Samsung takes Apple obsession to next level with new Galaxy ad

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  • Reply 61 of 135
    kent909kent909 Posts: 731member

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  • Reply 62 of 135
    suddenly newtonsuddenly newton Posts: 13,819member
    nkalu wrote: »
    Obsession!

    ...with Appleness!

    (Meanwhile, Apple is obsessed over thinness)
  • Reply 63 of 135
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    This is just pathetic by Samsung. Not surprising but pathetic nonetheless.
  • Reply 64 of 135
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Here's a hilarious rip off from Dell from 2009. So Dell uses honest materials that have a temperature to them because they're real metal and real glass. :lol:

  • Reply 65 of 135
    bdkennedy1bdkennedy1 Posts: 1,459member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee View Post



    Please, someone with the right tools make a side-by-side video showing Apple ads and all the things ripped from them to make this Samsung ad. Or at least lets get a list going of things you spotted. I'll start:



    - The milling machines cutting metal.

    - The coordinate measuring machine checking dimensions of a part.

    - The end shot of extruded metal (aluminum) like in the Apple Watch metal videos.



    The British accent...

  • Reply 66 of 135
    flaneurflaneur Posts: 4,526member
    ...with Appleness!

    (Meanwhile, Apple is obsessed over thinness)

    This thinness "obsession" of Apple's is a cliché.

    Electronic technology has always had a built-in mandate to minimize space used, thus integrated circuits, Moore's Law, etc.

    Nature has the same mandate. You want to say that DNA is the result of an obsession, go ahead.
  • Reply 67 of 135
    cpsrocpsro Posts: 3,192member

    Samsung... making it possible for a smartphone to bend even easier.

  • Reply 68 of 135
    cpsrocpsro Posts: 3,192member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Flaneur View Post



    You should send this still to Gruber. Please send this still to Gruber.

    Don't bother. Gruber is more interested in glorifying steroid monsters.

  • Reply 69 of 135
    suddenly newtonsuddenly newton Posts: 13,819member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AnalogJack View Post

     

    And what about the tooling shot (below) it looks like a part from a $2 Indian bicycle pump.

     


     

    That's not marketing. You gotta sex it up. Make that $2 Indian bicycle part look like a $2 million part crafted by digital artisans. <img class=" src="http://forums-files.appleinsider.com/images/smilies//lol.gif" />

     

    Here's the same photo, lit with "hero lighting," ready for advertising:

     

  • Reply 70 of 135
    thepixeldocthepixeldoc Posts: 2,257member
    cpsro wrote: »
    Don't bother. Gruber is more interested in glorifying steroid monsters.

    Butt-hurt-in-Boston your handle by any chance? :p
  • Reply 71 of 135
    heliahelia Posts: 170member

    Pathetic

  • Reply 72 of 135
    geekmeegeekmee Posts: 629member
    Maybe... It's a leaked Saturday Night Live ad?
  • Reply 73 of 135
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,053member
    Samsung ad makes me laugh because I can't think of how much more shame and kower they will go to copy every...a joke!
  • Reply 74 of 135
    kpomkpom Posts: 660member
    On Macrumors someone pointed out that the speaker used the term "aluminum" instead of the British "aluminium."
  • Reply 75 of 135
    cpsrocpsro Posts: 3,192member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc View Post



    Butt-hurt-in-Boston your handle by any chance? image

    Far from it. A-dud would be the one who is butt-hurt, from the injections. I do derive pleasure from the highest-paid team in baseball losing so often, though. Let's see if the NYY pay A-dud his $6M bonus, too.

  • Reply 76 of 135
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    cpsro wrote: »
    Don't bother. Gruber is more interested in glorifying steroid monsters.

    How does a Philly boy become a Yankees fan?
  • Reply 77 of 135
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    cpsro wrote: »
    Far from it. A-dud would be the one who is butt-hurt, from the injections. I do derive pleasure from the highest-paid team in baseball losing so often, though. Let's see if the NYY pay A-dud his $6M bonus, too.

    Maybe Samsung is trying to mimic the NYY by losing so much yet still making the most money.
  • Reply 78 of 135
    brucemcbrucemc Posts: 1,541member

    While it is indeed shameless and pathetic copying from Samsung, it should be noted that this "is" their self-described culture.  I saw an in-depth media piece on Samsung years ago (before the rise of the smartphone - when they were competing more with Sony in the CE space), and the Samsung spokespersons were very clear to outline their business approach as a "fast follower".  They look at markets that are growing quickly, and bring their corporate vertically integrated resources to bear to emulate what the leader is doing, but with a bit lower price.  This is how they took on Sony in TV's, DVDs, etc.  And you can see the same approach with smartphones.



    It isn't illegal to be a "fast follower", but no one can claim that Samsung is innovative at anything except being that.

     

    By the way, where is Google Guy to tell us that, in fact, Apple's ads aren't original and that some XYZ firm was doing this type of ad years before Apple?  And that Samsung might be copying firm XYZ, but not Apple.

  • Reply 79 of 135
    iaeeniaeen Posts: 588member
    brucemc wrote: »
    By the way, where is Google Guy to tell us that, in fact, Apple's ads aren't original and that some XYZ firm was doing this type of ad years before Apple?  And that Samsung might be copying firm XYZ, but not Apple.

    Post #7...
  • Reply 80 of 135
    michael scripmichael scrip Posts: 1,916member
    Apple uses a British guy for their voiceovers. But he's actually Jony Ive, Apple's Senior VP of Design, and he happens to be British.

    I wonder if Samsung's production company had a selection of voiceover actors with different accents to choose from.

    Seems like an odd coincidence that they're both using British guys... dontcha think?

    Well... it's not so weird for Apple... since they have a British guy working for them.

    But Samsung?

    .
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