Is Samsung the new Apple?

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Samsung (005930) announced earlier this week that it expects to post a record-breaking fourth quarter when it reports its earnings later this month. The consumer electronics giant claimed an unaudited operating profit of about $8.3 billion, topping analysts’ $8 billion estimate by a healthy margin, on revenue totaling $53.6 billion. Samsung said it sold an average of nearly 500 handsets per minute during the holiday quarter, suggesting total shipments well in excess of 60 million units. In other words, it had an Apple-like quarter.

Meanwhile, chatter on the Street suggests an increasing likelihood that Apple (AAPL) will miss analysts’ consensus when it posts results for its holiday quarter on January 23rd. This would be Apple’s third consecutive miss after falling short of Wall Street’s consensus in both the third and fourth fiscal quarters last year, and it would come at a time when Apple shares are still trying to recover after having lost more than 25% of their value in late 2012.

Apple’s performance hardly reflects investors’ soured sentiment, of course, and the company is still expected to post a huge December quarter. In fact, it may very well be the most profitable quarter any technology company has ever posted. Investors still aren’t convinced Apple can maintain its growth over the long haul though, and they’re waiting for Apple’s “next big thing.” On the other side of the globe, Samsung continues to steamroll over its rivals. The only other Android vendor that has managed to climb into the black in recent history is LG (066570), and it eked a profit of $139 million — including just $19 million from its mobile business — in the third quarter. In the same quarter, Samsung racked up $6 billion in profit while shipping more smartphones than any other company in history.

“Samsung is growing faster than the market,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue said in a recent note to investors. “Smartphone penetration is now maturing to a replacement cycle in the developed markets, while growth in emerging markets is expected to be driven by demand for low-end/mid-tier smartphones.” If recent rumors are accurate, Apple may finally set its sights on emerging markets with a low-end iPhone due out later this year. The company will not have an easy time matching the rock bottom prices hit by various Android handsets and Nokia’s (NOK) pseudo-smartphone Asha line though, so it may have to bank on novelty and hype for the most part as it approaches these untapped markets.

In the meantime, Sue expects Samsung to ship an unprecedented 280 million smartphones in 2013, outgrowing the market and Apple as well.

- http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-apple-152549238.html

 

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Samsung's big push for 2013: content, corporates​

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Samsung Electronics, the global leader in consumer smartphones, is planning two major thrusts in 2013: bulking up mobile content and moving faster into the corporate market dominated by Research in Motion. The South Korean electronics company is investing in devices that enterprise users like corporations will endorse, with a higher level of security and reliability than general users need. In doing so, Samsung is capitalizing on doubts about the longevity of the BlackBerry as its Canadian maker struggles to revive growth. Samsung's corporate market ambitions have advanced as the Galaxy SIII, its popular flagship smartphone, won the requisite security certifications from companies, said Kevin Packingham, chief product officer for Samsung Mobile USA.

As RIM prepares to launch its next-generation BlackBerry 10 this quarter, the company's future remains shaky. Corporate technology officers have begun to explore other smartphones, such as those by Apple Inc or Samsung. "The enterprise space has suddenly become wide open. The RIM problems certainly fueled a lot of what the CIOs are going through, which is they want to get away from a lot of the proprietary solutions," Packingham said in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "They want something that integrates what they are doing with their IT systems. Samsung is investing in that area." "It's been a focus for a long time but the products have evolved now that we can really take advantage of that," he added. "We knew we had to build more tech devices to successfully enter the enterprise market. What really turned that needle was that we had the power of the GS3." Samsung in 2012 overtook Apple as the world's largest maker of smartphones, with a vastly larger selection of cellphones that attacked different price points and proved popular in emerging markets. German business software maker SAP provides employees with Samsung's Galaxy S III, the larger Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab, SAP Chief Information Officer Oliver Bussmann said in an interview.

"The one clear trend in enterprise is the shift away from one device to multiple devices," said Bussman, who makes 10 devices available to SAP employees for official use. The list includes Apple's iPhone and iPad, Nokia Lumia and RIM's Blackberry."Because of the fragmentation of the Android software, we decided to go with just one Android company and we went with Samsung," he added. Now, the Korean hardware specialist is beefing up its software - an area in which it has lagged arch-enemy Apple, which revolutionized the mobile phone from 2007 with its content-rich, developer-led iPhone ecosystem. Packingham sees an area ripe for innovation - combining the mobile phone with Samsung's strength, the TV, which has barely evolved in the past decade. Still, the U.S.-based executive remained cagey about Samsung's plans for content and enterprise. "You are going to see from content services, we'll start to integrate what's happening on the big screen, what's happening on the tablet," he said. "We know now that people like to explore content that they are watching on TV while they have a tablet in their lap, and that's going to be a big theme for this year."

