Apples ads show the value of their product and what it can do while, Samsung is name calling, trying to tanish apples products because their own rely on gimmicks and features that are outdated on phones, yet people are too basic let go. I have never needed an SD card for any of my phones, and as far as the notch goes, it serves a purpose, hides al those cameras and hardware that makes face ID work. Marketing to the lowest common consumer.
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Samsung Shares Three New Ads Making Fun of the iPhone X's Notch, Lack of SD Card Slot and No Split Screen Multitasking
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Apples ads show the value of their product and what it can do while, Samsung is name calling, trying to tanish apples products because their own rely on gimmicks and features that are outdated on phones, yet people are too basic let go. I have never needed an SD card for any of my phones, and as far as the notch goes, it serves a purpose, hides al those cameras and hardware that makes face ID work. Marketing to the lowest common consumer.
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No mention of Apple here.
TBF my Android phone doesn't have extra storage either (but does have dual SIM). Difference is it was so cheap to go to 256 GB my thinking was "why would I not", whereas when I briefly had a 256 GB iPhone 8 Plus my thinking was "ouch FFS... but spread over several years it's not so bad... maybe if I take lots of 4K video it will have been worth it..."
Kinda pathetic how obsessed Samsung is with Apple.
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Sales of the S9 must be very bad if they are pushing these this hard. Either way, I find the points they are making to be very dated. The notch is not an issue for anyone who owns the X, nor does it cut off any video. An SD slot? I've never used one in my life. I didn't even know people still did aside from photographers. The cloud is clearly the future. Split screen multitasking? I prefer swiping at the bottom on my X so that you get the whole app. The whole campaign feels extremely dated to me and I really don't know who they are appealing to. I guess the Samsung fans get off on this thinking it makes a difference to Apple users. Meanwhile, Apple laughs it off, focuses on their products/customers, and makes all of the money in the smartphone industry. Keep feeding the Google ad machine Samsung.
4+ years ago I would’ve agreed with you. Today, not so much.
SD cards in phones are becoming obsolete as “cloud storage” is increasingly becoming the norm. Just like with CDs- a physical form of media storage is now clunky/outdated.
Especially with minimum storage sizes increasing across the board in flagship phones. I don’t know anyone that owns a flagship phone today that uses an SD card anymore. It’s mostly a feature for tech savvy and/or power users IMO.
I’m not saying I don’t see the use of an SD card, but it’s not nearly as big of a “con” as it used to be.
With services such as iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, etc. there really isn’t as big of a need for SD cards these days. You may not like it, you may find it inferior to SD, but that’s the way tech is evolving.
EDIT: Since people keep quoting me, let me clarify:
I'm not saying that "SD cards are dumb", or that cloud storage is superior/perfect, or that Apple made the right decision by not including an SD slot, or that internal storage is going the way of the dinosaur.
I'm simply stating that with the amount of cloud storage options available today, SD cards aren't *AS* useful/important as they were years ago to most people. As a result, mocking Apple for not having an SD slot isn't as effective today as it used to be.
Yes, you'll still have power users who want to store hundreds of gigs of files. Yes, you'll still have people who have shoddy service and can't utilize cloud storage as reliably as others. Yes, they are still increasing the size of microSD cards. But none of that changes the fact that the majority of smartphone users simply don't use them as much these days.
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I don’t think it’s cheap to buy more storage. The difference in price between the base model X and the 256 GB is £148. However I prefer internal storage to SD cards so I’d rather pay more for more internal storage which Apple have always given users the option to do.
However I can see why some would like the option to have a micro SD card slot.
Sales are just as bad as they suspect, evidence of all the promotions that the S9 has had since launch. I work for a retailer and that is the primary reason people to Samsung phones, because they are cheap. While most iphone users do not care about price, they know they get a quality phone. Not all but a higher percentage of iphone users buy it for the phone not the price or promotion.
1. The notch in landscape video does suck.
2. I have absolutely no need for an SD card.
3. Screen is too small to want two different apps open at the same time.
2. I have absolutely no need for an SD card.
3. Screen is too small to want two different apps open at the same time.
If its all about market share, .. isn't it more attractive to win it from the HUGE PIE of EVERY OTHER ANDROID phone? from people that already like Android?
What does that tell you? Why don't they hit other android brands in their infinite weak spots too? or insted..
What does that tell you? Why don't they hit other android brands in their infinite weak spots too? or insted..
Apple eventually adopts the technologies from Android, it just takes time:
When split-screen comes to iPhone 6.5", the same consumers who dismissed it will be praising it to no end.
- Phablet form factor
- Pencil
- Dual-SIM
When split-screen comes to iPhone 6.5", the same consumers who dismissed it will be praising it to no end.
There's a disclaimer in EVERY Samsung/Android commercial -
Screen images simulated
That's why I'm a lifelong Apple man. What you see is what you get.
Screen images simulated
That's why I'm a lifelong Apple man. What you see is what you get.
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Funny thing is they are actually advertising the iPhone, the Apple logo and the Apple Store. While not showing anything Samsung other the irritating Samsung music and irritating Samsung customers. Apple should be paying them for this (though not very much, not a very good ad).
Same!
I’d most likely go Google, Moto or LG. Hell I’d get a Sony or Nokia all before I buy Samsung.
....and you would have read another 2 years of groundless and baseless FUD.
I think it’s still a thing on android. However I am amazed that people are not using the cloud. I get that some don’t want to pay for it but at least back your photos up to google photos if you don’t want to pay.
Someone I know has a Samsung device which has stopped working and they have to send it away to be repaired. They are now worried that they will lose some important photos. I asked if the photos were either backed up to google photos or stored on an SD card. They had not been using google photos and the SD card was apparently full (must have been tiny) so they had taken it out of the phone. The phone won’t switch on or connect to a computer. Apparently this isn’t the first time this has happened and last time they lost the photos on their phone.
So I’m amazed that people aren’t using cloud storage. I always go for the highest capacity of iPhone available but I also pay for iCloud storage.
You aren’t the only one. However a lot of people still buy Samsung phones. More than any of the other OEMs so some people clearly like their devices.
Samsung's next phone (Note 9) will be released in a few days and it does not have a notch.
Samsung wouldn't want to show their products in these ads. They're stepping on Apple in these negative ads.
Marketing 101.
I bought a Samsung tablet that only had 32GB and figured, no big problem, they always talk about how you can extend it with SD cards. Got a 128GB card. Then found out I could only use it as extra file storage....not just as extra space. So almost all of my apps had to fit in the 32GB. I think Facebook was the only app that could actually be moved to the SD card. Also android is supposed to support adoptable storage, which basically makes the SD card one with the internal memory. Yea, android supports it, but Samsung doesn't. I guess I could have rooted that tablet or whatever to get it to work, but I didn't buy it as a science project. It went back in the box and back to the store.
Sure you can set up the external card for storing videos, podcasts, and other media, but the tablet was still woefully restricted as I filled the internal memory up with apps in no time.
I can't believe how upset people get with this sort of stuff, have a sense of humour. When Apple was doing this to Windows back in the day with the nerd and the gen x'er, I bet a lot of you had no issue with it.
There was no negative tone to these commercials... just a little fun. They're bang on about split screen.. I use it all the time.
There was no negative tone to these commercials... just a little fun. They're bang on about split screen.. I use it all the time.