Samsung mocks iPhone 5 with new "waiting in line" ads

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-Prx19ZM

In a now-familiar marketing tactic, the company is satirizing Apple fanboys as clueless sheep. The ad above, set in front of Apple-like stores in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, presents such diehards as easily impressed (?The headphone jack is going to be on the bottom!?), dumb (?I heard the connector is going to be all digital. What does that even mean??) and entitled (?All I?m saying is that they should have a priority line for people who?ve waited five times??)

The ad also calls out Apple?s controversial Lightning connector: ?I heard you have to have an adapter to use the dock on the new one,? someone complains. ?Yeah yeah, but they make the coolest adapters.?

As usual, the consumers who buy the Galaxy S III are presented as secure people who think for themselves. One such buyer is also shown waiting in line, but he?s holding a spot for someone else. Who? His parents. Ouch.

http://mashable.com/...ne5-fanboys-ad/

LOL.. I gotta say.. these are always funny..

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It's even funnier how most answered "iPhone (5)" when Samsung Mobile USA asked about people's smartphone of choice on their own Facebook page. Hilarious!

eh about as funny as the Pepsi and Coke facebook pages with people posting "you drink this crap?!" and "soda kills you!" to everything the companies post...

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As an iPhone owner every year and a person who stood in line last year for one and will again tomorrow morning at 6am.. I find this commercial GREAT!! Love it and very smart by Samsung. Honestly if this is shown on primetime TV some people will choose the S3 over the iPhone 5.

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Is the Galaxy S3 really good? I have an iPhone 4 and my upgrade is in march. For me it's between the iPhone 5 and galaxy s3 or 4 if its out. Something about the S3 gets my attention.

It's an amazing phone.. I still prefer Galaxy Nexus because I love pure Android but Galaxy S3 is definitely the best and most feature packed smartphone on the market and it will get Jelly Bean shortly as well so all the benefits of Google Now and other cool stuff will make it even better. It's super thin, battery lasts long, very fast and display is simply breathtaking.

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It's an amazing phone.. I still prefer Galaxy Nexus because I love pure Android but Galaxy S3 is definitely the best and most feature packed smartphone on the market and it will get Jelly Bean shortly as well so all the benefits of Google Now and other cool stuff will make it even better. It's super thin, battery lasts long, very fast and display is simply breathtaking.

My friend flashed his GS3 with Jelly Bean "SuperNexus" ROM, and its fantastic.

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Ha. They are funny, but yeah, I find it hard to support the "directly attacking" adverts. Just make a superior product and keep it classy, that's how you build a loyal customer base.

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Is the Galaxy S3 really good? I have an iPhone 4 and my upgrade is in march. For me it's between the iPhone 5 and galaxy s3 or 4 if its out. Something about the S3 gets my attention.

Yes, its really good. Probably the best out there currently. The Samsung Ativ S, which is basically S3 (if not a little better) with Windows Phone 8 is also coming out. That should be an alternative as well.

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Um, Apple is famous for direct slander ads. Remember the "Get a Mac" (Mac vs. PC ads)?

What's your point? He didn't said he approved Apple's Mac vs PC commercials.

I think these slander ads are incredibly lame as well. Good commercials show the actual product, not bash the competition's. I do admit I laughed my ass of when Apple aired their Mac vs PC commercial "Choose a Vista".

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Is the Galaxy S3 really good? I have an iPhone 4 and my upgrade is in march. For me it's between the iPhone 5 and galaxy s3 or 4 if its out. Something about the S3 gets my attention.

Many on this forum will disagree with me but you probably won't like Android as much as you do iOS. I'd stick with the iPhone in your shoes.

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