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Samsung Throws Shade at Apple Ahead of iPhone 14 Launch: 'This Innovation Is Not Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You'
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Everyone wants their Mac vs PC moment so bad. But those ads weren’t really talking about how PC sucked, but showcasing what Macs do better. Everyone wants to be the popular kid, but you don’t do that by being the bully. Show me how cool I’ll be being a Samsung user, because I honestly don’t know what that world is like. That’s what their marketing needs to show people.
I was on the phone with Samsung earlier.. they are furious because some comments here by apple fans will affect their sales.
Samsung - great displays (TV and Monitors), great HW - no doubt about it.
Other products are quite good.
But the moment you put Android on your phones is the moment you are ridiculous about innovation.
A jar of pickles has longer life than Android OS has on your phone.
If you want to innovate, make your own OS and leave that Android junk aside.
The fact that I can bend your HW doesn’t make it more useful innovative as long as it runs Android.
Other products are quite good.
But the moment you put Android on your phones is the moment you are ridiculous about innovation.
A jar of pickles has longer life than Android OS has on your phone.
If you want to innovate, make your own OS and leave that Android junk aside.
The fact that I can bend your HW doesn’t make it more useful innovative as long as it runs Android.
Apple users can pat themselves on the back but I can tell you that it's pretty depressing when your moon shot with the latest iPhone looks like a blurry light ball and the one taken by a mid-range Xiaomi looks like something from National Geographic. For the kind of money we're paying cameras in iPhones should not be 5 years behind other manufacturers. It's really a shame...
Samsung: makes an ad that implies Apple aren't innovative enough.
Also Samsung: makes phones running somebody else's OS.
Also Samsung: makes phones running somebody else's OS.
They might be interesting, but it's mostly a result of Samsung's style of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. You get a lot of interesting features, but you don't know what they'll keep around and what they'll dump, what is well implemented and what is just slapped in with little thought, what really deserves to be there and what just adds clutter for little value.
It's fine. There should be phones that are more solid, careful and thoughtful, and there should be phones that are on the bleeding edge. And there is evidently enough space in the market for both extremes.
Wait!
Isn´t a 300W amplifier sounding better than a 240W?
In Same-Sung logic at least ;-)
Samsung produce fantastic phones, I've had my fair share of Galaxy S phones as well as Apple phones, they've all been brilliant. But I hate it when one company feels the need to bash another rather than letting their products sell on their own merit, I screams of desperation, I hate it now and I hated it when Apple did it with their "I'm a Mac/PC" ads which were full of misleading distortions.
One of the few things I will bash Apple phones for up until now is their lack of an always on display, Samsung introduced this on their Galaxy S7 which was 6 years ago, it's not difficult to implement and costs next to no battery with an OLED screen and a minimalist always on display because you're only having to power the lit pixels, and Apple have had OLEDs on their phones since the iPhone X which released 5 years ago.
One of the few things I will bash Apple phones for up until now is their lack of an always on display, Samsung introduced this on their Galaxy S7 which was 6 years ago, it's not difficult to implement and costs next to no battery with an OLED screen and a minimalist always on display because you're only having to power the lit pixels, and Apple have had OLEDs on their phones since the iPhone X which released 5 years ago.
While I prefer the overall smoothness the iPhone, my S22U is an amazing piece of tech! The camera is leaps and bounds better over the iPhone 13 PM (especially for portraits) , imo.. plus the 10x optical zoom is pretty darn good!
The screen, S-Pen functionality , and real multitasking put the S22U in a class of its own.
That said, the Apple Watch, Apple Pay, Face ID that just works, battery life, general quality of apps, air drop, customer service ( especially the presence of B&M stores ), the physical 'vibrate' button!, and speakerphone quality have me tied to the Apple eco system!
The screen, S-Pen functionality , and real multitasking put the S22U in a class of its own.
That said, the Apple Watch, Apple Pay, Face ID that just works, battery life, general quality of apps, air drop, customer service ( especially the presence of B&M stores ), the physical 'vibrate' button!, and speakerphone quality have me tied to the Apple eco system!
