nolamacguy

polymnia said:

jcdinkins said:

Samsung forever has Apple in their commercials.  Always comparing themselves to Apple.  This was inevitable.  They don't focus on themselves, they focus on the competition.  The commercial where everyone is gathered around a charging station at the airport with their iPhones immediately comes to mind.  There are countless others.  Lets see this flipped with everyone holding Notes around an airport power station.  Wouldn't end well for them.  Apple strictly focuses on Apple, making themselves better, so that commercial would never happen anyway.

What you're saying isn't true. Apple had a long-running campaign called 'Get a Mac'.

The whole point was comparing Macs to the PC competition. The most memorable lines were delivered by John Hodgman as 'PC'. Poking fun at the competition was the name of the game.

Apple has avoided this in marketing of the iPhone, and lately the Mac as well, but I wouldn't say Apple would NEVER pursue this type of ad again.

what he said is true. you're citing an ad campaign from years and years ago when apple was still an underdog. that was then, this is now. and what he said about apple stands. 

anantksundaram said:

The Verge says: "Samsung’s disastrous battery issues have invalidated the praise we have heaped upon its beautifully designed, but fatally flawed smartphone. We leave this review up as testament to almost-was history, but have removed the score in light of the events. We do not recommend you purchase the Note 7, even if you're able to find it in stock."

'Beautifully designed.' Indeed.

how can top editors in the tech field still not get that design isn't just how something looks, but also how it works? bozos.

macxpress said:

nolamacguy said:

dougd said:

Why doesn't Apple make a big donation ? 

every thread. sigh. ok: 1) maybe they will, who knows they have in the past. 2) why dont you make a donation? 3) why are you worried about it? are you "concerned" apple isn't doing its part?

I wish Apple would not go through the Red Cross. Why can't it just build up its own funds from these donations and then donate on behalf of Apple users, maybe even kick on some itself? 

think about what that would entail. the overhead of having to manage a fund, then find ways to administer the funds, figure out who you're going to give the funds to, vet the recipients of the funds, deal with fraudulent recipients, etc etc...it'd become a job. meanwhile, there's already a well known organization that performs this same job. seems like a no brainer to allow that org to solicit donations at no charge and let your users decide whether the org is worthy of their donations. 

i realize red cross has its criticisms. but what other org can a person on the other half of the country or globe donate to instead? they have to have a good reputation and it has to be easy. 

dougd said:

nolamacguy said:

dougd said:

Why doesn't Apple make a big donation ? 

every thread. sigh. ok: 1) maybe they will, who knows they have in the past. 2) why dont you make a donation? 3) why are you worried about it? are you "concerned" apple isn't doing its part?

I don't care to

so you're just here to complain about how other people spend their money, got it. keep up the good work!

SpamSandwich said:

jungmark said:

wreighven said:

At what point do Samsung fans finally say "damn?"

But but the cylindrical shape is just a convergence of design. /s

"Sales of our one-of-a-kind cylindrical computer are smooth."

"quite smooth..."