ZRyser

Maybe Starbucks could buy 23k more iPads for the companion "read the bloody signs, dear customers" workshop.

This will sell like crazy

mtbnut said:

I think these results say a whole lot more about how well Samsung is doing, versus how well Apple is maintaining its lead. Given that Apple has 100% control of both software and hardware, one would think Apple would be light years ahead, which doesn't seem to be the case. Either Apple is slipping or Samsung is kicking ass. Or a little bit of both. But I think Apple is slipping, IMHO. Their scores should be off-the-charts compared to Samsung, yet the Korean juggernaut, who also makes refrigerators and washing machines, is right there. 

If I were Apple, I'd be a little ashamed of how poorly I'm doing compared to a washing-machine company. 

This is the equivalent of a Toyota Yaris keeping up with me in my Porsche 911 GT3 as I do hot laps at Nürburgring. 

What a nonsensical and dishonest comparison. Toyota Yaris is a small city car, while Samsung Galaxy S is obviously the flagship line of their phones.
Why should it matter, that Apple is in 100% control of both HW and SW? Who's stopping Samsung from doing the same? (Answer: their incapability). Those are just lame excuses for failure.
It absolutely doesn't matter, that Samsung makes washing machines and refrigerators. How does that factor in your user experience with the phone? It's completely irrelevant. What matters is the performance of those phones.

Your spin is hilarious. With great pomp, Samsung releases their flagship phone four months after Apple released theirs, yet it still doesn't measure up to Apple's. And you're telling us, that Apple should be ashamed. For what exactly? For designing a phone the competitors are still unable to match almost halfway into the next cycle?

Go away, troll.

9secondkox2 said:

WOW. Cook is really shoving this stuff down people’s throats. 

Apple is about products and services. Not about Cooks preferred lifestyle. Stop using the company as a personal preference platform. 

I don’t think he does. Most Apple commercials have very little to do with Cook’s preferences and world, as they typically feature people half Cook’s age (or younger) and their world (music, fashion, interests).

thrang said:

You must be tolerant and respectful of private life choices that differ from your own, and act in a non-discriminatory way. 

I would disagree with the first part. That would imply tolerance can be forced, which I don’t think it can. Forced tolerance is just conformity. True tolerance is a free individual choice. Personally I’d prefer if people were tolerant, but I’m not going to insist, that they must be.