Well in fairness he could be a British 'bloke' who has been asked to say aluminum the American way for the American market.
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Well in fairness he could be a British 'bloke' who has been asked to say aluminum the American way for the American market.
Perhaps so, and honestly I have no loyalty to Samsung.
In fact I have no "Loyalty" to any brand, as I find such a concept rather weird.
I simply want something, and look around for the best model/price/style that suits my needs.
Be it a computer, phone, monitor, fridge, tablet.
I take each item on it's own merits, based on my needs and wishes.
If a £150 tablet does what I wish, then why spend £500 on an iPad, as the only difference really is more apps.
I only have 1 actual Samsung product I'm aware of, and that's a monitor.
I actually own 2 Apple products, and a various range of other brands.
I don't honestly take much notice of adverts at all, unless they are very up themselves (which is why Jony Ive annoys me) All the smarmy talk I find annoying. where he would spend 15 mins on a shopping channel selling a pencil, telling you about how the graphite was mined, the way the tree's were planted and the logging process, with machining to turn them into pencils.
That I find annoying :
Why is he about to punch his girlfriend in the face while wearing an ugly watch?
What you're doing is creating a false dichotomy.
You're saying that the only options are to either release poorly designed products or to shamelessly copy Apple. You realize that there's a third option, right?
It is possible to create well-designed, well-constructed products that aren't flagrant Apple wannabes, you know. It's possible to build something that is both high quality AND original. Is that really too much to ask?
The problem is that Samsung is too unwilling and/or too incompetent to do that, and that's why they receive so much criticism. They either build garbage or they steal.
The "Edge" is still selling like crazy, making Samsung a hell of a lot of money. Its limited sure but its the first of its kind on the market. When Siri first came out for the iPhone, it was limited too. Some would say it still is especially when compared to Google Now and Cortana.
Its easily the best looking phone out right now IMO. It honestly makes the iPhone look dated IMO. And it's a "me too" design? Wtf does that even mean? Are you trying to say Samsung is just trying to be like the other millions of dual curved screen phones on the market? Oh yeah, there aren't any. Wanna talk "me too"? Look no further than the 6+. Apple was just following everybody else. They pretty much did a complete 180 on their smartphone philosophy. And there's nothing wrong with that. Big screens are what's in. But its hilarious how a lot of apple fanboys (huge difference between fan and a fanboy) are quick to accuse Samsung of following and/or copying when Apple pretty did the same thing. Hell even iOS 7 copied a lot features in android.
Hell there's even a rumor that, with Apple filing for a dual curved screen patent, that the iPhone 7 will have a curved screen similar to the S6 Edge. I hope they do that, just to hear the excuses the Apple fanboys will come up with to defend Apple's use of the same "gimmick" that the apple iFans bashed Samsung for.
And Samedung? Who comes up with this unclever ****? Smh lol.
This is a poor argument because the Digital Crown is closer to the front of the device for specific functional reasons.
It if were centered, it would be more difficult to use because it would be too recessed for your finger to turn the wheel. On top of that, centering it would make you more likely to accidentally touch it with the back of your hand when you bend your wrist.
Because of that, it was deliberately placed closer to the front of the device. That's not a lack of alignment; that's an example of the the detail and consideration that Apple puts into its functional design process. On the other hand, the GS6's lack of alignment is nothing more than laziness and a lack of care on Samsung's part.
And if that is indeed mocking, that speaks to the company's desperation. And likely its poor financial results.
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Sure. For brevity, I will give you two. Continuity and Siri. If I have one Apple device Continuity provides no utility for me. If I don't see the need for a voice activated assistant then Siri provides no utility for me. Same goes for the Edge's utility. You and I may see no utility in it's functions but some owners of the device may use it's functionality on a daily basis. They see the utility. Not sure what's so hard to understand about utility being dependent on the users preferences. The point is not to single out Continuity or Siri. The point is your narrow definition of utility doesn't account for the user.
The first line of your quote to Piggie read: "You couldn't be more wrong." Where was Piggie wrong? The point of the message was the same as yours. Regardless of your intended audience, your message was contradictory. You claimed Piggie was wrong and then turned around and said the exact same thing. It took you a helluva lot longer to get there, but it was the same message.
Context of the previous posts helps. I wasn't saying the thumb ad was stupid. I was saying this hullabaloo about Samsung copying Apple is stupid. They have been inspired by each other multiple times. Headphone location from Apple to Samsung, Phone size from Samsung to Apple. Stationary fingerprint reader from Apple to Samsung. Reachability from Samsung to Apple.
In the end, what does it matter? They've done it in the past, they will do it in the future. Not only will they borrow from each other but they will both borrow ideas from other companies as well.
Sept. 2016 response: Clearly Apple was the first to introduce the dual curved screen. Samsung infiltrated Apple with Korean spies who relayed the information to Samsung via noodles and tea (encryption at it's highest).
Oct. 2016 response: Ok fine, Apple may have taken the general idea from Samsung with the curved screen, but they made it more better. They improved on it so clearly it's new and better. Samsung's edge was a POS while Apple's clearly has purpose. Thought was put into this.
Nov. 2016 response: Hmm ... well we don't use the edge that much in iPhone 7. But it isn't a gimmicky feature, it has purpose to it. Apple envisioned greatness and this is certainly it.
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Because the phones they produce are pretty awesome.
Yeah that ad was creepy weird (and I had it muted). I was rooting for the guy who wasn't taking creepy pics of the female stranger, who wasn't filming the female stranger, who probably stalked her to the club where he "bumped" into her. Also, orange is an ugly watch band color.
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Well that depends on a lot of things:
1) Do you keep your phone naked or not?
2) Did you notice this yourself?
3) Does alignment make such a big difference? If they aligned everything, people would probably be like "OMG, Samsung aligned everything. They copied Apple even more!"