• Samsung's Anti-Apple Campaign Doesn't Seem to be Doing Too Well

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    Akshay Masand
    Published on 2012-09-18 04:53 PM
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    Apple and Samsung have been going at it for quite some time now and there will always be people who have their own preferences and like to keep it that way. Samsung has been doing its fair share of anti-Apple advertising, this was seen most recently with the “It doesn’t take a genius” advertisement which surfaced just this past weekend.

    As part of its anti-Apple campaign, the Samsung Mobile USA Facebook page recently uploaded a picture of the Samsung Galaxy S III and asked people the following question: If you could only take one electronic device on to a deserted island, what would it be? Much to Samsung’s surprise, the majority of the comments didn’t lead to what they expected to hear. Many users ended up leaving comments stating “iPhone” or “iPhone 5” instead of choosing the Galaxy S III.

    That is certainly a blow to Samsung’s efforts as one can imagine the effectiveness of the campaign being lackluster if such a response is being given. It puts the company in a bad spot and although it makes Apple fanboys seem a bit obnoxious, it seems to be pretty clear which device seems to be in more demand.

    Source: Facebook (Samsung Mobile USA) via Cult of Mac
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Samsung's Anti-Apple Campaign Doesn't Seem to be Doing Too Well started by Akshay Masand View original post
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    Comments 35 Comments
    1. KraXik's Avatar
      KraXik - 2012-09-18, 04:55 PM
      Hahaha!! That's brilliant. Although I'm sure people are just saying iPhone to Troll Samsung.
    1. feidhlim1986's Avatar
      feidhlim1986 - 2012-09-18, 04:57 PM
      And if Apple had a Facebook post like this everyone would say Samsung... This is the Internet... It's not exclusive to poor Samsung.

      Oh and look at all those Apple fans posting on a Samsung page...HOW DARE THEY! Apple sites are for Apple talk only and Samsung sites are only for Samsung talk.
    1. daviedave's Avatar
      daviedave - 2012-09-18, 05:03 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by feidhlim1986 View Post
      And if Apple had a Facebook post like this everyone would say Samsung... This is the Internet... It's not exclusive to poor Samsung.

      Oh and look at all those Apple fans posting on a Samsung page...HOW DARE THEY! Apple sites are for Apple talk only and Samsung sites are only for Samsung talk.
      I'm not so sure about that.

      The trolling is pretty funny though, I would love to see the page.
    1. Senyaichiya's Avatar
      Senyaichiya - 2012-09-18, 05:04 PM
      I don't care if they are just "trolls" that is AWESOME!

      Suck it Samsung trying to be anti-Apple. Yay backfiring.
    1. sammo123's Avatar
      sammo123 - 2012-09-18, 05:12 PM
      It might be Samsungs page but they opened a topic up for discussion. Therefore anyone can say what phone they want regardless if it is Samsungs page or not. A lot of people like Samsungs page on facebook no because they like Samsung but because a lot of mobile apps say things like "To get more credits do these activities:" and below will list "Like Samsung Mobile USA on Facebook"
    1. JedixJarf's Avatar
      JedixJarf - 2012-09-18, 05:59 PM
      Haha wow, too funny.
    1. AUZambo's Avatar
      AUZambo - 2012-09-18, 06:26 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by feidhlim1986 View Post
      And if Apple had a Facebook post like this everyone would say Samsung... This is the Internet... It's not exclusive to poor Samsung.
      Exactly. The iPhone answers are simply because Samsung posted the question. Who in their right mind would bring a smart phone as the ONLY electronic device to a deserted island, where there is presumably no service and your battery would be dead in two days.

      If Time Magazine had asked the question you'd probably get more serious answers....like a satellite phone or battery powered fire starter.
    1. fleurya's Avatar
      fleurya - 2012-09-18, 06:28 PM
      The guy that replied "electric boat" is the smartest of all of them!
    1. Donnutt's Avatar
      Donnutt - 2012-09-18, 06:42 PM
      Solar powered electric boat.
    1. madrockz's Avatar
      madrockz - 2012-09-18, 06:43 PM
      Attachment 612368

      Still most of the comments are iphone
    1. garfielgato2's Avatar
      garfielgato2 - 2012-09-18, 06:52 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by fleurya View Post
      The guy that replied "electric boat" is the smartest of all of them!
      Is the genius of all of them
    1. Jdot1224's Avatar
      Jdot1224 - 2012-09-18, 07:13 PM
      Lmao
    1. Gaijinboy's Avatar
      Gaijinboy - 2012-09-18, 07:34 PM
      Yes, a mobile phone would be pretty useless, no matter who made it... Unless it had a satellite uplink...
    1. Carvensno's Avatar
      Carvensno - 2012-09-18, 07:49 PM
      Oh SNAP!!! LMAO :P total backfire

      Samsung must have deleted that posting, its not there now! LOL Deleted all evidence of humility..
    1. Jahooba's Avatar
      Jahooba - 2012-09-18, 07:56 PM
      The war of words between both camps is getting pretty heated. It's only a matter of time before there are death threats and sever beatings outside Apple stores by Samsung/ Android fanatics, lol.
    1. mindblown's Avatar
      mindblown - 2012-09-18, 08:01 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Carvensno View Post
      Oh SNAP!!! LMAO :P total backfire

      Samsung must have deleted that posting, its not there now! LOL Deleted all evidence of humility..
      naw man, its still there
      and people are still posting comments even though that post was made on sept 6 LOL
    1. Carvensno's Avatar
      Carvensno - 2012-09-18, 08:20 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by mindblown View Post
      naw man, its still there
      and people are still posting comments even though that post was made on sept 6 LOL
      Ah i see, i didnt look back that far, thought it was like the last couple of days.
    1. subywrex's Avatar
      subywrex - 2012-09-18, 08:23 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by AUZambo View Post
      Exactly. The iPhone answers are simply because Samsung posted the question. Who in their right mind would bring a smart phone as the ONLY electronic device to a deserted island, where there is presumably no service and your battery would be dead in two days.

      If Time Magazine had asked the question you'd probably get more serious answers....like a satellite phone or battery powered fire starter.
      LMAO a battery powered fire starter?? so that can just go dead.. maybe they should just bring a good ol lighter.. lmao.. (just bustin your balls)
    1. AUZambo's Avatar
      AUZambo - 2012-09-18, 08:53 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by subywrex View Post
      LMAO a battery powered fire starter?? so that can just go dead.. maybe they should just bring a good ol lighter.. lmao.. (just bustin your balls)


      Yeah...I thought about that as I was typing it, but decided to just go with it. I was assuming that the electronic device was the ONLY thing we were bringing, so the option was an electric fire-starting mechanism or no fire at all.

      BTW, regardless of the fire starting tool, it will eventually run out. A cigarette lighter will eventually run out of gas or flint, a flint stick will eventually be worn down to nothing, etc.
    1. jrhudson's Avatar
      jrhudson - 2012-09-18, 09:51 PM
      meh.
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