Dude, that's rude! Samsung puts up live installations to belittle Apple Maps in Australia

2. appleforbreakfast posted on 12 Dec 2012, 06:59 4 1

lol..beat that apple.

3. archangel9 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 06:59 6 1

LOL!!I LOVE IT!!

4. sarb009 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:03 9 2

Samsung > apple in any way:)

5. jopancy posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:04 14 1

Totally agree with Samsung.
Why pay huge sum of money for something so remarkably useless??

7. tech2 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:13 6 6

"Dude, that's rude!"

Daniel P., why write an article if you cant be neutral. I remember an article from PA pointing out the fanboyism in the comments and how PA's article aren't bias. Why provoke then by making such a statement ?

BTW, do you remember 'PC vs Mac' ad several years ago by Apple to belittle Windows ? It wasn't rude then was it !

8. PAPINYC (limited) 2 days ago posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:20 6 1

OMG...LMFAO..!!!!

They should put one of those displays in front of a Burger King in downtown Sidney!

12. Danre posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:24 11 1

still i find many Apple users who think that apple map is best and that is why i called them i$heep.

14. PapaSmurf posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:34 5 1

This is probably the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. Play with fire, you get burned.

16. darkkjedii posted on 12 Dec 2012, 07:43 2 3

That's what Samsung should do. And apple should fix maps to make it moot

19. eDiesel posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:02 2 1

Its not rude. Its true. Why not let people know the truth about a sorry product.

24. iDroidWin posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:29 2 0

I think its not good advertising if you poke fun at other products. I don't support what nokia tried by doing #DroidRage or what samsung is trying to do here. But I don't support the topic that PhoneArena puts either. Dude, that's rude! ? Any news reporting should be unbaised. I have always found PhoneArena's language, if not facts, to be biased.

Learn something from GSMArena http ://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-pokes-fun-at-apple-ma​ps-in-the-land-down-under/

25. Loubielou posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:31 1 0

Apple will be singing about there maps "Were On The Road to Know Where"

28. rickywinataa posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:58 2 0

well apple fans, you can't be angry with this. steve jobs has told bad things about other competitors and with apple mocking samsung in the apple UK's site, it's a bit even now

29. moroninc posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:59 1 0

Ooops

30. kach22 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 09:05 2 0

Really Loved this. APple deserves this. In fact any high profile company making such serious mistake deserves this be it sammy, Noki or others.

31. moroninc posted on 12 Dec 2012, 09:06 2 0

Burn !!!

32. byazatt posted on 12 Dec 2012, 09:30 1 0

if the navigon was a Samsung application, imagine how apple apologetics would be all about,, but now since its the mighty all perfect apple, you had rather people sympathizing with em huh ..no, if you make crap be ready to get it the hard way.

37. amozhi posted on 12 Dec 2012, 11:04 0 0

I don't think this is rude!!!

39. CRICKETownz posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:17 0 0

Media always blows up things bigger than what it is. my Apple nav has been flawless and is 100x better than the previous Google Maps provided to iPhone. I've had my GSlll navigate me to places that were supposed to be a restaurant but ended up being a side street and also take me out of the way during highway travels. Hell, just this past weekend my girlfriend's Galaxy Nexus kept giving us incorrect route information in downtown Chicago (which my Apple nav had to get us on the right track). I'm sure TomTom Garmin & other gps services have had the same thing from time to time. It happens. Why is Apple catching so much flack for the same behaviors? Humor is okay but to encourage that this is just an Apple issue is a bit hypocritical.

41. Tsepz_GP posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:37 0 0

Some REALLY need to read properly and quit spewing their nonsense here:

"...alluding to the Navigon GPS app that comes preinstalled on Galaxy S III units sold Down Under."
Its NOT GMaps they're on about, and i bet they do pay Navigon for use of their Maps.

44. vishu9 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 14:49 0 0

And PA!? I don't see any mention of Apple Maps in the ad or even anything in the shape of an iPhone. I can believe the the Samsung TV ads were blatantly open in belittling Apple fans but this? Not really. They're just promoting their own flagship over all the other mapping solutions alternatives. And we all know there are plenty of them, and not just phones.

45. miladkhahil posted on 12 Dec 2012, 17:52 0 0

It wasn’t Apple’s fault entirely as the company was working on data from The Australian Gazetteer, a company run by the Geosciences Australia agency which supplies Gazetteer with mapping data sourced from the state of Victoria itself.

And now, we learn that the police in Colac, west of Melbourne, warn of safety concerns from Google Maps. Ouch!

Yahoo News reports:

Police in Mildura have had to conduct six rescues in recent weeks, after through the Murray Sunset National Park.

Now police in Colac, west of Melbourne, say faults with Google maps are putting people’s lives at risk along the Great Ocean Road and in the southern Otways.

Google is apparently directing vehicles and tourists down Wild Dog Road.

48. MC1123 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 18:44 0 0

lol...lets see if google maps can handle nokia maps!

in my place, google maps are not accurate, while nokia they rock!