Samsung Galaxy S II ad mocks iPhone line-waiters - Page 2

dude.. lay off the glue.

Good ad. That's what a good ad agency can do for you.

Good ad.

Just because it's anti-Apple doesn't make it automatically bad.

It's scented markers. How many times to I 've to 'splain?

I'm an iPhone user and I thought the ad was pretty funny!

Sure, the Sammy looks good by itself. It's when you go to use it that it's lameness is revealed. That's why you won't see anyone standing in line for it.

So its a nice looking Phone. I guess if I wasn't a Macintosh user I might have bought that phone. But since I am a Macintosh user I like how my iPhone 4 syncs with my Mac Pro. I like how I have some features that are solely Apple.

One thing about the ad is that Samsung is trying to make Apple users or iPhone wanters (as you may say) lame and stupid. They are depicted as lemmings blindly following Apple into the i device a bis. Insulting other people in an add just creates distaste and creates division. In my opinion we as a society don't need division. We should have tolerance for other technology and those who use it. Making some one look stupid because they are an apple user (dude your a barista) is wrong. If a friend of mine bought an android Phone I would not be critical of him for having one.

At the end of the ad they put the GAYE looking (Korean?) dude, complete with a sweater tied around his neck a-la 1982 (lol), getting into his limo and nonchalantly exhorting "You should get a Samsung". Hahaha, man, how embarrassingly not tongue-in-cheek and dated.
After being exposed in multiple international courts as guilty of blatantly trying to copy everything from Apple, from the look and function of the software to the exterior design itself, they're now trying to win over Apple users by publicly mocking them? Wow, the stupidity and marketing sense of these guys is laughable.
Not to state the obvious, but I guess not many people wait in lines outside shops to buy their crud. There's probably a simple reason for this which goes something like: Samdung products exude the originality and quality of pablum-soaked K-pop, so Thanks but no thanks. Samsung, your desperation is showing.

Insulting and making fun of people is not a good way selling them your product.

Samsung could never get people to line up and get excited about their products so they decide to make fun of a company that brings excitement, loyalty, and culture to their products.

Get A Mac ads were not attacking customers, they were attacking the product. You may think there is no difference between Samsung directly making fun of Apple customers waiting in line and an actor portraying a poorly engineered and constructed machine, but these ads are night and day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtvloPFYocw

ha!

in other news...google axes seven products today. in previous news, android malware development on the rise.

gotta love that 'open source', altruistic google.

Wow... that was actually kind of funny, and I even watched it on an iPad.

To be truly brilliant it needs to be a campaign though, not just a one-off ad.

Just like Apple used the "I'm a Mac" campaign to try and enforce the stereotype that PC users are slow, out of touch and old Samsung could try and enforce the stereotype that Apple fanboys are self absorbed, douche-y hipsters.

That's going to appeal to their audience better than killer robots.

Have to admit the video's pretty funny. But even funnier would be one of Samsung Galaxy owners in a Verizon Store, because there is nothing funnier than three lines of ten people with smoke shooting out of their ears.

There's nothing to get about it. Passion isn't something you find ..it finds you. Fans passionate about Apple or Android will be there to guarantee their delivery of what they love. Samsung would have no objections to these lines if they were purchasing Galaxy phones which is why it's pointless for them to tease.



Logic would likely follow the same path as statistics. Higher sales means that across a statistical groups "Device A" likely met the quotient of desired features than "Device B". Since opinions are your own and do not need to be substantiated through factual evidence you may opine about what is magical or revolutionary to the nth degree. However Samsung and plenty of other companies would love to deposit the cash that Apple is with the same frequency.



No that's why I was careful to put in "my needs". You could have a speech impediment that prevents accurate voice dictation. Siri is just another input modality that we have as an option. Apple TV is another method for streaming video content easily. Some will prefer a mini tablet in their pocket and some won't. Choice is good but I realize why Apple's sticking with 3.5 screens for now.

No, it is a failure, it's a real disappointment.

It's the first time Apple have released a new phone that isn't better than the competition. I view that as a massive failure.

For Apple to let Samsung leapfrog them to now have the best product in a market that Apple CREATED is a real shame, I've used an S2 lately and I much prefer the larger screen, still can't believe Apple didn't deliver a better product.

Exactly.

Ummm .. does anyone here even know that what is being advertised as "4G" is a standard that has yet to be even ratified? Present versions of what is being advertised as "4G" uses something known as "HSPA+", which is actually part of "High-end 3G"? (Apple actually presented this fact when they introduced the 4S; They did not commit to using the "4G" reference, but did say that it uses HSPA+, and is 'as fast as anything else that is currently being sold'); Try looking at a device from AT&T Wireless on the Web. You will in fact see "4G*", and in reading the fine legal print at the bottom of the page which the * is a reference to, you will see the explanation that what is actually being used is a version of HSPA+, which technically, is not "4G".) Take a look at the last 5 paragraphs in the section "Requirements" in the article about 4G at Wikipedia. It will make you think (and also wonder how the entire industry has been able to claim that they are offering something for sale that is not even available yet; the standard is likely not to be ratified until about 2013) .. take a look at the last 5 paragraphs in the "Requirements" section, beginning with "Present Implementations of .. " here:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Requirements

What this means, for the most part I think, is that any device being sold currently that is being touted as "4G", and whenever and whatever the "next iPhone (insert version number here)" delivers, unless it is introduced sometime well into 2013 .. it will not be a true "4G" device".

