Confused as to why they think this would switch anybody over?? This personally pushes me away if anything lol
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'The Galaxy Awaits You' Says Samsung in Anti-Apple Ad Pushing Z Flip 4
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“coolfactor said:
Anyone who thinks having a phone of any brand is a status symbol has no clue”
Maybe that’s somewhat true in the US, maybe even the EU. But in developing countries like China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and now India, the iPhone does represent an aspirational purchase and a certain financial status or strata. Yes, these are Asian type cultures where materialism still exists. This explains the multiple efforts of Android makers big and small to duplicate and mimic Apple smartphone designs down to thin and rounded, iPhone X notch, look and feel of iOS, colors, naming (Pro, Max, Plus, but yes Apple now using Ultra), numbers (up to 10, then Samsung jumped to 20’s thinking bigger numbers must mean better).
Now Xiaomi introduced a new smartphone flagship which mimics the slabsided iPhone 5 now brought back with the iPhone 12-14, plus packaging, removing the charger, headphone port, etc.
With new Apple Stores in Singapore and soon in India, the popularity of Apple products will continue to grow.
Anyone who thinks having a phone of any brand is a status symbol has no clue”
Maybe that’s somewhat true in the US, maybe even the EU. But in developing countries like China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and now India, the iPhone does represent an aspirational purchase and a certain financial status or strata. Yes, these are Asian type cultures where materialism still exists. This explains the multiple efforts of Android makers big and small to duplicate and mimic Apple smartphone designs down to thin and rounded, iPhone X notch, look and feel of iOS, colors, naming (Pro, Max, Plus, but yes Apple now using Ultra), numbers (up to 10, then Samsung jumped to 20’s thinking bigger numbers must mean better).
Now Xiaomi introduced a new smartphone flagship which mimics the slabsided iPhone 5 now brought back with the iPhone 12-14, plus packaging, removing the charger, headphone port, etc.
With new Apple Stores in Singapore and soon in India, the popularity of Apple products will continue to grow.
You just reminded me that it's been a while since I plugged my iPhone to my Mac in order to transfer anything. It's either airdrop or iCloud these days.
I think what this just goes to show is that it's very hard these days to devise an attack video targeting supposed iPhone drawbacks / limitations that consumers genuinely care about. Yeah, you can probably create a list of features that iPhone is presumably lagging behind in, and then you realise that it just doesn't apply to the general populace.
Talk about copying, even ads. The Mac & PC guy ads were funny but like this Samsung ad still bad advertising. All advertising that needs forced comparing with the other brand only proves the desperation and lack of inspiration. It sure won't change much for sales.
Btw... Macrumors really has to avoid creating these Samsung advertorials.
Btw... Macrumors really has to avoid creating these Samsung advertorials.
In the EU and the UK I dont think anyone I know is shallow enough to care what phone you have, people have more pressing issues like heating and rising food costs, and phones and just that, phones and they are getting more complicated build wise with folding phones but I welcome innovation and change and for myself iPhones are getting more bloated and more buggy with more security issues, as those lines of code expand. It's like the Freeform app for myself useless on a 6.1" iPhone, (I am disabled and cannot hold the bigger Max) but there it pops on 16.2, yes I can remove it but I would have liked the option to download it if I needed it, basically opt in not opt out. People don't look at your phone with envy as far as I am aware, in fact people just get on with their lives because a phone is not a symbol of status, its a tool. If you need to flash so called status symbols around in my mind you have issues, well that's just how I see it.
The problem is, the use case for that is incredibly small. Sure, it takes ten times as long to transfer a 20 GB file to or from my iPhone. Now explain to me why I would want to transfer a 20 GB file to or from my phone. Hint: if you have to supply me a reason, you’ve already lost the argument.
I’ve never found a need for such a transfer. And I haven’t plugged my phone in for any sort of data transfer in years. You might as well be trying to sell me on the idea that Android phones are so much better as sending morse code or smoke signals. So what?
And while, yes, there are people out there who need to do such transfers (people shooting serious movies on iPhones come to mind), I’ve never run across anyone personally who has had that need. And I expect that that position is pretty common amonastic iPhone users. So, sure, it’s a great sales point - for 2% of the market.
Alright, I'll play ball here.
The iPhone and Galaxy are both overpriced monstrosities. I was on the fence recently about upgrading, and decided to stick with the iPhone Xs for a couple more years.
Why?
