Samsung misses the mark with two new anti-Apple ads promoting the Galaxy Note 9

Ray S. has the best critiques. My favorite was his criticism of the Galaxy S6 because the weather widget was set to update the weather every 4 hours by default. Nevermind the fact that you could change the frequency. Nevermind his favorite phone didn't have a weather widget. Darnit, Samsung should know when I want my weather updated and we shouldn't have tobtake the 32 seconds to change it.

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He said name some features that Apple can brag about. iMessage, seamless connection between two people without having to download a app. I can actually send a video from my phone to most 91 percent of the people I know who have iPhones without it being degraded or telling me I can’t text longer than a 60 second video that looks someone tried to send it through teleportation and it got messed up on the way. Continuity between my Mac, iPad, my iPhone. Start a webpage on a computer and if you have to run boom pick up your phone and it’s saved right there ready for you to start it off. Also say I save a password to log in with Face ID on my phone and then I go to that same site on my computer it’s already saved over the cloud and ready to go. Also we have the more reliable AppStore. Way less malware and also apps are optimized way better for all the iOS devices. Yeah we might not have as many features! I agree with you guys but the things it does do it does it way better than anything else. iOS gets updated all at once, android you get 2 if you’re lucky and 9 months parts each besides security updates. I’ll take seemless simplicity over crowded fuctionalitu any days for a cell phone. Don’t get me wrong I don’t blame the people who get a lot of business stuff on a phone done and need more and that’s why they get android/note 9. But at the end of the day their both great devices because they both do things really well. But you guys need to stop with this turf war stuff...

Having a flat screen is something you can’t get from note/galaxy anymore. Forcetouch is godsend - and will not use another phone without it. FaceTime Face ID is nice because it works faster tha fp sensors for me (regardless how dirty I get) and it works for anything on the device - apps and passwords. And my biggest grime - I had Samsung’s flagships for the past three phones - they all slow down so bad after 5-7 months of regular use. I have to wipe the damn things and start fresh - huge nuesance. Earlier devices like my note4 slowed down just because the storage was nearly full. Took forever to load all photos on screen. Yes I miss the s-pen terribly. But the usability with touch wiz/experience is worse than iOS. So, Samsung may pick feature it excels - but obviously they don’t show iPhones pros. So these commercials are misleadingly cringy.

Dear Vokilam, my S8 hasn't slow down after 6 months.

As an Android user I will concede most of your points except the password, updates, malware. I have the Pixel 2 and my password easily transfer from the websites in Chrome to my apps on my phone. As for the malware most issues come from people on Android sideloading apps from app stores other than Google Play and that is their own fault, slightly Google's for allowing it. OS or security updates depends on the phone. My Google Pixel 2 gets monthly security updates so I'm good. Other Android OEM's are the fragmentation problem and since Pixel sales are a drop in the bucket it's a big problem. Why I'm thinking of moving to Apple, pretty much what you said above. iMessage, being able to go between devices and pick up where I left off on an article, years of support iPhones. Isn't the iPhone 6 getting iOS 12? I keep going back and forth but iPhone is creeping ahead even though I get unlimited photo storage from Google right now and 50 GB of drive storage for using a Pixel. That is a real good bonus.

You're blatantly ignoring that the faster modem not just allows for faster theoretical maximum speeds but actually provide much faster average speeds too (30 to 80% faster), especially in areas with less than ideal signal. See a multitude of tests out there proving this in practice (and no, I'm not referring to single data points).

@chromoid What are you talking about? Android phones with better modems are able to achieve higher download speeds and better reception on average in comparison to Apple's best iphones. The modem is literally one of the most important components of a smartphones. Even in the US, Carriers constantly improve their network and strive to offer better data speeds only iphones won't benefit from those because their modems lack the necessary tech. Samsung's ad regarding internet speed annoys you because it's true.

I wish my company would switch to MacOS. Get to use a quality laptop.

Weird, I only hear businesses switching to Samsung, because those phones are a heck lot easier to install with Knox/MDM than an iPhone. If I look at the company I work for, we are slowly moving away from iPhone to Samsung in Europe.

Those ads were effective back in 2011-2013 because Apple were still selling 3.5' screen devices while the market was moving to a bigger screen devices. That's no longer the case, and we've learned from recent quarterly financial reports that the S9 was struggling while the X was selling well despite it been out about 9 months. That explained the reasons for those ads. Those ads are not going to change the mind of anyone who was going to buy an iPhone. It may make the fanatics feel good and happy, but it won't do jack to change the regular folks mind about getting an iPhone. When folks want an iPhone, they want an iPhone.

"the market was moving to a bigger screen " You ever notice that when Apple is late to a feature and they are called out for it, then "the market" made it popular. Or, "the market" was moving in that direction. But, when Apple is late to something and they aren't called out for it, then Apple isn't first, but "Apple made it popular" (eg wireless charging/water resistance). Point is, if Samsung didn't make the ads, we'd be talking about how Apple wasn't first with large screens but "they made them popular". Things are either popular because "the market" just so happens to be, coincidentally, randomly, moving that way. Or, things are popular because Apple says so. The fact that Apple is the only brand that can get attribution is why when folks want an iPhone, they want an iPhone.

You are hurting, perhaps it’s best if you stay off phonearena for several weeks.

According to sales not that effective, just saying