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Samsung Expands Anti-Apple 'Wall Huggers' Advertisement to Airports

HobeSoundDarryl said:
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I agree that +every+ mobile device could be improved - my original point: I see every make and model “hugging” walls, vying for public charging space, it’s not limited to iPhone users.

I think there’s a contingent users who rarely need supplemental power, and another who always need extra power. If the non-iPhone products got 18+ hours of use I could see a distinction, but they don’t. I’m fairly well traveled, own development shops, and exposed to a wide range of mobile devices/device users from the DOD in DC to teams of developers from several Big 5/10 agencies, and I see just as many Android devices (Samsung, Sony, HTC, Google) plugged in as Apple devices.

From my personal experience, we tend to not run into issues with battery life, but maybe we’re so conditioned to plan for use, it’s not an issue for us. For example: we’re headed down to Universal in a few weeks, and like previous trips (we go down 3-4 times a year), we’ll shoot a constant stream of photo and video and get all day use out of our iPhones, but we go into the park at 100%, and only use the devices while in the park (by choice) for photo/video.

I still consider the net experience with Apple devices to be superior, but that certainly doesn’t suggest that there isn’t room for improvement :cool:
 
kagharaht said:
Sammy needs to spend a few more bucks to remove these stations. After all, their products has no need for these.

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Not trying to defend Samsung but that's advertising. It's often LOTS of other manufacturers devices attached to those (including our own Apple devices).

Make a deal to provide charging stations in exchange for prominently getting to continuously display your brand name for millions of people that flow through airports? That sounds like a good advertising tactic to me.
 
robjulo said:
Like Apple did with the mac v PC adds? PC user is the dork while mac user is the cool hipster.

More hypocrisy at its finest on MR.
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You're going there, really? I'm not saying there never is hypocrisy on MR, but there is zero in this case. Get your facts straight before you call someone out.

The Mac and PC guys were a Mac and a PC, not users. Anytime a PC user was "guest starring" in an ad they didn't insult them, they just showed them the Mac way. Apple was making fun of PCs not their users.
 
I've said this before, and I'll say this again: I never get to use (not that I need to) the power outlets at work because everyone with Samsung devices has already taken them. Just Samsung. No other brand.

I'm running beta software, so I expect my battery to die quicker than anything Sammy has to offer, but nope.

And on a side note, out of all of those Samsung devices (Two S4s, one S5, one S3, and one S2), only the screen of the S2 isn't cracked.
 
gotluck said:
That is actually not true. Can tell you don't actually use android phones.

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Doesn't that picture actually demonstrate that the iPhones charge faster than every device on there except two...? Or am I reading it wrong?

Anyway, this back and forth argument is old, there are just as many Android users desperately unhappy with their batteries as there are iPhone users. Personally, I'd rather see Samsung try and sell what's good about their phone beyond battery life, since I've yet to actually be tempted to buy a phone solely for how long I can go before charging it.
 
Radiating said:
I think this is trying to make people thing that Samsung has better battery life. Even though their phones are 50% larger than Apple's they only manage around 4% better battery life. While an iPhone with a battery case lasts more than 2 and a half times longer than the Galaxy S5
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So two batteries will last longer than one? :mind-blown:
 
All Apple user here. But I can appreciate clever advertising. And it works! My friend text me the other day because he knows I'm an Apple user. "Man Samsung is killing the iPhone in these new commercials". It's a little tasteless to attack another company but everyone is doing it so why not? Microsoft is, Samsung is and I even saw an LG add attacking Apple. In my opinion the advertisement is clever but all of these people attacking Apple just confirms that they are on top and the companies have to do something to try to knock them down a notch. I advertising and it's entertainment for me. Nothing to get bent out of shape about. If people used a product because they enjoyed it vs what the TV told them to go buy people would be a lot better off.
 
Never had a battery problem with my iPhone - why? Because I have always kept it in a Mophie case - adds thickness and a bit of weight, but the battery life with heavy usage is about 36-48 hours. AWESOME.

I feel naked without my Mophie now. :eek: :eek:

Bill
 
djgamble said:
LOL yep...
My other laugh is that I'm the guy at work who gets by on one charge.

All the Samsung users have huge screens and quad-core CPUs so HAVE to recharge 1/2 way through the day or leave their phones constantly plugged in while at work.

If Samsung's phones had amazing battery life then it might at least be an accurate portrayal. Yes I know their phones have bigger batteries BUT... the curve for bigger screen/battery isn't linear.
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I'm used to hearing that "bing" sound when their Galaxies are plugged in at least a few times a day, followed by the occasional, "it's not charging again, I tried removing the battery and putting it back like the store said, I guess I'm gonna have to get a new battery again.."
 
