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'That's What We Do, We Wait' Says Fake Apple Employee in New Samsung Ad Mocking Lack of Foldable iPhone
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I know one person. She's on her third replacement. Most recently went to the beach and sand got into the crease.
I’m a fan of the *idea* of the vertical clamshell folding form factor. That said, the technology just isn’t there to be durable or inexpensive enough for it to be a serious consideration.
The only advantage I see in that form factor is a smaller device. But that won’t be near appealing until they can slim down both sides of the fold in the first place.
I don’t give anyone credit to being “first” to tech x or y. I give them credit for being first to an actual tech that is appealing enough to actually be worth buying. I haven’t seen that anywhere, yet.
The only advantage I see in that form factor is a smaller device. But that won’t be near appealing until they can slim down both sides of the fold in the first place.
I don’t give anyone credit to being “first” to tech x or y. I give them credit for being first to an actual tech that is appealing enough to actually be worth buying. I haven’t seen that anywhere, yet.
The concept is cool, but the tech still needs another 5 years. Who wants a crease in the screen with subpar cameras and poor battery life?
My girlfriend is a Samsung Note loyalist and when I bought her the S22 Ultra in March I asked her if she'd rather have the Z Fold4. She said she'd rather keep her 5 yr old Note 9 with a cracked display and worn battery than get the Fold4..
Samsung didn't wait. They had giant screens and high refreshes that sucked batteries dry, OLED that burned in, wireless charging that failed unless precisely aligned with coil, NFC before anyone used it the US. They won all of those races before anyone else realized there was a race.
I didn't see it, she just told me about it, but apparently it was bad enough to require replacement. That's why she's had to have it replaced so many times, always problems with the crease.
Hey Samsung, yes - they’ll wait, and if it’s worth doing, they’ll do it better than you 😂
Samsung this week released a new anti-Apple "On the Fence" ad that once again targets Apple's lack of foldable devices. In the spot, a man sits on a fence overlooking a retail store designed to look like an Apple Store.
"Hey, what are you doing up there?" asks an Apple-like employee. "You can't sit on the fence." "But on the Samsung side, they have folding phones and epic cameras," replies the man. His speech attracts another "Apple" customer interested in foldable devices, while the fake Apple employee tries to talk him out of leaving. "We're waiting for all that to come over here," explains the employee.
"Why? It's already over there," replies the potential Samsung customer. "Because that's what we do. We wait," says the fake Apple employee.
Samsung has a long history of poking fun at Apple in its ad spots and insulting Apple devices in order to promote its own products. Samsung's Anti-Apple ads have picked up in recent months, with Samsung focusing heavily on the fact that Apple has not yet come out with a foldable device.
Samsung in September, for example, launched a first-to-foldables campaign mocking the iPhone's lack of innovation while promoting Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip features. "What's the hold on the Fold, Apple?" Samsung asked. Samsung also encouraged people to "join the Flip side," choosing a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip device over the iPhone 14 models.
There's no word as of yet on when Apple might come out with some kind of foldable device, and Samsung has indeed been selling foldable smartphones since 2019. Early Fold devices had a long list of issues with screen quality and durability, which perhaps explains why Apple has waited to come out with a foldable device.
Newer foldables from Samsung are more durable and have fewer issues, but continue to have high price points ranging from $900 for the latest Z Flip to $1,600 for the latest Z Fold.
Article Link: 'That's What We Do, We Wait' Says Fake Apple Employee in New Samsung Ad Mocking Lack of Foldable iPhone
I’d rather have iMessage than a folding phone.
Samsung marketing (and most others' marketing) only works with big numbers. The complaints here represent .01% of Apple users. Besides, they don't want to go head to head with Apple support.
Just get over it Samsung, your phones are OK, but not that good, maybe that is why the snarky ads trying to make your phones seem better than they are?
1) I do not want a foldable phone, until they provide a valid reason, and that is not yet
2) despite all your itty bitty ****** pixels, DXOMark ranks your cameras behind last year's iPhones, oops sorry Samsung your almost there (get it, that was there ad line?)
So maybe I do wait, wait for a better product than a Samsung. Seriously, as big as they are, couldn't they do software/hardware integration like apple instead of relying on android and a piecemeal interface? their watch (it is a joke, right?). Remember that ad where they tried to convey the Apple geek with a dongle listening to headphones and charging his phone, when it reality, the apple geek was charging his phone as it was resting somewhere and he was walking around the house with wireless headphones and listening to music that wasn't missing a beat (cause ya, connectivity through the H1 is that good), so who was the Samsung Geek walking around the house with all the wires? And then they ditched the headphone jack anyway LOL, yah can't make this up.
