Samsung Launches $1 Trial Program for iPhone Users

[samcraig]

What does a Samsung S6 offer that a generic $150 unlocked off contract Android phone with a 5 inch screen, LTE, and stock Lollipop doesn't offer and is worth the price difference? Same OS, except the cheaper one is running stock so it's probably faster...

Is this a serious question? For one, and it's a big one, the camera and camera software. 2nd - the screen quality.

 

[AppleScruff1]

2 minutes playing playing with it at Best Buy was long enough for me...

Were you able to learn the OS in 2 minutes? Was it an easy learning curve?

 

[AppleScruff1]

I don't understand all the folks coming on and trashing Samsung for this promotion. It's a phone! Who cares. If you don't want to try it, don't. If you do, go ahead a get it (if any are still available).

I have been all Apple since the 90s. I love what they make and hate some of their decisions. My niece's fiancee has a Samsung phone that he loves. I have no idea which one it is but he's happy with it. Does it really matter? I will admit, when he shows me pictures on it, the screen is very nice.

Lots of fear here for Samsung and Google for some odd reason.

 

[sudo1996]

I'd think they would want people to buy their phones without trying them. Better to lure customers with the specs than to let them see how bad the phones actually are.

 

[AppleScruff1]

Is this a serious question? For one, and it's a big one, the camera and camera software. 2nd - the screen quality.

Maybe he is being sarcastic, who knows. How have you been ?

 

[iBlazed]

Is this a serious question? For one, and it's a big one, the camera and camera software. 2nd - the screen quality.

Ok say the generic has a good quality 5" 720p display and a 13mp Sony camera with LED flash and a 5mp front cam.

 

[AppleScruff1]

I'd think they would want people to buy their phones without trying them. Better to lure customers with the specs than to let them see how bad the phones actually are.

Which Samsung phones have you used?

 

[samcraig]

I'd think they would want people to buy their phones without trying them. Better to lure customers with the specs than to let them see how bad the phones actually are.

Except they aren't.

Maybe he is being sarcastic, who knows. How have you been ?

I'm great... thanks - you?

Ok say the generic has a good quality 5" 720p display and a 13mp Sony camera with LED flash and a 5mp front cam.

Ok - say that a purple polka-dot elephant fell out of the sky playing the piano and landed on one toe.

Put another way - are we going to go back and forth with the same "question" until you match the S6 spec for spec and software feature for software feature? If so, you're not going to spend $150.

 

[macfoxpro]

Competition is good and your analogy is "half right," in the sense that iPhone users are a cult following, like those who buy Porsche. For one, there's only 1 flavor of device with 1 iOS, whereas Android users have a variety to choose from.

It's okay to have an opinion, but there's a fine line between a logical one vs one that's way off base. We Apple users are pretty much in a cult following whether we'd like to admit it or not haha....

"It's okay to have an opinion, but there's a fine line between logical one vs one that's way off base".....kinda like "iPhone users are a cult". See what you did there? Good grief.

 

[iBlazed]

Ok - say that a purple polka-dot elephant fell out of the sky playing the piano and landed on one toe.

Put another way - are we going to go back and forth with the same "question" until you match the S6 spec for spec and software feature for software feature? If so, you're not going to spend $150.

I'm not going spec for spec. I'm just describing a relatively high end spec phone for $150 that really exists. Compared to a name brand phone with moderately higher specs for over $600 that runs the same OS.

 

[macfoxpro]

The iPhone has always sold well due to the tight nitch following that it has. It's no surprise in any way. So for the iOS lovers, there's really no competition for Apple because there's not other choice. Whereas, Samsung is one of many in the Android market so there's a lot of competition going on there. Regardless, they are still huge and what a lot of Apple lovers fail to see is how we're all related in one way or another. It's undeniable.

So it doesn't matter if Samsung Phone sales are up and down, because they are benefiting from the success of Apple with the iPhone, regardless.

Samsung and its fellow countryman of a cousin (LG) makes up a large portion of Apple products DNA.

1. iPhone's Memory, Motherboard and Chipset = Made by: Samsung.
2. iPhone's IPS Display = Made by: LG and/or Sharp. (Samsung owns a large chunk of Sharp)
3. iPhone's Battery Cell = Made by: LG.
4. iPhone's Touch Display Technology = Invented and sold to Apple by a Korean genius, which that same technology is now being used in the US military.
5. iPhone's A8 CPU = Made: by Samsung.

6. All the new A9 Chipsets will be made by Samsung. (Used in iPads, iPhones etc...)
7. Samsung will also be making all of SnapDragon's 820 Mobile Phone CPU.

As you can see, the better Apple does = the better Samsung does as well. The mobile division is only a portion of the corporate conglomerate.

I don't think a lot of Apple fanatics know this....yet a lot of folks on here are spilling so much unnecessary hatred without realizing that the very iPhone or Apple device we're using is well....pretty much Made by....Samsung.

They are a global leader in Screen and Memory technology among many other things.

So we can hate all we want, but just remember, at the end of the day it's like hating on your own cousin....same blood line whether we like it or not.

I love my Apple (As you can see from my sig.) and me personally, I just choose to keep it real and be thankful for anyone who helps make it the amazing product it is.

By "tight nitch following", do you mean the vast majority or at least damn near?

 

[samcraig]

I'm not going spec for spec. I'm just describing a relatively high end spec phone for $150 that really exists. Compared to a name brand phone with moderately higher specs for over $600 that runs the same OS.

Build quality is totally different.
The screen is nearly double the resolution
The screen uses better glass
The S6 has superior imaging and software
The s6 has more video recording modes
Quad core vs 8 core
wireless charging
4G vs LTE radio
More sensors

And so on. Nothing you can't find online - so not sure of the question. Why would you get one tablet over another. Another car over another. I guess the answer is - what's important to you. Price? Features? Brand reputation? And so on. It seems an odd question because it all comes down to an individual and what's important to them.