- http://news.yahoo.com/samsungs-big-push-2013-content-corporates-010924717--finance.html

 

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CES 2013: Samsung unveil massive 110 inch TV​

Samsung says the 110 inch TV will be available by the end of 2013. Until then, users will have to make do with the S9, which comes in at a 'lowly' 85 inches! Each model will contain "Precision Black Pro" display tech for an extremely high contrast ratio, 2.2 channel audio and integrated scaler to make 1080p videos viewable at the higher res, quad-core processors, voice and gesture control and Samsung's trademark apps.

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-2013-Samsung-unveil-massive-110-inch-TV.html

 

[mini_cooper4]

No, it isn't.

 

[twistedlifestyle]

Far from Apple. Things are just moving so much faster than 10 or even 5 years ago, we think they're innovating, when every company is just moving along with the constant change of tech.

 

[K-A]

HELL NO.

Samsung is bloated, diluted, has no brand cachet. They focus on flooding markets in every avenue.

Apple is the anti-Samsung. They have a concise product line and focus on the higher end of the spectrum. Samsung is a brand who launches attack campaigns against the brand that they're clearly jealous of (Apple) while Apple's ads are far classier, with no mention of Samsung.

Completely different. This media anti-Apple bullcrap is ridiculous and completely hyperbole. You guys know that Samsung is the one paying for all this Apple teardown crap in the media, right?

 

[HighestOfHigh]

Completely different. This media anti-Apple bullcrap is ridiculous and completely hyperbole. You guys know that Samsung is the one paying for all this Apple teardown crap in the media, right?

Lol..I'm sure you just threw your Samsung Galaxy S3 across the room.

Samsung is fighting hard for top stop. They won't stop until Apple is a distant memory and anyone else who stands in their way...

Samsung sets sights on RIM’s corporate users​

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Now that Samsung (005930) has bested Apple in the consumer smartphone market, at least where shipment volume is concerned, the company is setting its sights on Research in Motion’s (RIMM) corporate user base. The company is investing heavily in enterprise devices that incorporate a higher level of security and reliability than consumers require. Various government agencies and corporations aren’t fully sold on RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and are still unsure if will satisfy their needs. As a result, they have begun to explore alternatives for their employees.

“The enterprise space has suddenly become wide open,” Kevin Packingham, chief product officer for Samsung Mobile USA, said in an interview with Reuters. “The RIM problems certainly fueled a lot of what the CIOs are going through, which is they want to get away from a lot of the proprietary solutions.”

The executive revealed that Samsung’s corporate market ambitions advanced after its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone gained various security certifications. He noted that companies “want something that integrates what they are doing with their IT systems,” and that “Samsung is investing in that area.” Packingham said that enterprise has been a focus of the company for a long time and its products have finally evolved enough to “really take advantage” of the market.

“We knew we had to build more tech devices to successfully enter the enterprise market,” he said. “What really turned that needle was that we had the power of the GS3.”

- http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-sets-...01YTk4LTExZTItYWZmZi1jNDJjMGY2MTU4NDE-;_ylv=3

Samsung seeks broader chip base as Apple cuts loose​

Samsung Electronics Co is looking to supply chips to more Chinese and other emerging smartphone makers, the head of its system chip business said, to counter any fall-off in demand from Apple Inc, which is weaning itself off Samsung chips used in its iPhones and iPads. Samsung and its main U.S. rival, and biggest customer, together account for more than half the global smartphone market, and the South Korean group is the main supplier of mobile processors, or application processors (AP), powering both Apple devices and its own range of Galaxy phones and tablets.

But, as Apple looks to be less reliant on its rival for parts for its gadgets - it is already buying fewer Samsung memory chips and display screens as the two have gone to war over patents - concerns have grown that Samsung may see its processor revenues tumble. "As there are just two smartphone makers that are doing really well, chipmakers supplying them have grown in tandem. So we plan to bolster our relationship with those key customers," Stephen Woo, president of Samsung's System LSI business, which makes processors for Apple products, said in an interview. Supplying processors for Apple products has been the mainstay of Samsung's system chips business.

