Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
I'm not sure that the President of HTC would agree with you.
HTC president calls Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event embarrassing
Saturday, March 16, 2013 · 9:52 am
“As anyone who was on hand at last year’s Galaxy S III unveiling expected, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday evening was quite the spectacle,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
“HTC president Jason MacKenzie was watching the show Thursday night, and he had some choice comments when asked how he felt about the unveiling of his chief rival’s new flagship smartphone,” Epstein reports. “‘I went from laughing to actually feeling embarrassed at some of the acting,’ MacKenzie said in an interview with CNET. ‘Watching the presentation, it looks like they invested a lot in marketing instead of innovation.’”
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
This ladies and gents is an example of a proper slam.
HTC president calls Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event embarrassing
Saturday, March 16, 2013 · 9:52 am · 48 Comments
“As anyone who was on hand at last year’s Galaxy S III unveiling expected, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday evening was quite the spectacle,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
“HTC president Jason MacKenzie was watching the show Thursday night, and he had some choice comments when asked how he felt about the unveiling of his chief rival’s new flagship smartphone,” Epstein reports. “‘I went from laughing to actually feeling embarrassed at some of the acting,’ MacKenzie said in an interview with CNET. ‘Watching the presentation, it looks like they invested a lot in marketing instead of innovation.’”
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
I wouldn't say that Apple was going after Microsoft in the PC vs. Mac commercials as they were of the generic PC, sic, not the OS. They didn't target Dell or HP or any other company by name. One of the ads would talk about bloatware; a problem still alive and well today. Another ad I recall was PC doing an assembly of a PC vs. a single unit iMac.
Even this current criticism of fragmentation. That doesn't target any specific company, not even Google. It's an Android industry problem. Samsung or HTC or any of the other manufacturers could making their mobile phones so they can be upgraded to the latest mobile OS, they choose not to. Noted exception Nexus.
If Apple made an ad that mocked eye tracking S/W in the Galaxy as not working for people who wear glasses that would be a company targetted ad, whether it mentioned Samsung by name or not.
Amazon (AMZN) makes so much money off of its Prime customers it could drop the $79 annual fee and still come out way ahead. Though the company has no pressing reason to cut into the Prime program with it accounting for close to a third of the firm's operating profit, it's a lever which should strike some fear into retailers such as Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart (WMT). [View news story]
The one thing we know from the lips of Jeff Bezos is that he doesn't care about profit. And his bottom line shows it.
There is a three card Monte game being played by the company accounting and the analysts. Where's the profit? It's over there. You look over there and it isn't. Look it must be over there. You run over and it's not there either.
When you have a company that has lost money in the last 12 months. They aren't making any profit. Perhaps we should stop looking for it, because it just isn't there.
Apple Is Being Psychologically Crushed By Samsung [View article]
That's the Samsung commercial about the demographic....
" Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:06 PM ET On average, U.S. iPhone users are slightly younger and much wealthier than Android counterparts, according to charts from Horace Dediu. ~40% of iPhone users have household income of at least $100K, compared with ~25% of Android users, while the % of Android users with household income of less than $25K is about twice as high as the % of iPhone users. Two possible takeaways: The iPhone's demographics will help it maintain its app monetization edge (which affects developer support), and the iPhone would likely grab more share if Apple cut unsubsidized prices and enabled cheaper plans. (Piper)
Apple Is Being Psychologically Crushed By Samsung [View article]
I'm not sure that one article constitutes "a lot of praise" especially when the closing line to the review is: "The combination is not a revolution after the S3 – but it’s a compelling evolution."
We can go over to Gizmodo who had a unit in advance to look at ...
Samsung Galaxy S IV Hands On: Everything New Is Old Again
...But even purely from a design perspective, the [HTC] One absolutely crushes the S IV. When you pick up the One, you feel like you're holding something amazing, both in the build and the screen. When you pick up the S IV, you feel like you're holding an S III with a few extra bells and whistles.
Amazon (AMZN) makes so much money off of its Prime customers it could drop the $79 annual fee and still come out way ahead. Though the company has no pressing reason to cut into the Prime program with it accounting for close to a third of the firm's operating profit, it's a lever which should strike some fear into retailers such as Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart (WMT). [View news story]
John,
Anytime I consider buying from AMZN I check prices. I also find that there are occasions where I can find the product cheaper. Though I would say that's a minority of the cases. When I do, I buy from the lower priced source. I'm not going to pay a premium, beyond the annual fee, to have something shipped in two days when I don't care if I get it in 2 days or 5 days.