If all you want is to do facebook and email - you can get very cheap and efficient phones. And it doesn't matter if you're on iOS, Android, Windows, etc. If that's all you care about. But as soon as you start having preferences, then - there's your answer.

 

[AppleScruff1]

Build quality is totally different.
The screen is nearly double the resolution
The screen uses better glass
The S6 has superior imaging and software
The s6 has more video recording modes
Quad core vs 8 core
wireless charging
4G vs LTE radio
More sensors

And so on. Nothing you can't find online - so not sure of the question. Why would you get one tablet over another. Another car over another. I guess the answer is - what's important to you. Price? Features? Brand reputation? And so on. It seems an odd question because it all comes down to an individual and what's important to them.

If all you want is to do facebook and email - you can get very cheap and efficient phones. And it doesn't matter if you're on iOS, Android, Windows, etc. If that's all you care about. But as soon as you start having preferences, then - there's your answer.

Off topic. PM sent.

 

[iBlazed]

Build quality is totally different.
The screen is nearly double the resolution
The screen uses better glass
The S6 has superior imaging and software
The s6 has more video recording modes
Quad core vs 8 core
wireless charging
4G vs LTE radio
More sensors

1. Yes, the screen is better on the Samsung
2. Very few people would call Touchwiz superior to stock Android.
3. Video recording modes? Anyone can download an app.
4. How many cores are needed to run an OS that will be laggy anyway?
5. Wireless charging, yay, too bad the samsung doesn't come with the wireless charger. More money!
6. The budget phone has LTE. Build quality actually seems great as well. The amazon crew seems to be pretty happy.

I'm just saying, are camera recording modes and a screen with a resolution so high you can barely differentiate it from 720p with a naked eye really worth an extra $450?

I feel the same way about Windows PC's. I would never spend more than $500 on a computer that runs the same OS as a $1500 computer. Are the specs better? Sure. But it's still the same overall experience. Operating system means more than anything. If you want premium money out of me, you had better be designing your own hardware AND operating system.

 

[macfoxpro]

Say goodbye to your fingerprints...

In tears laughing!!

 

[sudo1996]

Which Samsung phones have you used?

The S4 and whatever was the latest Nexus a couple of years ago, don't remember which. They were bogus.

 

[AppleScruff1]

The S4 and whatever was the latest Nexus a couple of years ago, don't remember which. They were bogus.

In what way?

 

[dampfnudel]

Just completed mine, my iPhone 5 is severely dying. Too many software updates and being 3 years old doesn't help. This trial can hold me till the iPhone 6S comes out. They make you sign up on an iPhone instead of the net, 2 day shipping. I will return mine 4-5 days or so before my 30 day trail ends and get a receipt from UPS or whomever for proof. Will be really interesting.

It's always good to try what the other guy is offering so you know how much better off you are with what Apple is offering. That's not to say Android hasn't introduced great new features and options over the years, but when it comes to refinement/support, it's Apple all the way, at least for now.

 

[grkm3]

I order mine, I just put in some random information and used my $500 credit limit card for that $1 charge. If don't return the phone I wonder how they will go after me.

I hope for your credit sake your not serious.I worked as a loan broker and seen credit reports hold up a home purchase because of a 33 dollar amount of an unpaid phone bill that went into collections on a person's report.

Hey if you plan on putting a huge red collections tag on your credit for 700 bucks and drop your score a good 350 points by all means get me one too!

I'll even send you 500 for it!

 

[pjh]

It's not exactly "free"

......

I thought the charge was only $1? Most people would consider this "free" for the use of an expensive smart phone for a month. Or was that not what you meant?

 

[Christian 5G]

Thinking of "testing it out" sell my iPhone for a good profit now test the Samsung out and give it back and buy my iPhone 6s so I could have a phone in the meantime lol

This is what I think I will be doing now . I think if I preorder on "rumored date for preorder 11th" hopefully will get the new iPhone within few weeks. Though will probably have to be without phone for a week or so but that's fine.

Has anyone's trial phone shipped yet?

 

[MH01]

Smart move. More aimed at ex android users .

Apples version of this is the 2 week return window. I've used that many times to test drive hardware.

 

[billy the fish]

What does a Samsung S6 offer that a generic $150 unlocked off contract Android phone with a 5 inch screen, LTE, and stock Lollipop doesn't offer and is worth the price difference? Same OS, except the cheaper one is running stock so it's probably faster...

The same could be said of an iPhone 6 in that equation.. We all know that the high end phones now are over priced compared to the ridiculously cheap h top spec ones coming on the market..

 

[JoshGlzBrk]

No longer quite true.
At least on AT&T the network recognizes the device being used.

If the device doesn't fit what the plan/covers allows or can't be identified 1 of the following happens:

A> Data services are suspended or removed from your account

B> System Auto Changes plan to comparable or lowest data tier plan that fits your device and you'll get a prorated bill

( yes I've legit had and seen this happen particularly when swapped my SIM Between iPhone and non iPhone devices and that's why I stopped doing such with my AT&T SIM )


C> AT&T Contacts you multiple times warning to switch to a compatible plan or their will be risks

D> some combo of the above

Okay I see where I went wrong. All my posts are under the assumption he was on Verizon not AT&T.

 

[Aidyn's X]

Yep, and make them practically unusable the second they get those upgrades.. You know this, I know this.. Everyone knows this..

I'm interested to see if the behind the scene updates with iOS 9 will make those unusable devices more usable. But I agree that iOS 8 killed the iPad 2.