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Samsung Mocks iPhone's Camera, Lack of Headphone Jack, and More in Latest Galaxy S9 Ads
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Or any sales person for that matter. I always have to wait because they are busy.
Anyhow the ad is a bit of fun. I don’t know why people are getting up in arms about it. Yes the iPhone doesn’t have a headphone jack and you have to buy a fast charger. I think people that use this forum are already aware of what features the latest iPhone has vs the competition so this advert isn’t going to make anyone here switch.
Maybe some of the non techie, general public can be swayed to switch. That’s what adverts are for to persuade you to buy something.
Haha, the point is that both companies belittle the other to make themselves look better. Nothing wrong either way, except its only ok when Apple does it. Its always a double standard for Apple users. I think its hilarious to watch them cringe! Thanks for the entertainment
Belittling another company doesn't make them look better, that's how it's wrong. Apple hasn't ever really targeted another company in its old ads, it targeted ALL of the other companies. There's no double standard, when Apple did that I was not an Apple user and it soured me from ever wanting anything Apple made.
Sort of like how, now, I watch people make assumptions about Apple users that are completely wrong. They now sour me on the people themselves.
I was initially going to jump to Apple’s defense as I instinctively tend to do while calling Samsung out for still feeling the need to constantly bash Apple for sales, but then I thought... nah, today’s Apple deserves to be bashed.
Apple has a 24 hour store in NYC. At MOST it would have taken you 45 minutes by Subway to get there.
I think it would be a good idea for them to rebrand their phones completely. Apple as well to some extent. These numbers are not only boring, what are we going to do with the Galaxy S 22? Or the iPhone XXI?
Samsung is dong well compared to others, but when compared to Apple it is doing ****, Apple's profit margins are second to none, Sammy doesn't even come close.... in fact they are light years behind
I feel like at some point they are going to make it just "iPhone" kind of like the MacBook line and have it be named by the year.
When one phone has something, the others don't (anything removed on one phone has a much higher mocking surface), you'll never get rid of this *rolls eyes* like the headphone jack not on iPhones now, you bet Samsung will always be over this as their "main" point going forward..
Its gonna be a regular thing... "oh ya, during out next event, we can't forget to mention the lacking of a headphone jack on iPhones (again)"
Just to keep the pressure on..
(Why can't companies just be happy their selling phones..)
Its gonna be a regular thing... "oh ya, during out next event, we can't forget to mention the lacking of a headphone jack on iPhones (again)"
Just to keep the pressure on..
(Why can't companies just be happy their selling phones..)
Really now...they show arrogance? Come on, the anthropomorphizing is bad enough.
Apple would need to tell us what these advantages are because all they said was courage. It’s not the X form factor because the headphone jack was first removed in the 7 series. Apple haven’t provided a compelling reason why they removed it and Samsung have managed to produce a phone with a higher screen to body ratio which has stereo speakers and a higher water resistance rating than apple’s latest phones. So I don’t think it’s samsung’s job to explain something that Apple haven’t managed to.Facts presented with a bias spin aren't quite as factual as you're arguing; nor are arguments against them always about hiding facts. I can say "Lil' Kim is short and petite," (she's 4'11") and that would be a fact, and I might say, "LeBron James is very large." Also a fact. But if I say, "Lil' Kim's short and petite, not lumbering and big like LeBron James" then I'm putting bias spin on those facts.
Likewise here. Yes, there's no headphone jack on the iPhone X. But is (as implied) this lack of a headphone jack reason enough to buy a Samsung over an iPhone? Doesn't removing the jack give the iPhone X some advantages in what it can do? Aren't wireless headphones becoming more popular, making such jacks superfluous, especially if the space phone jacks require could be better used by smartphones? Why aren't these facts being stated (especially if Samsung might soon remove their jacks)...unless it's Samsung who believes in hiding the facts?
They're listing facts about the iPhone and presenting them as damaging...and THAT, arguably, may not be a fact.
Also still having a headphone jack doesn’t preclude the use of wireless headphones.
Haven't gone thru the 10 pages of comments yet, so this may have been said, but the headphone jack argument is pretty old at this point. You are probably running out of idea's if you're worried about a feature that was removed years ago.
Not having fast charging included, then charging an arm and a leg for the apple branded solution was a stupid move by Apple. However the Camera on the X is great.
Not having fast charging included, then charging an arm and a leg for the apple branded solution was a stupid move by Apple. However the Camera on the X is great.
Lame to say the least
Samsung has expanded upon its "Ingenius" ad campaign with three new videos titled Dongle, Fast Charger, and Camera.
In each of the videos, Samsung depicts an Apple Store employee having a conversation with a customer, attempting to justify the iPhone compared to the Galaxy S9, as it relates to the camera, dongles, and more.
In the first ad, a customer asks if he can use his wired headphones with the iPhone X, and the Genius informs him that he will need a dongle. The customer then inquires about charging at the same time, and the Genius says he'll need another dongle. The customer then says, "so, a double dongle."
For what it's worth, rumors suggest Apple will include a faster 18W charger in the box with its upcoming 2018 iPhones.
In the second ad, which has the same format, a customer asks if the iPhone X comes with a fast charger, like the Galaxy S9 does. The employee says no, informing her that she can purchase a Lightning to USB-C cable, along with a USB-C power adapter, for fast charging. The customer has a puzzled reaction.
The third ad emphasizes that the Galaxy S9+'s camera has a higher DxOMark score than the iPhone X--99 versus 97 respectively--although DxOMark has attracted some criticism, and camera quality can be subjective.
Samsung shared the first ad in this series earlier this week, highlighting the Galaxy S9's faster LTE download speeds versus the iPhone X, based on Ookla's Speedtest Intelligence Data from February to April 2018.
The ads don't even try to hide the fact that it's supposed to be an Apple Store, and are a clear jab at "Geniuses." Samsung has repeatedly tried to mock Apple and the iPhone, though, so this is par for course for them.
Article Link: Samsung Mocks iPhone's Camera, Lack of Headphone Jack, and More in Latest Galaxy S9 Ads
And they're doing it wrong. That ad is their product vs ALL the competition...not a single company.
Is the S10 the one rumored to be a radical change like the iPhone X was? Apple may be able to get by with keeping the same design for 3 years, but I don't think Samsung has that same luxury. Another incremental update would be pretty terrible for them.
“It was different when Apple did it”
Blah blah, you must not read around here much if you think there’s no double standard. Sure not EVERYONE, just the Sour Apple users.
Some people really care about high quality audio and will spend a lot of money on expensive wired headphones. I’m not one of those people but they do exist.
So I guess Apple wasn't doing well when they had their MAC VS PC commercials?