likes of Cregle iPen the iOS devices are superior to the Note even in that respect.

I know they are there but they are what I could call a wanna styli device. They have to deal with the limitation of iOS and what it tosses out as noise. It makes them more like a marker than a pen.

It would require Apple to put in some changes in iOS and allow a developer to override the default settings on what is tossed out as noise.
 
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Samsung must be stupid. Offending the very people you want to switch over to your brand!! It's like saying "hey stupid person whos waiting in line, come buy our product because were gonna make fun of you if you keep waiting in line"!!
So iPhone owner runs to the nearest Samsung sto.... "Ummmm where do they sell these plastic things with a stylus again"?? Lol
 
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