Goldman Sachs estimates Samsung's AP chip sales to Apple will rise to 9.3 trillion won ($8.8 billion) this year, or nearly 80 percent of Apple's spending on Samsung processing chips, memory chips and flat screens. But that could tumble to just 2.5 trillion won next year, as Apple will shift 30 percent of its AP business from Samsung and eventually 80 percent by 2017, according to Goldman.

"(We) should diversify our customer base and are making such efforts already, adding some Chinese customers," Woo told Reuters ahead of his first keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday. China's Meizu, one of the local smartphone newcomers, uses Samsung's Exynos quad-core chip for its MX smartphone, and Lenovo's K860 LePhone is also powered by Exynos. Still, Samsung's mobile processor business is almost entirely tied to the fortunes of Apple and its own mobile business - the Galaxy range. By comparison, chip rivals such as Qualcomm Inc, Texas Instruments and Nvidia have a broader client base - from LG Electronics Inc and Nokia to HTC Corp, Huawei Technologies Co and Google's Motorola. "We see emerging players who have potential to grow in smartphones and we will continue to make efforts to supply them with our chips," Woo said.

EYEING BASEBAND

The mobile processor market, driven by roaring sales of smartphones and tablets, is a bright spot for a semiconductor industry that is struggling with falling computer sales. Research firm Gartner estimates the mobile processor market will grow 30 percent this year to $13.5 billion and hit $16.5 billion next year.

To strengthen its chip capability, Samsung bought UK chipmaker CSR Plc's mobile phone connectivity and location technology for $310 million last year, and it is now looking at how it can improve modem chip technology, especially the baseband chip solution that enables wireless devices' radio communications. "Baseband is a very important segment, but we don't have it. Given its importance, we're reviewing various options," Woo said, suggesting Samsung could be scouting for potential targets. Qualcomm is the biggest baseband chip company with nearly 50 percent of the market, followed by the likes of Mediatek, Texas Instruments and Broadcom.

SINGLE CHIPSET

Chipmakers are increasingly seeking to produce a single chip solution that combines AP, modem chip and connectivity chips that support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and near-field communication functions, in one chipset. This combo-package is popular among low-end smartphones as it allows phone makers to cram various chips into compact devices.
Woo said Samsung, however, was not considering expanding into a single chip solution and will instead continue to focus on pure AP chips favored for high-end phones, as it allows manufacturers to differentiate their hardware offerings with various chip combinations.
The explosion of mobile devices has opened a big opportunity to Samsung as Intel Corp, the world's top chipmaker, struggles to crack the mobile processor market dominated by the makers of ARM Holdings licensed chips. Samsung is the biggest maker of ARM-based chips, such as Apple chips and Samsung's Exynos brand.

Intel's market share in mobile devices is just 1 percent, as UK chip designer ARM holds a near monopoly. Woo said Samsung was not looking to break into the desktop computer or server processor market - which Intel dominates, but is under threat from ARM-based chips that boast low-power consumption and compact design. "For the time being, our focus will pretty much be on enhancing our AP offering, especially for high-end mobile devices," he said.

NEW POWERFUL CHIP, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY

At his keynote speech, Woo unveiled Samsung's latest "Exynos 5 Octa" processor, tailored for high-end smartphones and tablets. The new processor boasts eight cores: four to handle processing-intensive tasks and four to take on lighter workloads, to conserve battery life. Glenn Roland, vice president and head of new platforms at Electronic Arts, demonstrated its processing power by running the high-octane, fast-paced "Need for Speed: Most Wanted", on a Samsung reference tablet. Other guests at Woo's speech included ARM Chief Executive Warren East, Microsoft chief technical strategy officer Eric Rudder, and former U.S. president Bill Clinton.

Samsung also unveiled a prototype phone with a flexible display that can be folded back and forth - almost like paper - by replacing a glass panel with super-thin plastic to make it bendable and unbreakable, as well as a smartphone equipped with a curved display. "It won't break even if it's dropped. This new form-factor will really begin to change how people interact with their devices, opening up new lifestyle possibilities ... allow our partners to create a whole new ecosystem of devices," said Brian Berkeley, senior vice president of Samsung Display, a flat-screen unit of Samsung Electronics.

- http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-seeks...4--finance.html;_ylt=A2KLOzIvwu5QkFcARoXQtDMD

 

[K-A]

Samsung's fighting dirty and shadily to get their way. They'll never dethrone the Apple halo effect because they play for a cheaper appeal. They dilute the market, they have a massive line of products of which most of low end garbage. Apple is an aspirational company, and as long as they stick to their roots, that will never change. To boot, Apple even as a luxury brand have more cash in the bank than Samsung! That's something to be proud of, as it's inspiring to see one can keep a concise vision and STILL generate mass appeal, not to mention since America gets derided for subpar products, it's nice that one of our own have changed the scope of design and engineering for the entire world.

