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Samsung Shares New 'Ingenius' Ads Pitting New Galaxy Note 9 Against iPhone X
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I can see the justification for a stylus/pen on a tablet and felt that Apple was dead wrong for holding out as long as they did, but is there really a big demand for them on a phone?
Outraged or mildly amused? I'm finding these attempts by Samsung to talk trash about Apple to be vaguely embarrassing. I wonder if it's working for them. If not, they're making themselves look very petty and insecure.
I still haven't seen a good argument why a stylus can't be supported. If I use my finger 99% of the time that's great, but when I want pinpoint accuracy or handwriting let me use an accurate stylus.
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If they can get it to work on all iDevices and shrink it down to something more managable, yep I would in a heartbeat.
That's fair, maybe "nobody" was a bit extreme, but I don't think this is something in high demand. On a technical level, I think 3D touch is causing issues with Pencil support.
For what purpose? BTW, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm genuinely curious. I can't think of a compelling reason to justify having to carry around a stylus with a screen the size of a phone.
"Why would I ever want to do that?"
Funny, I've thought that about 95% of the 'features' Samsung has ever demoed (swipe your palm over the screen to take a screenshot immediately comes to mind). Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Funny, I've thought that about 95% of the 'features' Samsung has ever demoed (swipe your palm over the screen to take a screenshot immediately comes to mind). Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
All I know is once you've bought android, you've lost.
Yes, they can peddle cheap junk all day - but when they are competing with Apple (which clearly they are in their commercials), we are talking flagships. In that respect, yes they are failing. Samsung has even told their investors to expect poor sales through the rest of the year.
https://www.ft.com/content/8e821fde-80b8-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3287928/android/samsung-s9-sales-slump.html
https://9to5google.com/2018/07/04/samsung-galaxy-s9-sales/
https://mashable.com/2018/07/06/poor-samsung-galaxy-s9-sales-lowest-revenue/#MGUgFmcuokql
Yeah, love it too. Considering their Note 9 have already been beaten on performance by almost e year old iPhone X(no one should really be surprised) makes these adds pretty damn funny. Make us laugh Samy.
On a side Note (pun intended) desperate times require desperate measures.
I remember, Android fans use to bring it up regularly on this site (still can't figure out why Android fans are some prominent here). Then once Apple released their own chips and have been destroying them ever since - now it doesn't matter, but the subjective "real world" tests do. Right.
Apple should do an advert showing a man getting arested for taking a crappy, rushed, fire risk of a phone through airport security.
I have lots of moments like that too when I see new Samsung features. In fairness to them, however, they are more of a throw-everything-at-the-wall type of company which is in direct contrast to Apple's laser-focused approach. Each method has done good for each company so it's probably not fair to criticize Samsung too harshly. That said, I prefer Apple's more focused approach even if it seems to move more slowly at times.
These ads are getting funnier. And I sold my Galaxy due to unnecessary cost when competitors are doing these things for a third of the price but without the big name on the front. However if I could justify spending a grand on a phone then yes it’d be for its extra features and this is where the Note wins hands down. Clearly. However even then will,you REALLY use that stylus to justify £750 more in my case? I walked away from the more-money-than-sense phone purchase loop a year ago and went Android and the inverted snobbery and one upmanship went with it.
So. For me. Yes. Samsung between the two if a thousand quid is going spare. It’s not. I’ll stick with the Honor and live with the shame of not having upgraded - confessing such to all my gullible chums.
So. For me. Yes. Samsung between the two if a thousand quid is going spare. It’s not. I’ll stick with the Honor and live with the shame of not having upgraded - confessing such to all my gullible chums.
I don’t think it’s desperation I just think they know what niche they can get, they’ve been doing rude and sometimes outright mean (towards the users, not even the devices) in their ads for years, obviously it works somewhat.
Kinda reminds me of those dodge commercials where they were trying to be really manly “I pulled you over cause you just got passed by a Prius in a ram with available hemi...”, “ you got pulled over because you were eating a Croissant in a v8 vehicle”
They both probably work for a select group, but for all others it makes you question not only the brand but the person who actually bought it after seeing the commercial.
The multiuser FaceTime line probably helps Apple more. A lot of people probably don't even know about this new feature, and Samsung just basically spread that knowledge and promoted it.
The Sumsung design is still autrocios! Piece of plastic for 1k! Who are they kidding?! The X is not a perfect phone either, but at least it does feel premium and aesthetically pleasing.
Stylus for a phone is as useful as rollerblades in a swimming pool lol
Stylus for a phone is as useful as rollerblades in a swimming pool lol
Apple “adopted” dual cameras?? Pretty sure it’s the other way around. Apple pioneered the use of 2 lenses with different focal lengths to create smartphone optical zoom, and depth mapping to create an artificial bokeh effect that they called “portrait” mode. Samsung was the one that “adopted” what Apple pioneered. You can say that for a lot of Samsung features.
Their ONE claim to influence, phablets, was actually something HTC did before Samsung. The first HTC 4G phone had a larger screen to fit a larger battery for the power hungry WIMAX chip.
Samsung is a fast follower. Them pretending to be otherwise is adorable.
What I find really funny is how Samsung are comparing their half baked facial recognition to Face ID, they are not even in the league, Face ID is much better and much more secure.
Samsung really need to stop with these ads the only thing it’s doing is making them look desperate. It certainly isn’t affecting Apple’s sales that’s for sure.
Check youtube comments and you can see this nosense childish tactics works. Most users are completely clueless especially who choose Samsung ins the first place so they believe these king of things.
It didn't matter then because iPhones STILL ran smoother. Now it's just even more noticeable.