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Samsung Trolls Apple Over Lack of Innovation in Latest iPhone Lineup
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Features sell to uneducated, low income people.
Samsung today continued on with its ad campaign denigrating Apple devices, this time sharing a series of tweets highlighting Apple's lack of a foldable iPhone and pitting the iPhone 14 Pro's 48-megapixel camera against the Galaxy S22's 108-megapixel camera.
"What the Flip, Apple?" reads the first tweet, which points out the launch date of Samsung's first foldable device. The second tweet has the same first-to foldables theme, while the third notes that Samsung devices have had higher megapixel cameras for several years.
Samsung has been sharing anti-Apple ads since before the new iPhone 14 models were announced, and the company has a long history of insulting Apple devices in order to promote its own products. "Buckle up for Apple's latest launch," said an ad released in early September. "As you enter a world where heads will turn, must none in your direction. Where the highest resolution smartphone will be in someone else's pocket."
A second "Join the flip side" ad that came out on Thursday attempted to persuade iPhone users to swap to the Galaxy Flip by showing a diehard iPhone fan lusting over foldable technology.
Samsung has in the past mocked Apple design decisions such as the removal of the headphone jack only to follow suit and make the same move a few years later. Samsung has a leg up in this case as it was first to market with foldable devices and high-resolution cameras, but it will be interesting to see if there are iPhone 14 Pro features that Samsung ends up adopting in the future.
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Samsung and other Android providers are all over this. Look at the data.
So many examples.
Value and benefits sell to the rich.
Apple sells to the upper classes.
I’d have to agree with you. Because it seems like the only people these ads appeal to already own a Samsung or android phone and they snigger at it.
Apple users don’t care one bit.
I had a XS Max for awhile and decided to upgrade. I went with the Z fold 4. After a couple weeks with it, I'm eagerly waiting delivery of my 14 Pro Max next week.
Cool phone, no doubt. However, what it has in fun factor, it lacks in overall usability.
Cool phone, no doubt. However, what it has in fun factor, it lacks in overall usability.
So the young geniuses at Samsung's creative agency never learned that the last thing you do in marketing is continually bring up your competitor's name, huh?
Samsung today continued on with its ad campaign denigrating Apple devices, this time sharing a series of tweets highlighting Apple's lack of a foldable iPhone and pitting the iPhone 14 Pro's 48-megapixel camera against the Galaxy S22's 108-megapixel camera.
"What the Flip, Apple?" reads the first tweet, which points out the launch date of Samsung's first foldable device. The second tweet has the same first-to foldables theme, while the third notes that Samsung devices have had higher megapixel cameras for several years.
Samsung has been sharing anti-Apple ads since before the new iPhone 14 models were announced, and the company has a long history of insulting Apple devices in order to promote its own products. "Buckle up for Apple's latest launch," said an ad released in early September. "As you enter a world where heads will turn, must none in your direction. Where the highest resolution smartphone will be in someone else's pocket."
A second "Join the flip side" ad that came out on Thursday attempted to persuade iPhone users to swap to the Galaxy Flip by showing a diehard iPhone fan lusting over foldable technology.
Samsung has in the past mocked Apple design decisions such as the removal of the headphone jack only to follow suit and make the same move a few years later. Samsung has a leg up in this case as it was first to market with foldable devices and high-resolution cameras, but it will be interesting to see if there are iPhone 14 Pro features that Samsung ends up adopting in the future.
Article Link: Samsung Trolls Apple Over Lack of Innovation in Latest iPhone Lineup
I'm an iPhone 8 Plus owner that will definitely be buying a 14 Pro Max because it's time to change and there's no way in bleeping hell I'm gonna buy a phone that has that fugly Apple Notch. Thought the same when I choose my 8 Plus over the X, and still think the same 5 years later. It has always seemed to me that whomever forked money for an X to 13, was just basically paying Apple to be a beta tester of their faceID hardware placement solution, which had been put as a placeholder until they figured a way to actually solve the problem.
I'm writing this because all these years I've actually agreed with Samsung and others on mocking apple about the Notch. The punchhole and every other FaceID solution that pretty much all other Apple competitors came up with were miles ahead a better/more elegant solution than the fugly notch.
But no more. Apple is getting my money again because at least in principle, they are showing that they are making an effort to do something FUNCTIONAL with the dead space caused by FaceID hardware. The only thing that has ever came close to this solution was that circled battery indicator that some punchole phones had. But the dynamic island seems to be so much more, and promises to have so many potentially useful uses.
