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[DevilsNotDead]

This is nice ad campaign by samsung!! with all the bitching response I am sure is a huge success because thats what Samsung wanted... Funny how people cant stand the ads... haha laughable.

[sanctified]

The interesting (and worrying) thing about this is that its a symptom of how the market dictate people's life.


Brands have become a dogmatic exercise, you just need to take a look at certain members of this board, like Boz (sorry, but it's the true) or any Apple/Android/Whatever fanboy.

[adam7288]

How many of these paid protesters own an iPhone? Probably most of them.

[+Elliott]

DevilsNotDead, on 26 April 2012 - 19:29, said:

This is nice ad campaign by samsung!! with all the bitching response I am sure is a huge success because thats what Samsung wanted... Funny how people cant stand the ads... haha laughable.

So you're saying Samsung wanted to incite fanboyism and alienate/insult potential customers? Interesting marketing tactic.

[DevilsNotDead]

Elliott, on 26 April 2012 - 19:42, said:

So you're saying Samsung wanted to incite fanboyism and alienate/insult potential customers? Interesting marketing tactic.

Yes, just like what apple did with I am a PC! I am a Mac ads. that worked for apple!!!

[MASTER260]

As a person who used to hate Apple but now remains neutral on the subject, I have to say this makes me feel bad I was ever this crazy... Great marketing, Samsung!

[rajputwarrior]

DevilsNotDead, on 26 April 2012 - 19:49, said:

Yes, just like what apple did with I am a PC! I am a Mac ads. that worked for apple!!!

except apple wasn't bashing the customers it was trying to gain... it was bashing a platform.

[nominak]

rajputwarrior, on 26 April 2012 - 19:50, said:

except apple wasn't bashing the customers it was trying to gain... it was bashing a platform.

With facts no less.

[+imachip]

Hmm so calling people sheep is a good way to attract people to their product? I find that offensive and crude that a company can just say that about a group of people who purchased a product so it's had the opposite effect on me.

I will look at all phones apart from Samsung when I look to upgrade later this year.

[+Fus10n]

I really like Samsung.. This is desperate and really stupid.

[Blackhood]

This is awesome!

[MASTER260]

imachip, on 26 April 2012 - 19:52, said:

Hmm so calling people sheep is a good way to attract people to their product? I find that offensive and crude that a company can just say that about a group of people who purchased a product so it's had the opposite effect on me.

I will look at all phones apart from Samsung when I look to upgrade later this year.

They didn't actually call them, "sheep," it's just the thread title since they were going after Apple fanboys. Some people call Apple fanboys, "iSheep," hence the title.

[Syanide]

Fus10n, on 26 April 2012 - 19:54, said:

I really like Samsung.. This is desperate and really stupid.

I really like my Samsung phone, but yeah. Awful.

[nominak]

MASTER260, on 26 April 2012 - 20:16, said:

They didn't actually call them, "sheep," it's just the thread title since they were going after Apple fanboys. Some people call Apple fanboys, "iSheep," hence the title.

actually they did call them sheep.

[.Neo]

Elliott, on 26 April 2012 - 18:39, said:

Apple's Mac vs. PC ads were childish, but they at least did (inaccurate) comparisons and didn't insult the target audience.

The one with all the different Windows Vista versions was pretty spot-on though! God knows that one made me laugh so hard!

PC: Time to play "Choooose a Viiiista!"
[…]
Mac: Macs have just one version with all the stuff you need...
PC: Well that's boring!