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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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Not sure about 8 years of mocking iPhone but I am sure that Apple ran the Mac add campaigns for five.
2006 through 2010. I think longer even.
I have 256 gigs onboard. Anything more needed than that I have cloud storage for. I just got back from a 3200+ mile driving vacation through the U.S. and Canada and I have a boatload of 4k 60fps video and thousands of pictures and so far haven't needed to go beyond the phone. And that's with upwards of 7000+ songs on the thing.
It’s worse on the iPhone X because it has a smaller display vs an s9+.
iPhone X plus should rectify that.
I like the ads.
Good music, good writing, good acting, good production value, and fair points.
I'm keeping my iPhone and I'm not interested in Galaxy phones, but these are still fun to watch.
Good music, good writing, good acting, good production value, and fair points.
I'm keeping my iPhone and I'm not interested in Galaxy phones, but these are still fun to watch.
It’s not obsolete because it’s growing, while physical storage for phones is declining.
Again, I’m not saying you need to find cloud storage superior to SD cards, but it would be silly to deny that the tech world is moving to cloud storage.
Is it perfect? No, it’s not. But neither are SD cards. For example, let’s say you rely solely on SD and happen to lose the card or phone altogether. How do you access your data then? They both have their pros and cons and yes, I’m sure there will always be people who will prefer SD. But I’m willing to be they are in the minority.
Mobile networks and public WiFi will continue to grow- that is a fact. As we progress, cloud storage will continue to make more and more sense.
The point of my comment was not that cloud storage is better than physical storage or vice versa. I’m simply stating that the lack of an SD card slot is not that big of a deal these days as cloud storage is gradually replacing it.
These ads raise points that I think are better than the previous ones. The lack of MicroSD has been vexing since I got my first iPhone almost 10 years ago. If we could get the functionality the notch affords us (facial unlocking) without actually having a cut into the display we would prefer it wouldn't we? I know I would. And the lack of true multitasking can be annoying too, especially on the larger devices.
I don't like these ads just because I find them tacky, the whole fists to the screen with "ingenious" on them etc it's annoying, certainly doesn't make me think, oh I need a Galaxy phone now. But I do feel the points are completely valid. Samsung would do better to make the ads less cringe.
I don't like these ads just because I find them tacky, the whole fists to the screen with "ingenious" on them etc it's annoying, certainly doesn't make me think, oh I need a Galaxy phone now. But I do feel the points are completely valid. Samsung would do better to make the ads less cringe.
Split screen, I think, can be useful in some scenarios, but it all depends on the execution in my eyes. I haven't used it on Android, so I cannot say 100%, but the video posted earlier in the thread seemed very clunky, with a weird windows like scaling going on, and not very simple/intuitive to use. I mainly just don't see it as that big of a differentiator, more of a nice to have. I certainly don't mind Apple adopting ideas where it makes sense though.
I have an X and never think about the notch. Seems to me those who complain about it the most don’t even own an X. Do you think Apple has a notch because they like it? As soon as the notch can go away it will.
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It’s true that Apple is pricey but the old adage that you get what you pay for is true. I have had every iPhone since the iPhone 4 for my personal phones and various other platforms for my business handsets ( chosen by my employer). There is a distinct reason why every other manufacturer compares their devices to Apple and that is because since it’s inception, the iPhone has been the “benchmark “ of the industry. And now it’s reached the point where these competitors can’t equal Apples quality so they have to mock it. In the early days of smartphones I had Blackberry phones for business and they never really evolved with the times . I then had Samsung phones and there were constant software issues. IOS is stable, reliable and innovative. The biggest problem with android is you have too many manufacturers trying to tweak it to fit their devices and it doesn’t always work. Enough said!!!
Yeah because if I bought the iPhone X then I don't mind the notch of course, I'm not going to spend $1,000 on something I don't like am I? - The entire reason I don't own one is because I don't like the phone. I don't like the notch, I don't like that the phone is so tiny, I don't like its PWM display flickering at lower brightness, I don't like the price of it.
So of course people who chose not to own it are going to say the reasons why, the notch is annoying. You bought it and I expect nothing less but defence of that decision after spending a grand on it.
All I can say it that every single time I go into an Apple store, they're bursting at the seams and the Genius Bar is always full, and there's usually a wait for someone to check you out. Yet, I and everyone else prefer to wait than go down to the other cell phone sellers and buy a Galaxy S whatever.
Still not sure I've seen a good implementation of split screen on a phone that people actually use...
It's not important. Apple Maps can't store the maps locally anyways
LOL, junk. I can download maps off google maps onto my phone if I like. Plus I have Sygic which allows me to download the entire world's maps onto my phone (paid though).
Must suck to use a phone so crippled and limiting.
Check the old Apple PowerPC spots and Mac vs. Pc. Comparative advertising was Apples buzz word back then.
I didn’t buy the phone because I like the notch. I’d love it if it wasn’t there. It just doesn’t bother me in daily use of the phone. Also I don’t know anything about the display flickering, I’ve not experienced it or if I did didn’t notice.
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It’s one thing to do it when you’re a tiny share of the market. That’s not Samsung. They sell more phones than anyone. They’re not the scrappy underdog.
They are about the “video covered by notch” complaint. If you double-tap to zoom the screen then yes, the video may intruded upon by the top-notch and the rounded corners. If you watch videos normally, they are not effected by the display shape.
The same is true if you use a Samsung phone with their rounded corners and curved displays; watching zoomed video will cut off some information. The unavoidable glare on the curved screen may also interfere as well.
I don’t understand the complaints. You can have it either way.
No, this doesn't work because the sentence isn't thin enough, and it is too wide and broad. There isn't enough to be a hot topic. You need to make it much thinner to be taken seriously and get a warm welcome.
great notebooks? you are clearly living in the past. But at least they don't try to **** with their user by offering 64/256G ripoff strategy where majority of Apple users are screwed with 64G as they can't afford overpriced device or simply don't see any value in it. But stay happy as you obviously are.