Samsung pubblicity experts are so stupid, they don't realize they are making people wait for the iPhone presentation,idiots..😂
In a new ad, Samsung is throwing shade toward the lack of "innovation" on the iPhone while promoting features such as a 108-megapixel camera and 100x "Space Zoom" available in its latest devices.
The ad, titled "Buckle Up," is aimed toward current iPhone users and promotes the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the new Z Flip 4, and features not available to iPhone customers. "Buckle up for Apple's latest launch," the ad says. "As you enter a world where heads will turn, just none in your direction." A world where "the highest resolution in a smartphone will be in someone else's pocket. And that epic moon shot that's getting all the likes won't be yours." "This innovation is not coming soon to an iPhone near you," the 30-second ad concludes.
The ad comes just six days ahead of Apple's "Far Out" event, where it's expected to announce the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Apple is planning major new features on the Pro camera systems for its higher-end devices, including an all-new 48-megapixel camera and possible 8K video recording. Alongside camera improvements, the iPhone 14 Pro is rumored to feature an always-on display and a new pill-shape notch replacement.
Article Link: Samsung Throws Shade at Apple Ahead of iPhone 14 Launch: 'This Innovation Is Not Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You'
Why do you need an Always on Display when you can see everything on the Apple Watch?
I am with you and myself have iPhone, but do you think everyone on earth have a iPhone?
the economists on this forum worrying about Samsung
The sad part is that Apple used to be the company pushing the bleeding edge, but these days they have gone to be the safe company doing the same over and over.
I started using Apple products because they pushed forward with new features but now I’m just trying to get out of the ecosystem because every new phone you buy is like they just changed the number on the box. Honestly it feels like a cash grab at this point.
...and if you don't have an Apple Watch? Not everyone with an iPhone has an Apple Watch you know... do I need to draw a Venn Diagram?
According to an article on 9-5 Mac from last year only 10% of iPhone owners also have an Apple Watch.
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Ad campaigns cost millions so obviously you’d spend your advertising budget that take aim at your biggest competitor.
And that’s also where the inherent self-own always happens for Samsung -calling out your “bully” by name and telling everyone exactly why they suck inevitably makes it clear how much they are hurting you, that you are thinking about them all the time and they’re making you feel insecure about your own worth.
The fact that Samsung has to spell out to consumers how great they are and much a specific competitor sucks just tells you how many sales the are loosing to that specific competitor.
It’s just too on-the-nose to be cool when you literally put their name in your mouth and point fingers.
With a pencil pusher at the head, how surprising it is that he's been playing it safe for the last ten years, purely optimizing profits and share value over innovation. Apple silicon was on the roadmap while Jobs was still alive; Cook did just execute, like the good bean counter he is.
I certainly hope literally calling out Apple like this is measurably helping their bottom line because it sure ain’t helping them look less desperate.
Must be disheartening when your products worth doesn’t speak for itself anymore.
Embarrassing.
Despite some of the comments, I see a major aim of this sort of advertising as reassurance to anyone who has a Samsung phone - or is thinking of buying one.
"You'll be OK with Samsung because you still have some bragging rights even if it doesn't run IOS."
Does Samsung have facial recognition that is as effective and (seemingly) secure as Apple's?
Is Android, as implemented by Samsung, as secure as IOS?
Do Apple still purchase anything (other than OLED screens) from Samsung these days? Like RAM.
A few years ago I had a Samsung A-something work phone. Quite nice until I actually wanted to do things beyond phone calls, SMS, photos and basic emails.
"You'll be OK with Samsung because you still have some bragging rights even if it doesn't run IOS."
Does Samsung have facial recognition that is as effective and (seemingly) secure as Apple's?
Is Android, as implemented by Samsung, as secure as IOS?
Do Apple still purchase anything (other than OLED screens) from Samsung these days? Like RAM.
A few years ago I had a Samsung A-something work phone. Quite nice until I actually wanted to do things beyond phone calls, SMS, photos and basic emails.