Having said that, I ordered some socket adapters from Amazon for $2.95 that came with 2 day shipping. It would cost me more than that just to drive the round trip to Home Depot.
There was another instance when I found an item at Amazon I wanted which was sold by a 3rd party. I went to the 3rd party website [not with the Amazon link] and found exactly the same product for less. I got it directly from the 3rd party supplier at a lower price and it came with free shipping .... which just happened to be two days.
What I don't know is whether my price comparison shopping is the general rule for prime members or the exception. I still think that if prime users don't do comparison shopping Amazon loses, and the more that do comparison shop just means Amazon loses more money.
I made one purchase last year of a generator that came with 2 day free shipping and saved 2+ years of prime annual fees with that one order over where I could have gotten it anywhere else.
Without a doubt, Amazon is losing money on my prime membership.
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
Here's a nice little article on Galaxy SIV features ... An interesting read ....
Make sure to read the comments below the article. They appear to be largely from SIII users. One to illustrate ...
"If this works as well as the feature on the GSIII which is supposed to keep the screen from turning off from inactivity when you're viewing it, it won't work at all. Perhaps it's my glasses, but it hasn't worked a single time for me no matter the angle I look at the phone or environment (lighting) I'm in. ..."
You wanted it to work? What Samsung wanted was a "feature" to sell the phone. That, they accomplished.
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
There's smartphone ranks by OS, Company or phone model.
Samsung sells lots of smartphones, a good number of them at the low end.
From 1 Feb 2013.
The 5 best-selling phones in the U.S. are from just 2 companies: Apple and Samsung
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
Ah. So you didn't use the most current data. You opted to not include Q4 when Apple sold the iPhone 5 in large numbers.
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
HTC president calls Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event embarrassing
Saturday, March 16, 2013 · 9:52 am
“As anyone who was on hand at last year’s Galaxy S III unveiling expected, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday evening was quite the spectacle,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
“HTC president Jason MacKenzie was watching the show Thursday night, and he had some choice comments when asked how he felt about the unveiling of his chief rival’s new flagship smartphone,” Epstein reports. “‘I went from laughing to actually feeling embarrassed at some of the acting,’ MacKenzie said in an interview with CNET. ‘Watching the presentation, it looks like they invested a lot in marketing instead of innovation.’”
http://bit.ly/15U3V3h
Admittedly, one would not expect the President of another company to claim their competition has the best phone on the market. However, ridicule?
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
HTC president calls Samsung’s Galaxy S4 event embarrassing
Saturday, March 16, 2013 · 9:52 am · 48 Comments
“As anyone who was on hand at last year’s Galaxy S III unveiling expected, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday evening was quite the spectacle,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
“HTC president Jason MacKenzie was watching the show Thursday night, and he had some choice comments when asked how he felt about the unveiling of his chief rival’s new flagship smartphone,” Epstein reports. “‘I went from laughing to actually feeling embarrassed at some of the acting,’ MacKenzie said in an interview with CNET. ‘Watching the presentation, it looks like they invested a lot in marketing instead of innovation.’”
http://bit.ly/15U3V3h
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
I'll remember it, but why should I? There are many companies that produce Android phones. An HTC Android phone doesn't put money in Samsung's pockets.
How about if I add? ..... but remember Samsung is coming out with a high end Tizen smartphone later this year. ...
Based on your comment about babies, does that mean that Samsung is stupid for releasing a Tizen smartphone?
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
Even this current criticism of fragmentation. That doesn't target any specific company, not even Google. It's an Android industry problem. Samsung or HTC or any of the other manufacturers could making their mobile phones so they can be upgraded to the latest mobile OS, they choose not to. Noted exception Nexus.
If Apple made an ad that mocked eye tracking S/W in the Galaxy as not working for people who wear glasses that would be a company targetted ad, whether it mentioned Samsung by name or not.
Amazon (AMZN) makes so much money off of its Prime customers it could drop the $79 annual fee and still come out way ahead. Though the company has no pressing reason to cut into the Prime program with it accounting for close to a third of the firm's operating profit, it's a lever which should strike some fear into retailers such as Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart (WMT). [View news story]
There is a three card Monte game being played by the company accounting and the analysts. Where's the profit? It's over there. You look over there and it isn't. Look it must be over there. You run over and it's not there either.
