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Samsung Shares New 'Ingenius' Ads Pitting New Galaxy Note 9 Against iPhone X

Winni said:
You're totally wrong there. Most people that I know who buy a Galaxy Note -- since the Note 1, actually -- buy it because of the stylus support. I know networking engineers who draw the first drafts of of their network diagrams on that device. And I also know people who shot pictures -- in a laboratory, for example -- and circle and mark specific areas of the picture and write notes on them. It's a useful tool for people who actually WORK with those devices.

But you're right, it's not for the millennial StarBucks crowd.
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This is short sighted. My job doesn’t have any functions that would benefit from a stylus so I’m supposedly born in the 80’s or 90’s and spend as much time as possible at a coffee shop. I understand that you’re using sarcastic exaggeration for effect.

I had a leak at home yesterday and the insurance adjuster used a stylus to sketch the repair scope. It seemed truly useful. It probably makes him more efficient and it’s probably a joy to use for that task.

However, both my example and yours are very specific work uses. A stylus isn’t a mainstream tool. It’s probably not even a mainstream work tool in the majority of jobs.
 
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Jimmy James said:
This is short sighted. My job doesn’t have any functions that would benefit from a stylus so I’m supposedly born in the 80’s or 90’s and spend as much time as possible at a coffee shop. I understand that you’re using sarcastic exaggeration for effect.

I had a leak at home yesterday and the insurance adjuster used a stylus to sketch the repair scope. It seemed truly useful. It probably makes him more efficient and it’s probably a joy to use for that task.

However, both my example and yours are very specific work uses. A stylus isn’t a mainstream tool. It’s probably not even a mainstream work tool in the majority of jobs.
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It's interesting you're making that workplace-related point. I have seen a few offices that used iPad Pros + Pencil whose profession has literally nothing to do with drawing or sketching. Perhaps note-taking, but not on the scale that justifies dozens of $1000+ devices. They just seem to buy the combo (iPad + Pencil) since (1) they think the iPad is somewhat incomplete without the Pencil or (2) they deem their rare use of the pencil worthy the price.
 
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Khedron said:
Yes, professionals are by definition a niche group of people.
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Depends what you consider professional. Tech nerds who perform operational tasks. Yup, that’s more accurate. Corporate professionals? I know I’ve never seen any with a stylus. I guess they’re just an elusive group, all these people who use a stylus on their phones.
 
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That’s great. Make your commercial little more than a petty “my phone is better than your phone” internet forum war.

Stay classy Samsung :eek:
 
Johnny Steps said:
The idea is there for the commercials, but the execution seems childish. I'm all for competition, but there should be a different way to present the argument because it just makes Samsung look like it's taking the lower road against Apple.
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Childish? You remember Mac vs PC commercial with Justin Long? I thought that was brilliant back in the days and also funny. I think Samsung has gone better way better than it used to be than attacking customers. Making fun of customers would not makes me wanna get their products. But that Mac vs PC ad thing that’s when I realized it’s so true yet funny so ended up getting a Mac Mini to begin with. Since then owned a MacBook and 27” iMac. That turns to iPhones and iPads and iPods. So yes these are very good ads but it’s up to Apple to keeps making a better product. Unlike Microsoft they got so comfortable because they were a market leader. I really got tired of Windows and OS X was ten times better and it works. Apple could be in that situation if they decide to get comfortable and I hope not.
 
It just occurred to me that really these commercials are all so embarrassingly lame that they must only be aimed at existing, frothing Samsung fans. Give them something to affirm their insecurities. Certainly no one can realistically think that any Apple fan is going to suddenly buy a Samsung because of them?

In my eyes and the eyes of everyone I know, these ads are so bad they are devaluing the brand. Properly tasteless dross.
 
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It reminds me of Justin Long...


X: I am an iPhone.

S9: And I'm a Galaxy S9.

X: The new one? That's really cool. What are your new featur--what are you doing?

(the S9 is staring blankly up at the sky for a moment)

S9: Oh sorry, I had to communicate>

X: No problem, we all have to take care of our users/

S9: No, that wasn't my user. I had to report back to Google and Samsung about my user.

X: Report back what?

S9: Usage habits, location data and..really all that would just put you to sleep. its just a few gigs.

X: Gigs? Is something wrong?

S9: No, no. Nothing like that. Its just monetization.

X: Monetization?

S9: Selling information about our users. Its how we make money. How does Apple make money.

X: We just make great products that people want.

S9: That seems a little naive, don't you think?
 
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Samsung and Apple both need to retool their advertisements. Or maybe I'm the problem for not liking the path they're both taking.
 
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Jimmy James said:
I’m imagining an Audi commercial that takes place on a critical test drive in a BMW...without showing an Audi.

Choose any big manufacturer you want. It is bizarre.
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No other luxury product manufacturer would mention a rival operating system/hardware so explicitly/frequently in an actual advert for their own product... I think S have a seriously big hard-on for A :)
 
I popped back to a few android forums a month or so to see how they're back pedalling about their hatred for the "notch" - you gotta laugh :)
 
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Ds6778 said:
Anyone remember when android phones used to crush iPhone benchmarks? No one cared then lol it was all about performance and optimization. Now is
It's all the sites cling too. I suppose it adds to the herd mentality. All I know is in real world speed test the iPhone X loses to the S9 and Note 8.
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Correction. It was always about specs, the bench marks proved the specs are irrelevant when the OS is inefficient. Nothing has changed.
 
smallcoffee said:
The difference was that, despite crushing iPhone in performance benchmarks (many were optimized for being tested btw) they still performed worse than the iPhone. Now the iPhone is also sporting a faster CPU than the competition. :confused:
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It's not though, EverythingApplePro and other youtubers have done side by side speed test and the S9 Note 8 wins....so unless you sit around and worry about geekbench all day.....
 
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DNichter said:
It’s funny the amount of similar responses I get on here. Samsung is the one bringing up performance as a negative against Apple. If you’re gonna bring up a feature in a negative ad, you should at least be right about it.
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But they are right about it. I don't look at benchmarks as the sole performance indicator. I look at the phone holistically. When you do that, the Note comes out on top every time. And as mentioned, in the real world, these benchmark differences are negligible. If not, please prove it, except you can't. Go ahead and live in your benchmark world. Seems like that's the only straw you guys are holding on to :)
 
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