The verdict's out on whether this assessment is right or not. I'll find out soon enough after I get my 14 pro but I reckon we will all need to give it a little bit of time to really be able to judge if the Dynamic Island is really as good as a solution as it seems to be. I guess a lot of it depends on whether third party app developers will make the effort to support it and come up with clever ways to use it in a way that adds to the user experience. If such thing doesn't happen in at least 6 months to a year, then the Dynamic Island will end up being just another one of those useless gimmicks from Apple , like that touch panel thingy they put in Macbooks years ago and then had to remove cuz no one wanted it/needed it/ no app developer ever felt the need to really support/use it.
I'm writing this because all these years I've actually agreed with Samsung and others on mocking apple about the Notch. The punchhole and every other FaceID solution that pretty much all other Apple competitors came up with were miles ahead a better/more elegant solution than the fugly notch.
But no more. Apple is getting my money again because at least in principle, they are showing that they are making an effort to do something FUNCTIONAL with the dead space caused by FaceID hardware. The only thing that has ever came close to this solution was that circled battery indicator that some punchole phones had. But the dynamic island seems to be so much more, and promises to have so many potentially useful uses.
The verdict's out on whether this assessment is right or not. I'll find out soon enough after I get my 14 pro but I reckon we will all need to give it a little bit of time to really be able to judge if the Dynamic Island is really as good as a solution as it seems to be. I guess a lot of it depends on whether third party app developers will make the effort to support it and come up with clever ways to use it in a way that adds to the user experience. If such thing doesn't happen in at least 6 months to a year, then the Dynamic Island will end up being just another one of those useless gimmicks from Apple , like that touch panel thingy they put in Macbooks years ago and then had to remove cuz no one wanted it/needed it/ no app developer ever felt the need to really support/use it.
Call me racist if you want, but Asians, particularly East Asians, including Koreans and Chinese, are OBSESSED with hardware specs, but they have no clue about user experience, starting with Android su*ks. Big time.
Who cares about a foldable phone with a foldable screen when you double the thickness of the phone? Or too many megapixels in a photo taken through a lens the size of a raindrop and captured by a sensor the size of a fingernail? If one can take quality photos with a smartphone, professionals won't be carrying full frame cameras with lens the size of a human head. Those things are heavy.
Disclaimer - I'm a Hongkonger, so I'm from East Asia. But call me racist.
Who cares about a foldable phone with a foldable screen when you double the thickness of the phone? Or too many megapixels in a photo taken through a lens the size of a raindrop and captured by a sensor the size of a fingernail? If one can take quality photos with a smartphone, professionals won't be carrying full frame cameras with lens the size of a human head. Those things are heavy.
Disclaimer - I'm a Hongkonger, so I'm from East Asia. But call me racist.
Coming from a full-frame DSLR world. I would rather have larger pixels than more of them.
Cool. 108 megapixels yet crappier photos than an iPhone. Source: dxomark
Perhaps Samsung will catch up to the processor in my old iPhone 11 by the year 2030 haha
Perhaps Samsung will catch up to the processor in my old iPhone 11 by the year 2030 haha
Megapixels aren’t everything. What person even needs 108MP who isn’t a pro photographer? Even 48MP is more than most people need. As a photographer, I’m fine with the 42MP in my Sony a7R III, and the photos are still worlds better than any current smartphone, especially one that is 108MP on a tiny sensor.
I’m sure between the larger sensor and Apple’s software these photos will look better than anything Samsung currently offers. In reality these companies are within 10% on image quality every year. I don’t think many people buy in megapixels anymore. But if Apple is finally making the jump, it must be worthwhile. They don’t usually do things without a purpose.
I’m sure between the larger sensor and Apple’s software these photos will look better than anything Samsung currently offers. In reality these companies are within 10% on image quality every year. I don’t think many people buy in megapixels anymore. But if Apple is finally making the jump, it must be worthwhile. They don’t usually do things without a purpose.
Lol, love all the comments saying don’t talk about your competitors or similar like that’s not what Apple did with the PCvMac campaign. Y’all are a hoot! 😂
and to the arrogant primitive clowns like you
This whole dick measuring contest was propagated by Android OEMs from the very beginning though. its like they can’t think of any other ways to compete with each other that it became all about the numbers.
The old adage “Features tell, Benefits sell” has been like the core Apple value for decades, it’s something that competitors don’t seem to grasp.