 

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They'll never dethrone the Apple halo effect because they play for a cheaper appeal.

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Apple Has Lost Its Edge​

Apple's stock is down 25% from its peak.

Many factors have contributed to that drop. But none is more important than this:

Apple has lost its edge.

What does that mean?

It means that Apple is no longer the clear product leader in several categories in which it has dominated the world in the past five years.
Now, of course, Apple is still the most valuable and profitable company in the world. And its product design, manufacturing, and distribution is still remarkable. And it's still a great company. So, let's be specific.

For most of the past five years, Apple has led the world in the following key areas. In the past couple of years, however, Apple has lost its lead. And in some areas, it has actually fallen behind:

• Smartphones. Apple reinvented the smartphone category with the launch of the iPhone in 2007. For the first five years of its existence, the iPhone was unequivocally the best smartphone on the market. Now, many people consider other new smartphones to be better than the iPhone 5, including Google's new Nexus phone and Samsung's Galaxy S3. And with Samsung set to release the Galaxy S4 soon, many fear that Apple will fall even farther behind.
• Tablets. Apple straight-up invented the tablet category. The iPad had the market to itself for the first couple of years. The iPad is still by far the industry leader in big tablets, but Apple was late to the market for smaller tablets. As a result, the company lost valuable time and market share in that category. And, in an attempt to preserve its profit margin, Apple made some compromises on the Mini (namely, the lower-resolution screen) that left many Apple fans disappointed.
• Pricing. When the iPhone and iPads came out, Apple led the world in both features AND price. This was remarkable: Apple had the best product AND the best price. The iPhone is still priced at parity with the other top smartphones, but Apple has surrendered the mass smartphone market in emerging markets (where the big growth is) to companies like Samsung. Also, Apple's new tablet, the iPad Mini, is now considerably more expensive than many other tablets in its category. So Apple is no longer the feature and price leader in this market.(Several reports suggest that Apple will launch a cheap iPhone this year, which is a smart move.)
• Gadget market share. If one credits Apple with defining a whole new category of smartphone with the iPhone, Apple had dominant share of the category for a couple of years. Same with tablets. In the last two years, however, in part because of Apple's decision to focus only on the "premium" segment of the market, Apple's global market share in both categories has dropped precipitously. If this were merely a "gadget" market, this wouldn't matter. Apple has enough scale that additional market share would not make a huge difference in economies of scale. But the gadget market is now also a platform market (other companies build products and services on top of gadgets). And in platform markets, market share matters a lot.
• Cloud-based services and apps. By owning the App Store and the most commonly used apps on smartphones and tablets--cloud-based storage, email, telephone, voicemail, clocks, calendars, etc.--Apple once basically had end to end control over the cloud software and services ecosystem. With the "Maps" screwup last summer, along with a slow pace of innovation in its own "anchor apps" and cloud-based services, Apple has given up ground to Google, Dropbox, Evernote, and many other aggressive, focused companies that have produced apps and services that are better than Apple's native apps and services. The more people use non-Apple apps and services, the less important Apple's gadgets become as a platform (if you can easily migrate all your apps and services and content to another platform, there's less reason to stick with Apple.)

In all of these areas, Apple has lost a once-dominant edge.

In the last year, we have also seen Apple stumble with respect to a widely expected new product--a new Apple TV. This product was initially expected to be announced last fall, and some of the excitement that drove Apple to $700 a share was anticipation about this release (most of it was anticipation about the iPhone 5).

But now, analysts don't expect to see an Apple TV until the fall of 2013. And in the meantime, every other electronics company on earth is trying to frontrun Apple's TV effort, including Samsung. These efforts will make it harder for Apple to leapfrog existing TVs--and charge a premium price--when Apple's own TV finally comes out.

(Apple fans will protest that Apple never announced a release date for the TV product, or even announced what it will be. That's certainly fair. But time does matter. Competitors aren't standing still. What would have been a startlingly cool TV last fall--"a sheet of glass floating in mid-air" and "a voice-operated show selector"--has now been debuted by Samsung. So the bar for Apple to establish a true edge in this market keeps going up.)
It is hard for even the best companies to maintain an edge, especially in markets that move as fast as technology. And Apple rode its edge to amazing heights: The iPhone is still the biggest and most profitable single product in the world.

