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Hi y’all.

I’m Mr Samsung.

I’m so innovative.

I can’t even make my own OS.

Actually I did try before Android.

But please don’t remind me of how that looked.
Was that OS one that gave a Gooda or a Bada impression, can you remember?
 
Hi y’all.

I’m Mr Samsung.

I’m so innovative.

I can’t even make my own OS.

Actually I did try before Android.

But please don’t remind me of how that looked.
Was that OS one that gave a Gooda or a Bada impression, can you remember?
I have never had an iPhone before, having always bought Samsung phones and currently have a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. It is a decent phone, though not my favorite. My favorite was my Note 8.

I am largely an Apple user. I have a MacBook and an iPad and my phone largely sits unused every day. I always follow the iPhone releases because they are entertaining. It is fun to watch all of the rumors and then see which ones come true. This year, I am very seriously considering the iPhone 14 Pro Max (or whatever it ends up being named). My main reason is because of the integration between apple devices. I think that I would use my phone a lot more if it were tied to my other devices, instead of floating out there on its own. If I do move, there are a few things that I will miss about Samsung phones.

1. Camera zoom. My phone has 5x zoom that works very nicely. I use it all of the time. The S22 has 10x zoom and the upcoming S23 will have at least that. The 3x zoom of iPhones seems kind of lame in comparison. As far as the numbers are concerned, I don’t really understand the nuances. The Note 20 ultra has 108 megapixels. Perhaps the iPhone 14 might have 48, if rumors are to be believed. I understand why Samsung pushes these numbers because on the surface, it looks better. Of course I have a friend with an iPhone 12 and her pictures always look better than mine.
2. I like the ability to customize the UI on my device. Samsung has tons of nice themes. I can put icons wherever I want and they stick. I can space them out. I can also adjust the size of the grid so that I can fit more icons. iPhones have a big pile of icons that do their own thing. Honestly, iPhone UI looks old and uninspired after all of the years of little to no changes. To my eye, Samsung UI looks nicer and more modern.
3. Samsung is miles ahead in terms of widgets. I like that Apple has been adding that ability but it isn’t close yet. I do use some of the widgets on my iPad.

I would have added always on display to my list, but it looks like Apple is putting that in iOS 16 and from what I have seen, it looks like it is going to be pretty sweet.

I really think that this will be the year that I finally make the move. Also I just ported from Verizon to T-Mobile and it didn’t go well. My phone is acting like hot garbage now and I don’t want to go through the pain of having to wipe it and set it all up again.
also nothing stops you from continuing to use the Note as a second phone, or as a camera.

You can send photos from the Samsung to email or sync to Google photos

It means carrying around two phones, but that’s life
 
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This ad has me split.
On one hand, it'll make a couple people rethink buying the new iPhone 12SS (err... I mean, 14).
One the other, now more people are going to tune into the Apple event.
The thing is, the iPhone 14 can be seen as a 12SS, but it’s also for all those iPhone 6s, 7, 8, X, XS and 11 users who want a new phone several generations better than what they have.

If you have an iPhone 12 or 13, there’s no urgent need to spend more money, but you can if you want to.
 
They aren't wrong. 48MP phones were on Android yeeaaaaars ago. And just wait a couple more years until Apple "innovates" with a foldable iPhone while the Samsung Fold is on version 7 or 8 then.

Samsung's software is ****, mostly thanks to Android being ****. The hardware is half a decade ahead of Apple's.
Yes, but when Apple launches its folding phones, it will be using those 7th or 8th Gen screens from Samsung.

Apple will not have been first to launch, but they’ll be first to do it right.
 
Those moon 'photos' are interesting. But - what kind of trickery are they getting to put the details? Are they using AI to fake the details? Why can people get clear shots of the moon, but can't seem to get clear shots of things like airplanes at the same distances?
Maybe because the planes are moving at massive speeds while the moon isn’t moving in the same way?
 
He was really talking like Samsung is some kind of little indie company in Korea. Gotta support the little competitor beat the big tech giant

And the head of Samsung recently got pardoned by the South Korean government for corruption. If Tim Cook so much as got photographed littering on the streets, you can be sure we will hear no end of it.

I guess there are no lows the Apple haters won’t sink to just so they can bash Apple. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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Was that OS one that gave a Gooda or a Bada impression, can you remember?

also nothing stops you from continuing to use the Note as a second phone, or as a camera.

You can send photos from the Samsung to email or sync to Google photos

It means carrying around two phones, but that’s life
Or tether the note to the iPhone when taking pictures. All of my pictures go straight to Amazon anyway. 😂
 
Downsampling is irrelevant. You still don’t need 48mp for social media sharing.
Because you obviously don't understand it's purpose . And nobody said you need 48mp for social media, you are trying to combat an argument nobody made.
 
Yes, but when Apple launches its folding phones, it will be using those 7th or 8th Gen screens from Samsung.

Apple will not have been first to launch, but they’ll be first to do it right.
It's really doubtful they will be the first to do it right, there are small chances they will be as competitive as Samsungs's Foldable of that year. The longer it takes the harder it t will get and the higher the expectations will get.
Apple's Foldables (if they ever launch) will most likely just be me too phones that are more expensive and not better than what will already exist on the market.
 