1) I do not want a foldable phone, until they provide a valid reason, and that is not yet
2) despite all your itty bitty ****** pixels, DXOMark ranks your cameras behind last year's iPhones, oops sorry Samsung your almost there (get it, that was there ad line?)
So maybe I do wait, wait for a better product than a Samsung. Seriously, as big as they are, couldn't they do software/hardware integration like apple instead of relying on android and a piecemeal interface? their watch (it is a joke, right?). Remember that ad where they tried to convey the Apple geek with a dongle listening to headphones and charging his phone, when it reality, the apple geek was charging his phone as it was resting somewhere and he was walking around the house with wireless headphones and listening to music that wasn't missing a beat (cause ya, connectivity through the H1 is that good), so who was the Samsung Geek walking around the house with all the wires? And then they ditched the headphone jack anyway LOL, yah can't make this up.
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I'm definitely onboard with the idea of a folding phone. Being able to combine my iPad and iPhone into one device would be amazing! I'd love a larger screen but the iPhone 13 Pro is already bigger and heavier than I like.
From what I've seen current folding phones are twice as thick as a normal phone. I'll get excited when they get thinner and I can get twice the screen size from something as thick as what I currently have.
From what I've seen current folding phones are twice as thick as a normal phone. I'll get excited when they get thinner and I can get twice the screen size from something as thick as what I currently have.
Not into folding phones but can see the benefit of the Z Flip for half pocket skinny jeans for girls and some guys.
I guess the fake Apple employee is also supposed to be a fake Justin Long (who ironically is now a PC)
Another day, another silly Samsung advert, another let's trash Samsung thread.
You say this now because it's Samsung mocking Apple, but did you also feel this way when Apple mocked PCs with their Get a Mac ad campaign?
Some of those ads were cringy too but most were genuinely entertaining. I used to love watching those ads back when I was a major Linux geek (I used PCs with Linux as my primary OS from 2004 through 2013). It was working at a startup that bought Macs for all their devs that finally got me to switch to Mac myself rather than the ads. I just found the Mac vs PC ads to be genuinely entertaining, unlike these Samsung ads. I get what Samsung is going for, and the notch ad was kinda funny, but their execution in most of these ads is simply terrible.
We wait until we find a way to not have creases in our screens. We wait to try and get it right. Does anybody out there want their surgery to be quick or done right. Oh, and why do we need folding phones? Crazy first world problem.
Samsung this week released a new anti-Apple "On the Fence" ad that once again targets Apple's lack of foldable devices. In the spot, a man sits on a fence overlooking a retail store designed to look like an Apple Store.
"Hey, what are you doing up there?" asks an Apple-like employee. "You can't sit on the fence." "But on the Samsung side, they have folding phones and epic cameras," replies the man. His speech attracts another "Apple" customer interested in foldable devices, while the fake Apple employee tries to talk him out of leaving. "We're waiting for all that to come over here," explains the employee.
"Why? It's already over there," replies the potential Samsung customer. "Because that's what we do. We wait," says the fake Apple employee.
Samsung has a long history of poking fun at Apple in its ad spots and insulting Apple devices in order to promote its own products. Samsung's Anti-Apple ads have picked up in recent months, with Samsung focusing heavily on the fact that Apple has not yet come out with a foldable device.
Samsung in September, for example, launched a first-to-foldables campaign mocking the iPhone's lack of innovation while promoting Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip features. "What's the hold on the Fold, Apple?" Samsung asked. Samsung also encouraged people to "join the Flip side," choosing a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip device over the iPhone 14 models.
There's no word as of yet on when Apple might come out with some kind of foldable device, and Samsung has indeed been selling foldable smartphones since 2019. Early Fold devices had a long list of issues with screen quality and durability, which perhaps explains why Apple has waited to come out with a foldable device.
Newer foldables from Samsung are more durable and have fewer issues, but continue to have high price points ranging from $900 for the latest Z Flip to $1,600 for the latest Z Fold.
Article Link: 'That's What We Do, We Wait' Says Fake Apple Employee in New Samsung Ad Mocking Lack of Foldable iPhone