The current iPhone is 5G, as in the 5th generation iPhone. See what I did there? A cardinal number followed by the letter 'G' isn't a regulated standard so they can call it whatever the hell they want, they just can't say it's "4G as defined by the ITU-R".

This is "your" opinion. So it is a failure to you and a disappointment to you. If Flash-Breezy likes his iPhone 4s that carries as much weight as your opinion. No amount of repeating the same thing over and over is going to change that.

Well, not being able to get through a whole day without my battery dying on my iPhone 4S, I suspect Samsung can get a fair amount of mileage out of this bug in the 4S.

Steve Jobs is probably turning over in his grave with "battery-gate".
I was able to accept the loss in battery life going from my original iPhone to a 3GS. I was a bit miffed when iOS4 cut battery life down considerably (I wish there was an option to disable "multitasking" and restore the original battery life, as I rarely need the multitasking capabilities [I have an iPad for that kind of stuff]); however, I can't get through 3/4 of my day without the battery going dead on me. That's with bluetooth and wifi turned off, btw. Sometimes (clearly a software bug), my phone gets exceedingly warm and I can watch the battery level percent meter tick off the minutes.

Hope they have a fix for this before too long -- the phone isn't very practical if I can't get through a whole day without the battery going dead (and, no, I'm not on the phone all day long; I don't play games on it; I'm not listening to music or watching movies all day long; I'm just carrying it in my pocket and forgetting to kill every little app I use for a few seconds). And no, I'm not in a position to leave it on a charger throughout the day (nor have I with any of my past iPhones).

Yes, indeed, if I were Samsung, I'd be all over this one; and they're justified to do so.

I got the 4S, coming from a Vibrant and I don't see a failure. Maybe I'm biased since there was no Infnity Blade on the Anroid Market.

The 1st iPhone had no 3G.
The 2nd had a display resolution that was slightly below the norm.
The 3rd was well below the norm.
The 4th was clearly smaller than the average Android phone.

Sounds like all the iPhones were utter failures.

They woulda done better with the attena gate issue. I updated somone's 4S in my house and now they are mad at me because the battery life went down. But mine got better......

So it's not universal. And at least it was acknolege.




SAMSUNG YOU STILL DIDN'T FIX THE GPS ON MY VIBRANT. I REMEMBER THAT.

The battery getting warm and draining is often a symptom of a stuck or rogue process running in background. This could be in your backup so you may want to backup...erase and restore and set up the iPhone as a new phone. You'll know in a couple of days if the issue is software in your backup or the phone software itself.

And North Korea as it is is worth about four dollars and sixty two cents.

omg, i'm buying my own country yall.

I think any ad that makes fun of iSheep (in all but name) is doomed to backfire on the idiots who came up with it. It won't convert anyone to Samsung's iClones, and will only pander to existing Fandroids.

As for battery life issues, I'm not having any problems with my iPhone 4 running 4.3.5
But then again, when Apple patches 5.0.2(or 3), it'll be a thing of the past, just like Antennagate was effectively deflated with iOS 4.0.1.

I think it's going to put a negative taste in a lot of people's mouths. Kind of tastless if you ask me. But it is a free market...

What are you tripping on?

http://www.suntimes.com/technology/i...-ask-siri.html

They were utter failures. I mean, who would line up to buy a $600 phone without 3G?

Hint: ME

Udder failures.

I don't like my blacks crushed nor my colours over-saturated. So, no thanks.

They blend in with the bezel. We're talking Pioneer Kuro levels baby!

As I said, no thanks.

Samsung can only dream about having lines like that for their devices! They would be singing a different tune if the lines were for THEIR products.

Clearly, Samsung is just jealous.

I've tried a couple of Galaxy phones and they're nice enough and all, but I still prefer my iPhone.

I passed my iPhone 4 on to my daughter who's away at University. She's been using my original 3G for the last year and a half and was ready for an upgrade. Having used both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S, the 4S only looks like the iPhone 4. The under-the-hood improvements make it a much improved device. I'm actually kind of glad that they did't change it cosmetically, so it still works with my dock, speakers, clock radio etc.

That said, I wouldn't mind a slightly larger screen for my next iPhone.

*fast sennen is fast*

BUT THEY'RE BLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK


Though the whites look dingy. I'mma try to put some Clorox on my screen....you think that'll work?

Yeah, Apple would NEVER refer to the competition's customers as LEMMINGS...