The trade-in value is practically worthless. I'd rather keep my phone. And I don't want another phone wasting space in my house. I'd feel bad about not using it.
Here comes the kicker: Samsung likes to take one step forward, three steps backward. Their current lineup offers less screen resolution and ports than my Galaxy S8. Why would I want to bend my screen? I still don't get that.
Apple is just re-releasing their same stuff every year with some extremely minor changes.
Sony's Xperia "Mark" series seems like "a" thing part of me is looking for, but I can't justify the upgrade when the software lifecycle isn't as good.
I think at this point, new phones are just boring. Same old thing as the last thing, with no innovation and often more restrictions.
The iPhone and Galaxy are both overpriced monstrosities. I was on the fence recently about upgrading, and decided to stick with the iPhone Xs for a couple more years.
Why?
The trade-in value is practically worthless. I'd rather keep my phone. And I don't want another phone wasting space in my house. I'd feel bad about not using it.
Here comes the kicker: Samsung likes to take one step forward, three steps backward. Their current lineup offers less screen resolution and ports than my Galaxy S8. Why would I want to bend my screen? I still don't get that.
Apple is just re-releasing their same stuff every year with some extremely minor changes.
Sony's Xperia "Mark" series seems like "a" thing part of me is looking for, but I can't justify the upgrade when the software lifecycle isn't as good.
I think at this point, new phones are just boring. Same old thing as the last thing, with no innovation and often more restrictions.
If a modern flip phone like the Z Flip had the same easy usability and tactile satisfaction of early-'00s flip phones, I could be convinced that some of the old advantages still existed in the form factor.
In that: 20 years ago, if you had a flip phone, you took it out of your pocket with one hand and snapped it open with your thumb. It felt rather satisfying, and was so quick you had it open by the time it was in front of your face. You snapped it shut on the way between your face and your pocket. Beyond just screen protection, it gave you something in exchange for almost nothing.
Current flip phones, even ignoring screen durability and the crease, lose all of that; you now basically need both hands to open it and it is the exact opposite of satisfying in a tactile way. It actively feels bad rather than nice. There's also the "how do you put a case on it?" question, which only becomes moot if the phone can comfortably survive a number of drops when closed.
If modern flip phones worked like those of old, then the fold would let you fit a regular sized phone into a smaller amount of pocket or maybe a slightly larger phone into a regular pocket, and there would be no particular slowdown in glancing at it or putting it away. There's still the question of whether the outside would be durable enough that I'd feel comfortable using it without a case, but I'd at least consider one.
The I’m a Mac ads also focused on a problem - familiarity and understanding. They came out at a time when most people new what a PC was (IBM was incredibly successful in co-opting the term Personal Computer to make it synonymous with “Windows PC” in the minds of a huge portion of the world’s population, and the majority of people were not familiar with / had a lot of ignorance about the Mac and what it could do, and assumed that switching to the Mac would cut them off from everything familiar that they needed to do with a computer. The ads were about making the Mac more understandable and “friendly”, literally personifying it. They poked fun at PC, but in an almost loving way (everybody came away liking John Hodgeman while seeing PC as bumbling).
The Samsung ads never capture that same tone, they're frequently a bit insulting.
Best bit of fiction I’ve read today, thanks.
My wife was attracted to me more by my words, wit, and language skills, not by my technology. She was quite happy to have her own personal nerd at her beck and call when she had technical issues, but that was just a bonus.
When you pull out your Flip 4, people are going to laugh at you.
Some will laugh on the outside, but most will laugh on the inside.
Some will laugh on the outside, but most will laugh on the inside.
These ads are just more confirmation to never buy a Samsung product (not just phones) ever again - my last purchase was a Samsung TV 11 years ago.
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That's a shame, I doubt these will inspire anyone to move to their phones. Their phones have more than enough utility and increased function for them to simply advertise around those strengths, instead of wasting time being snarky.
Is that the same Tim Cook walking down the hall in DC refusing to answer the questions from the reporter regarding Chinese iPhone workers being BEATEN by the police and STARVED to death?
If a reporters runs up to you in street and asks how dare you wear clothes because clothes are made in sweat shops you won’t be able to answer. You’ll just be confused. The reporter should go the sweat shop if they are brave.
So Cook can’t answer an ambush question he didn’t do. The reporter knows that and just wants views. So take the off topic political post to the political forum.
FYI, Samsung functions like a cult and mafia in Korea. That’s on topic.
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