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Because you obviously don't understand it's purpose . And nobody said you need 48mp for social media, you are trying to combat an argument nobody made.

Samsungs ad premise is exactly the argument I’m combating.

"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."

Ergo - all those pixels for social media sharing. Makes no sense.
 
Yes, but when Apple launches its folding phones, it will be using those 7th or 8th Gen screens from Samsung.

Apple will not have been first to launch, but they’ll be first to do it right.
I highly doubt Apple will ever release a folding phone (their energies will be focused on AR glasses instead) but I guess we will see.
 
It's really doubtful they will be the first to do it right, there are small chances they will be as competitive as Samsungs's Foldable or that year. The longer it takes the harder it t will get and the higher the expectations will get.
Apple's Foldables (if they ever launch) will most likely just be me too phones that are more expensive and not better than what will already exist on the market.
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Yeah the bar is really high to do it better. /s
 
It's really doubtful they will be the first to do it right, there are small chances they will be as competitive as Samsungs's Foldable or that year. The longer it takes the harder it t will get and the higher the expectations will get.
Apple's Foldables (if they ever launch) will most likely just be me too phones that are more expensive and not better than what will already exist on the market.
It will likely be superior due to apple controlling the hardware and software. An apple foldable running ios and iPadOS would give people superior software experience due to it being optimised better. Samsung do as good a job as they can with the OS being restricted as it isn’t their own.
 
Samsungs ad premise is exactly the argument I’m combating.

"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."

Ergo - all those pixels for social media sharing. Makes no sense.
Samsung mentioned social media in conjunction with the moon shot which would be achieved on the periscope camera which is just 8 or 10mp. Like I've said you are trying to combat a point nobody made.
 
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Yeah the bar is really high to do it better. /s
LoL, you think that means anything?
Just any phone can break right after you took it out of the box or it can be already broken, that's why electronics have warranty.

And the bar is high and getting higher with each generation. Apple most like only started to look into developing a foldablse not long before the first Galaxy Fold was launched, they are at least 3 years behind in development and dependent on screens(which are the essential pieces) from other companies.
 
Apple’s question to Samsung is “Can you make over 100 million of these such that the failure rate is at or better than the screens we currently get from you?” When Samsung can say “yes” that’s when the potential for a folding iPhone starts.

Any screens for Apple will be better because all the vendors will have tried out several permutations in the market and have iterated over time.
 
It will likely be superior due to apple controlling the hardware and software. An apple foldable running ios and iPadOS would give people superior software experience due to it being optimised better. Samsung do as good a job as they can with the OS being restricted as it isn’t their own.
This is funny. Samsung is not restricted in any way. OneUI is Samsung's own OS which they adapted, they constantly improve and optimize for their foldables. And they have a big start in this category. Plus not only their interface is improving but Android itself, does Android 12L ring a bell? If you look at Android 12L, which improves the interface for larger screen but not necessary for tablets, just larger screens, having a specifically tablet optimized interface on a foldable doesn't sound like a great idea.
Samsung's main advantage will be the experience they gained with manufacturing and the actual usage of their hardware and software by millions and millions of real users. This is invaluable information which Apple doest really have. Like I've said, a me too device.
 
Apple’s question to Samsung is “Can you make over 100 million of these such that the failure rate is at or better than the screens we currently get from you?” When Samsung can say “yes” that’s when the potential for a folding iPhone starts.

A question that doesn't make sense as Apple wouldn't sell anywhere near that many foldable.
Let's not forget when Apple ordered too many oled screens from Samsung and had to pay compensations because they could use all of them.

Any screens for Apple will be better because all the vendors will have tried out several permutations in the market and have iterated over time.
In this case the screens will be better for everybody.
 
I wouldn’t say that’s 100% true. The latest news is that Apple controls 50% of the smartphone market in the US (not the premium smartphone market, but the smartphone market period). This is the market that will buy high margin top of the line smartphones. Abroad, Samsung’s bestsellers are going to be low end and mid range smartphones, but the rise of Chinese Android phones is probably putting the squeeze on Samsung’s bottom line globally. While they’re in no risk of business failure because they’re such a large firm (and can always make money as a component manufacturer to other firms), a failure in the smartphone wars is almost certainly a black eye they’d prefer to avoid.
I'm not posting this to argue, because if anything I think it supports you:

 
A question that doesn't make sense as Apple wouldn't sell anywhere near that many foldable.
Let's not forget when Apple ordered too many oled screens from Samsung and had to pay compensations because they could use all of them.
If Apple decides to make foldable phones, it won’t be just for a single year, that 100m will be for that time AND into the future. Making 50 million one year and not able to meet that in a second consecutive year is NOT a position Apple will want to be in. The first vendor that’s able to make THAT many (more than have been made so far) will be the vendor in the best position to offer a folding panel to Apple IF that’s what they decide to make.
 
LoL, no it doesn't, they will just get the screen and that's it.
The screen has, built into it, all the years of experience Samsung Displays got from supplying them to Samsung Mobile. Samsung Displays will also be there to ensure that Apple’s using the screens in the way that Samsung Displays has learned, from experience, that leads to the longest life.
 
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