Motorola Ad Mocks Samsung Ad Mocking Apple (bgr.com) 84
An anonymous reader quotes BGR:
A few days after the iPhone X launched in stores, Samsung came out with an anti-iPhone campaign... I actually did not expect Samsung to pull off cheap tricks like that, but it sure looks like the iPhone X is a pretty scary device to fight against. But what probably nobody saw coming is Motorola trolling Samsung with an ad of its own... The "Up-upgrade to Motorola" ad offers the alternate ending to Samsung's ad, as Motorola explains on its Facebook page... Motorola doesn't even mention the iPhone X, so if you haven't seen Samsung's ad, you'd think it's just going after Galaxy handsets.
Elsewhere on Facebook, Motorola specifically referenced the attachable accessories available for their Moto Z when mocking the Galaxy Note 8.
"Why settle for edge-to-edge, when you could project your screen up to 70 inches?"
Elsewhere on Facebook, Motorola specifically referenced the attachable accessories available for their Moto Z when mocking the Galaxy Note 8.
"Why settle for edge-to-edge, when you could project your screen up to 70 inches?"
Yeah, about that... (Score:1)
"Why settle for edge-to-edge, when you could project your screen up to 70 inches?"
Because unless the projection is done at a 4k+ resolution it’s gonna look like shit. Oh and the fact that next no one would ever do this in the first place.
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Yes and VGA projectors look like shit at even just a quarter of the projected size mentioned here. This projector they’re hawking is a joke.
Even moreso when I can buy a VGA projector [frys.com] that does 1024x768 vs 854x480 with a max brightness of 3000 lumens vs the pathetic 50 lumens of Motorola’s projector. And the projector costs the same amount of money and doesn’t require me to buy some shit-tier phone to use it.
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Such wisdom from an AC.
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Because reading text projected at 854x480 at 14 ppi with a max brightness of a paltry 50 lumens is pleasant to do? And they have he audacity to sell such a piece of junk for $300 beyond the cost of the phone? They’re insane...
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Because reading text projected at 854x480 at 14 ppi with a max brightness of a paltry 50 lumens is pleasant to do? And they have he audacity to sell such a piece of junk for $300 beyond the cost of the phone? They’re insane...
It's not meant to be a substitute for a computer monitor, it's to share your own videos and pictures with others so they don't have to huddle around a phone or pass it around the table.
Sure, there are other pocket projectors that are cheaper, smaller or have better illumination, but not all 3 at the same time.
Scanning laser vs LED bulb (Score:2)
Because reading text projected at 854x480 at 14 ppi with a max brightness of a paltry 50 lumens is pleasant to do?
Yeah, it's a bit disappointing that they went for a DLP technology and not a laser beamscanning technology as their past partnership with microvision (gives better apparent brightness and crazy high contrast ratios even at lower lumen ratings).
But on the other hand, that's already plenty enough good specs for netflix and chill~
Edge-to-edge is cr@p anyway... (Score:5, Insightful)
Having a border around the screen protects it (generally the most expensive/fragile part of a phone) from damage better. And makes it easier to design a case that protects the phone.
"Edge-to-edge" is code for planned obsolescence in my book.
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Having a border around the screen protects it (generally the most expensive/fragile part of a phone) from damage better. And makes it easier to design a case that protects the phone.
"Edge-to-edge" is code for planned obsolescence in my book.
"Smartphone" is another codeword for planned obsolescence.
Next up (Score:5, Funny)
Blackberry's ad to mock Motorola's ad that mocks the Samsung ad that's mocking Apple.
Alternative post:
“Yo Dawg, I herd you like mocking, so I put a mock in your ad so you can mock while you mock.”
Or something. Sorry if I didn't do it right, I'm not black.
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“Yo Dawg, I herd you like mocking Ads, so I put an Ads in your Ads so you can mock while you mock.”
ftfy.
Next up? Fix the design (Score:2)
Mock Away (Score:1)
Everyone knows the iPhone is superior anyway. When other companies mention your brand in their ads, you have already won.
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Depends on how they do it [youtube.com].
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The only real value in a modern smart phone 1. instant messaging apps like Riot/Telegram 2. crypto currencies 3. Videos. Everything else? Who cares.
Wait... what? Why on earth did you include “crypto currencies“ in there?
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Frankly, I'd rather...
1. Use regular text/talk. Texting is even free outside the US for many carriers.
2. Crypto currencies? If I want to be anonymous, I'd pay cash.
3 Videos? Watching on a 5" screen -- no thanks, give me a laptop with at least 11-12" screen.
Pay per minute (Score:2)
I'd rather...
1. Use regular text/talk. Texting is even free outside the US for many carriers.
Then would you be willing to foot the airtime bill when you communicate with someone in the US, for whom neither making PSTN calls nor receiving PSTN calls nor sending SMS texts nor receiving SMS texts is free? T-Mobile USA's basic pay-as-you-go plan, for example, comes with 30 monthly incoming or outgoing minutes or texts, and each additional costs 10 cents. T-Mobile supports Wi-Fi calling and texting, but only calls or texts through an app such as Discord or Skype are unmetered. Wi-Fi calls through the PS
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I'm blown away at how stupid people are. It's a phone. No matter how much you want it to be something else. It isn't. Your sold by the flashy gimmicky crap. The only real value in a modern smart phone 1. instant messaging apps like Riot/Telegram 2. crypto currencies 3. Videos. Everything else? Who cares.