Yvan256 said:
Go watch the PC vs Mac ads again. All of them. A PC user would not upgrade himself. A Mac user would not install a new OS on himself. A Mac user would not describe another person as its user.

If you are unable to understand the personifications of the PC and the Mac in those ads, it's your loss. Apple never attacked the potential switchers, they attacked the OS of the other company.

What Samsung is thinking of achieving here is quite strange. They're basically spitting on people and then asking them to use their products instead. That's just stupid.
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Or have stickers all over them, be "stuffed up" with viruses, get injured by being pulled off the desk when someone tripped over their power cord, become fat with bloatware, the list goes on...
 
Why anti-Apple? It's anti-any-smartphone other than S5...

The ad say nothing about Apple, and as far as I know Android phones (including Samsung's) have the same or worse battery problems than iPhones.

And the "Ultra Power Saving Mode" is nothing more than turning a smartphone in an old dumb-phone able to only make voice calls... if you buy a smartphone you want to be a real smartphone all the time, not only above 10% battery, right? Another stupid "feature" worth absolutely nothing. And any modern smartphone can already be set up to implement this "revolutionary feature", just disable LTE, WiFi, etc. and shutdown apps
 
Love how the ad is a piece of paper printed out and laminated. So pro.

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robjulo said:
Right.:rolleyes:
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Yes, right. "I'm a PC" didn't mean "I'm a PC user" in any context until Microsoft rolled out their nonsensical ad campaign, "I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea." Unless it's supposed to mean that the PC actually had the idea… I don't know.

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Yvan256 said:
Go watch the PC vs Mac ads again. All of them. A PC user would not upgrade himself. A Mac user would not install a new OS on himself. A Mac user would not describe another person as its user.
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I laughed when I read this. But, according to Microsoft's ads, Windows 7 was a PC's idea. Not MS programmers, not the end user, but the PC itself. It installed Windows 7 on itself. I'd be pissed if my Windows XP computer did that.
 
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How many of these people huddled around power outlets in airports are at 5% battery life... and how many people are just topping off their phone for a 4+ hour flight where they'll be watching movies on their phone?

The last time I flew... my phone had plenty of power before my flight.

BUT... I knew I wouldn't be anywhere near a power outlet for many hours on a plane... so why not plug in while I'm sitting idle in the terminal?

My philosophy: If see a power outlet... I will top-off my phone.

I think I'm gonna get one of these to keep in my luggage. I won't even notice the weight and size of it in my luggage... and it'll keep me off the dirty floor in an airport! :D

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I know, I know... it would be better if my phone had super-long battery life in the first place. But when life hands you lemons...
 
I'm not one for complaining and can take a good amount thrown at me, but constantly slagging off customers because they use a specific device got old pretty quick. I like Samsung but their adverts put me way off.
 
Interesting. I'm at the airport right now and across from me there are four people who are charging their iPhones lol. Maybe they're right
 
I hug the wall at the airport if I'm not doing anything else, even with 100% battery. It's better for the battery to use it as little as possible. I don't see why not if I'm sitting there anyway.
 
zipa said:
Seriously? I can't think of a single reason to choose iOS over Android, except for personal preference. And if you prefer Android over iOS it doesn't matter what Apple releases, there is something to match (and probably trump) it in the Android camp.
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Not a single reason? Well, with all respect, you must be somewhat oblivious to the facts. Things like OS stability, OEM support, and applications (most developers flock to iOS) are just a few off the top of my head.

Just for the record, I'm not saying iOS is better than Android. But by you saying you can't think of a single reason to choose iOS over Android, you've invalidated any reasonable judgement that you can pass on this matter.
 
Brilliant

It's a brilliant gimmick. I don't know how much truth there is behind it, but it's probably the best ad-reinforcement device I can remember. Simple, pithy, and anyone charging an iPhone there is themselves a standing advertisement for Samsung -- "oh ****, there's the pathetic iPhone guy in the Samsung ad".
 
keysofanxiety said:
Not a single reason? Well, with all respect, you must be somewhat oblivious to the facts. Things like OS stability, OEM support, and applications (most developers flock to iOS) are just a few off the top of my head.
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And security, and enterprise support, and quality of apps (particularly for tablets), and ...
 
cmaier said:
And security, and enterprise support, and quality of apps (particularly for tablets), and ...
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Yes, but with Android, you can customise icons and make your phone even laggier with useless gimmicks. Because that's what 'pro users' do. :rolleyes:
 
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