When you have a company that has lost money in the last 12 months. They aren't making any profit. Perhaps we should stop looking for it, because it just isn't there.
Apple Is Being Psychologically Crushed By Samsung [View article]
"
Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:06 PM ET
On average, U.S. iPhone users are slightly younger and much wealthier than Android counterparts, according to charts from Horace Dediu. ~40% of iPhone users have household income of at least $100K, compared with ~25% of Android users, while the % of Android users with household income of less than $25K is about twice as high as the % of iPhone users. Two possible takeaways: The iPhone's demographics will help it maintain its app monetization edge (which affects developer support), and the iPhone would likely grab more share if Apple cut unsubsidized prices and enabled cheaper plans. (Piper)
http://seekingalpha.co...
Apple Is Being Psychologically Crushed By Samsung [View article]
We can go over to Gizmodo who had a unit in advance to look at ...
Samsung Galaxy S IV Hands On: Everything New Is Old Again
...But even purely from a design perspective, the [HTC] One absolutely crushes the S IV. When you pick up the One, you feel like you're holding something amazing, both in the build and the screen. When you pick up the S IV, you feel like you're holding an S III with a few extra bells and whistles.
http://bit.ly/16w62vq
But the really impressive reaction was that Samsung was down 2.6% overnight and Apple and Blackberry are both up in pre-market.
Meet The Latest Threat To Apple: The Samsung Galaxy S4 [View article]
Amazon (AMZN) makes so much money off of its Prime customers it could drop the $79 annual fee and still come out way ahead. Though the company has no pressing reason to cut into the Prime program with it accounting for close to a third of the firm's operating profit, it's a lever which should strike some fear into retailers such as Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart (WMT). [View news story]
Anytime I consider buying from AMZN I check prices. I also find that there are occasions where I can find the product cheaper. Though I would say that's a minority of the cases. When I do, I buy from the lower priced source. I'm not going to pay a premium, beyond the annual fee, to have something shipped in two days when I don't care if I get it in 2 days or 5 days.
Having said that, I ordered some socket adapters from Amazon for $2.95 that came with 2 day shipping. It would cost me more than that just to drive the round trip to Home Depot.
There was another instance when I found an item at Amazon I wanted which was sold by a 3rd party. I went to the 3rd party website [not with the Amazon link] and found exactly the same product for less. I got it directly from the 3rd party supplier at a lower price and it came with free shipping .... which just happened to be two days.
What I don't know is whether my price comparison shopping is the general rule for prime members or the exception. I still think that if prime users don't do comparison shopping Amazon loses, and the more that do comparison shop just means Amazon loses more money.
I made one purchase last year of a generator that came with 2 day free shipping and saved 2+ years of prime annual fees with that one order over where I could have gotten it anywhere else.
Without a doubt, Amazon is losing money on my prime membership.
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
http://nyti.ms/13WSud7
Make sure to read the comments below the article. They appear to be largely from SIII users. One to illustrate ...
"If this works as well as the feature on the GSIII which is supposed to keep the screen from turning off from inactivity when you're viewing it, it won't work at all. Perhaps it's my glasses, but it hasn't worked a single time for me no matter the angle I look at the phone or environment (lighting) I'm in. ..."
You wanted it to work? What Samsung wanted was a "feature" to sell the phone. That, they accomplished.
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
Samsung sells lots of smartphones, a good number of them at the low end.
From 1 Feb 2013.
The 5 best-selling phones in the U.S. are from just 2 companies: Apple and Samsung
#1: iPhone 5
#2: Galaxy SIII
#3 iPhone 4S
#4 iPhone 4
#5 Galaxy SII
http://bit.ly/WcITvg
Though I recall seeing a separate article which ranked the iPhone 4S at number 2 above the SIII.
Of course, Samsung won't actually tell anyone what their unit sales are.
In a rare move for an Apple (AAPL) exec, marketing chief Phil Schiller is trashing Android (GOOG) ahead of tomorrow's Samsung Galaxy S IV event. Schiller takes aim at Android's fragmentation, noting only 16% of users (per Google's data) are on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and claims (citing Apple's internal data) 4x as many smartphone users switched from Android to the iPhone in Q4 than vice versa. Is Schiller just being candid, or does Apple now think Android's rise demands a more aggressive marketing stance? [View news story]
Why wouldn't you use the most current data?