Why do you say "It's a phone" if none of the things of value it can do include using it as a phone?
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So what you're saying is that Microsoft had won a decade ago when Apple launched their childish Mac vs PC ads?
In fact they had on the desktop.
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Watch the ads as if they're really short movies, to be entertained instead of learning something.
It's worth watching the Samsung had if only for the haircut of the guy waiting in line for the iPhone X. I found that very funny.
And it's worth watching the Motorola ad, just because AFAIK it's the first time a sequel for an ad was made by a competitor. Also funny.
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The Samsung advert features a dude getting an iPhone in 2007 and being thrilled with it, then it shows him running out of phone storage space. It then shows his upgrades over the years, with a chick he's dating having a big screen Samsung, etc. There's a pretty great one where he has excellent headphones, plugged through a multi-dongle so he can listen to music on good headphones and change his phone at the same time, and the ad makes sure to show the ludicrous nest of wires while he tries to snuggle with
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Samsung does still have an earphone jack. I've got the new note 8 and it's there.
It was actually a deciding factor between the note and the new pixel.
That and it has a sd card slot as well.
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The Samsung ad shows him with an iPhone and a pretty girl in all the scenes. The last scene shows him having a Samsung... alone.
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...no... (Score:3, Insightful)
"Why settle for edge-to-edge, when you could project your screen up to 70 inches?"
Because the quality of that projection is likely garbage?
Cheap tricks? (Score:5, Insightful)
I actually did not expect Samsung to pull off cheap tricks like that
You mean directly comparing features you have to your competitors is cheap tricks? Did you just discover advertising? I'm sure everyone's better, like Apple totally not featuring "PCs" in their adverts, and Microsoft would never feature Google.
Seriously man, have you never seen an advert before?
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Yes they are cheap shots and mostly inaccurate (Score:2)
It's not directly comparing though, the Samsung ad has multiple references to iPhone battery being not as good as a Samsung in various ways - but that is simply not the case, the iPhone X battery life in particular has been excellent. It also references past areas the iPhone lagged behind other camera like waterproofness which it now has. Samsung gives far more optimistic estimates that do not pan out as well as they say in real use.
I've never needed to charge while using headphones as I either use the ph
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I wish more advertising would stick with compare and contrast with a bit of humor. I'm tired of ads trying to tie their products to nostalgia, love for family and rose colored memories of childhood through calculated attacks on the subconscious mind.
More Mockery (Score:2)
Will people ever get tired of mockery and posturing and "them vs. us" nonsense? Aren't we tired of it already?
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"Will people ever get tired of mockery and posturing and "them vs. us" nonsense?"
There was nothing in the ads I found offensive or tiring.
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HA! (Score:3)
Motorola is pretty much the last of the three I'd go for, if anything because Lenovo is behind it, the company that gave you malware on firmware but people are still buying it for some reason.
But really, the mods are a joke. They were overpriced and underperformed for the most part, launched with ridiculous price and now that Motorola realized no one if getting them, they are trying to offload as many as possible by throwing them together. That Essencial Phone thing will suffer the same fate.
The only recent development I like from Motorola is the Android One phone, but given price and specs (internationally I mean), I opted for a Xiaomi Mi A1 instead. Specs are overall better and price is lower, again, international market.
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Thing is, Motorola phones tend to be easy to root, so you can install the ROM of your choice, including secure/cloudfree versions of Android.
The Lenovo Service Engine thing was easy to remove/disable, BTW, compared to dealing with locked-down ecosystems like Apple's.
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Thing is, Motorola phones tend to be easy to
unlock bootloader? I think that's what you meant, since you said ROM.
rooting is getting the OS admin, which is not the dependent factor to install custom rom (or custom OS just to be in line with the previous term). On the other hand an unlocked bootloader lets you boot to a custom recovery which lets you install custom rom. So an unlocked bootloader will be the factor that lets you install ROM.
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Also, who wants to buy a mod that will be redundant as soon as you replace your phone?
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And why buy one that’s subpar compared to a VGA projector that can coat even less than the mod let alone having to buy a *barf* Motorola phone as well?
I'm still waiting for the parody rebuttal ad ... (Score:2)
... where either the guy or his girlfriend catch on fire when the Samsung's battery explodes.
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BTW --
(1) You can install custom ROMs on many Android devices that aren't tied to a Google or Apple ID.
(2) iPhones? Reliable? Hahahahaha. Maybe they're "reliable", but any device where you have to resort to disassembly or paying more than the cost of an actual battery to replace the battery is hardly "durable."
Re: I hate smartphones, all of them, but... (Score:2)
Which is great if you
1) Trust the developer(s)
2) Aren't afraid of bricking your phone
3) Don't care if some of the phone's features don't work
Poor ad targeting (Score:2)
The ad looks like it's targeted at the two people in the world at home with no TV but have smartphones. Any recent smart TV will most likely support Chromecast. Or you know spend the $20 to get a Chromecast instead of the $100+ for the projector add-on.
Not Samsung either (Score:2)
Motorola doesn't even mention the iPhone X, so if you haven't seen Samsung's ad, you'd think it's just going after Galaxy handsets.
The Motorola ad doesn't mention Samsung either, so if you haven't seen Samsung's ad, you wouldn't know they were going after any specific handset.
Shame on Samsung (Score:1)
Meanwhile... (Score:2)
Meanwhile, Apple is selling millions of iPhones and having issues supplying demand.