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Samsung Trolls Apple Over Lack of Innovation in Latest iPhone Lineup
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I really don’t get why people are so sensitive about phone brands. I guess billboards like this don’t help the situation. The ad comes off as insulting to not just iPhone but iPhone users. The same way their stupid haircut add came off as. It doesn’t make someone who owns an iPhone think about oh yeah maybe I should buy a Samsung because Samsung thinks I’m an idiot.And yet Apple sold more iPhones this morning than Samsung will sell Galaxies all year.
Samsung ad campaigns seem aimed more at re-assuring their own customers rather than trying to gain new ones.
How about just boast how great your product is then customers will want it. If your product is that great and so much better than everyone else’s you should be able to just say we have the best phone. If you have to point out someone else’s product in your ad that means you’re not the best. At least that’s the image they’re giving off whether it’s true or not that’s irrelevant.
Every company whose campaign tries to copy Mac vs PC commercials, ends up just looking desperate, and pathetic. You’re convincing no one to switch. Maybe you’re fulling the Samsung fanboys, but even then it’s sad.
all Samsung are doing is giving apple more promotions. mentioning apple in every ad just puts less attention on them.
At the corporate level they’re not friends or enemies. It’s not personal like some people here feel it is. The CEO of Samsung isn’t going “Heck yeah I got those apple fan boys with that billboard!”. It’s a business and they’re just doing some poor marketing
The megapixel race is one I hope apple doesn’t enter. It’s about sensor size not megapixels.
But I do wish they had announced astrophotography.
People are really ignoring the satellite stuff- biggest phone development in years.
But I do wish they had announced astrophotography.
People are really ignoring the satellite stuff- biggest phone development in years.
I haven’t trusted Samsung since I was unfortunate enough to own the awful S20 Ultra with its multiple flaws including terrible camera.
My iPhone 12 Pro Max is far better in every day usage and I’ve not looked back since moving to Apple.
That said, there’s plenty of talk about market maturity in general across the industry… a more accurate phrase would be stagnation and laziness.
My iPhone 12 Pro Max is far better in every day usage and I’ve not looked back since moving to Apple.
That said, there’s plenty of talk about market maturity in general across the industry… a more accurate phrase would be stagnation and laziness.
Now it’s a competition for who sucks more, Samedung or Garbagemin…stay tuned
Samsung may do things first but when Apple does it they make sure it is way ahead quality wise compared to the so-called pioneer... Samsung mocks Apple but a few months or a few years down the road they follow the path of Apple... No headphone jack, no charger in the box, etc.
I suspect the 108 mp claims are largely bogus.
I've been a photographer using 35mm film and aps-c and FX-format DSLRs for more than 20 years.
108 mp isn't on digital SLRs yet, even in FX format. It's on medium format cameras though.
The noise levels on pretty much every smartphone are very high once you get above ISO 50 or so.
DSLRs excel at high ISOs like 1600, 3200, 6400, 12,800 and higher. Phones, not so much.
Noise levels tend to be related to megapixels. Coz the more pixels you divide your sensor into, the fewer photons strike each photosite. Which means less signal. Which means more noise. Ain't nothin' for free.
108mp on a ridiculously tiny phone sensor is basically b.s.
I've been a photographer using 35mm film and aps-c and FX-format DSLRs for more than 20 years.
108 mp isn't on digital SLRs yet, even in FX format. It's on medium format cameras though.
The noise levels on pretty much every smartphone are very high once you get above ISO 50 or so.
DSLRs excel at high ISOs like 1600, 3200, 6400, 12,800 and higher. Phones, not so much.
Noise levels tend to be related to megapixels. Coz the more pixels you divide your sensor into, the fewer photons strike each photosite. Which means less signal. Which means more noise. Ain't nothin' for free.
108mp on a ridiculously tiny phone sensor is basically b.s.
Does a huge corporation like Apple need any of us to defend them or is this about our purchase decisions being questioned? If Samsung goes after Apple its not my problem.
I'm looking forward to my new iPhone but those folding phones are pretty cool. They just need to get a bit more durable.
I'm looking forward to my new iPhone but those folding phones are pretty cool. They just need to get a bit more durable.
It seems really interesting, it is just something most people probably won't ever use so the excitement level is a bit low. It is a great thing for those who need it though.
Ok, I normally love this kind of banter but they’re starting to look kinda seething.
100%. I bet you the 14 Pro takes nicer photos. I am just relieved that Apple is using pixel binning so unless you choose raw you are getting a 12MP file. High megapixels is a total handling and storage PIA.
I bet if we’re just looking at US sales, if we could get the numbers, it’s probably accurate.
I think a prolonged -- years long -- marketing strategy that targets a single competitor is not a good strategy, and there should be a dramatic diminishing return. But perhaps they have data that suggests they should double down on this? Dunno.
If Samsung has time for doing something like this childish, they should be focusing on creating their own reliable operating system instead.
You couldn't pay me to use it. I have experienced using the garbage known as Android enough to never touch one again.
When Apple mocked Microsoft/Windows it was on point, these just seem like hey we pay attention to everything Apple, lets post their specs in our ads/trolling...free advertising without Apple doing much work.
This isn't good, even as a Samsung fan and user I feel they should stand up on their own merits. Even though they aren't wrong, it's still negativity when they should simply hype up their positives.