Best billion dollar ad-campaign Samsung ever had

It's Sunday, so up for a bit of light reading?

If you haven't been living under a rock for the past few weeks you would have heard about the Apple vs Samsung stuff that was (sort of) resolved earlier this week with Apple winning, they also managed to take Samsung to the cleaners to the tune of $1,049,343,000.00 dollars.

Samsung has already said it would appeal, so it's not game over yet. 

It's a win for Apple, and even Tim Cook said that "values had won", but if we go by the typical dude on the street, Samsung just may have come out on top. Enrique Gutierrez, the CTO/Co-Founder of Digithrive and CTO of TechZulu makes this clear in a post on Google+.

Looks cool, half the price of an Apple.

I'm sitting in a Starbucks doing random whatever over an iced americano. While I waiting for my drink, I watched a guy with his friend, pick up a newspaper; and start to remark on the Samsung Apple verdict.

Guy: "Wait, so what they're saying is, Samsung is the same as Apple?"
Friend: "I know, right? Makes me think twice about how much I paid for my Mac Book"
Guy: "Seriously"

Not 10 minutes later, a husband and wife, same newspaper:

Husband: "... Samsung's iPad is the same as Apple's iPad, and I paid how much for the Apple one? Honey, I told you they were a ripoff", after looking up the Samsung tablet on his iPhone.
Wife: "Oh wow," looking at the screen, "... that's a lot cheaper. Think we can return it?"

I put my Samsung QX410 on my table, and started to plug in, when he leans over to me, "Sorry, you don't mind if I ask, how much did you pay for your Samsung laptop?"

"Oh, no worries, it was $700." I replied. 

I watched shock overcome his face, like actual shock. He looked at me, blankly, for an awkward amount of time, "Mind if I have a look?" he asked. 

So, I obliged, and showed him a few things. He commented on Windows 7, so I opened up my virtual machine of OS/X... By the time the conversation was over, he was ready to kick Cupertino in the nuts, I think.

... Now, the punchline: 

I'm writing this post after the FOURTH group of Starbucks patrons have made the connection that Samsung is now the same as Apple. They don't know the details, they don't really care, what they know is Apple is saying that Samsung is the same as Apple ... and with one simple Google Search, you get prices that are basically half for what seems to be the same products -- for nearly everything. 

Two of these groups (including the husband/wife) asked me about my Samsung laptop, the second group noticed my Galaxy phone (also by Samsung)... Best billion dollar ad-campaign Samsung ever had.

It isn't surprising how a case like this could be misinterpreted on the street by someone not following the case closely. All these people know is that Samsung products are way cheaper than Apple products.

So, who really has the moral victory?

Source & Image: Enrique Gutierrez on G+
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