But Apple has now lost much of its edge. So the next few years will be interesting. Especially as Apple truly moves into the "post-Steve Jobs era," which it is finally doing this year.

- http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/apple-lost-edge-152706867.html

‘Apple is done’ and Surface tablet is cool, according to teens​

Apple’s (AAPL) staggering success over the past few years can be attributed to the combination of several key factors. Great leadership is one, great products is another. Apple’s deep pockets and monstrous marketing budget have played an equal role in the company’s success but according to a new report, Apple may be losing its grip on an important demographic.

Among teens, Apple is no longer cool. The news comes from the Buzz Marketing Group, an agency that specializes in youth marketing.

Popularity is always a double-edged sword with teenagers and according to the sentiment observed by Buzz, Apple is now too popular to be popular. Replacing iPhones and iPads as the object of teens’ desire is Microsoft’s (MSFT) Surface tablet and Galaxy smartphones from Samsung (005930).
“Teens are telling us Apple is done,” Buzz Marketing Group’s Tina Wells told Forbes. “Apple has done a great job of embracing Gen X and older [Millennials], but I don’t think they are connecting with Millennial kids. [They’re] all about Surface tablets/laptops and Galaxy.”

If the firm is indeed onto something, a negative trend in sentiment among teens could have a negative impact on Apple’s business in the short-term, but even more so in the long-term as today’s teens age and enter key buying demographics.

- http://news.yahoo.com/apple-done-surface-tablet-cool-according-teens-145050163.html

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Sigh..just get an I phone K A and be done with it. Samsung is so so much bigger and more technically advanced than you will ever know. Do some research instead of judging a company by one of its many divisions.

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

Ever since switching over to an iPhone 4S, I miss my Galaxy S II's big screen, and better hardware. My phone has been crashing a lot recently. I can't wait to get my hands on the S IV.

 

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^Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date Rumored For April 2013; Smartphone Likely To Come With S Pen Functionality And Thicker Body​

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With the Samsung Galaxy S3, the most popular Android smartphone of 2012, having been around for six months now, rumors about its successor have already started gaining momentum.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date Rumored For April 2013 With S Pen Functionality And Thicker Body

The so-called Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor mill got heated up Friday when a new report, coming straight from South Korea, hit the web saying that the next generation Galaxy S smartphone would be released in April 2013 with S Pen functionality.

South Korean website Enuri reported that Samsung was busy with efforts to introduce Galaxy S4 with the release date planned for April, 2013. The report suggested that the company wanted to bring Galaxy S4 in the same line as its Note series with features like the S Pen and a massive 5-inch AMOLED display with Full HD 1080×1920 resolution (441 ppi).

In addition, the device was also rumored to be powered by EXYNOS 5440 quad-core processor and would feature a 13 megapixel camera. The report also stated that the Galaxy S4 would have a chunkier body with 9.1mm thickness, which is quite thicker than the current Galaxy S3 model that is only 8.6mm thick.

However, more interesting is the fact that Galaxy S4 could share the big guy Galaxy Note’s S Pen feature. But the question is whether the users want an extra piece of technology with the device.

“The need to look after an extra piece of technology, and a small and easy-to-loose one at that, might be quite off-putting to some users,” said a Redmond Pie report.

SamMobile also gave similar views saying: “The biggest question is, will you use the S-PEN? We don’t think so.”

On Wednesday, another SamMobile report said that it had obtained the first model numbers of Samsung’s new high-end device -- the Samsung GT-I9500 and GT-I9505 (probably, a LTE version). Considering that number four is believed to be unlucky in Korea, the report suggested that the GT-I9500 could be the Galaxy S4 smartphone.

On Thursday, a concept video of the Samsung Galaxy S4 from Rozetked appeared online, highlighting two exciting features – a very thin form factor with a bigger screen and a “projected keyboard,” allowing the phone to project an image of a keyboard on a flat surface and then let the user type using the projected keys.

- http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-gala...phone-likely-come-s-pen-functionality-thicker

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Apple Has Lost Its Edge​

- http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/apple-lost-edge-152706867.html

‘Apple is done’ and Surface tablet is cool, according to teens​

- http://news.yahoo.com/apple-done-surface-tablet-cool-according-teens-145050163.html

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WOW, quoting an anti-Apple hyperbole slanted bias article from Yahoo News. A new low even for you. You ever think for yourself or you let the media control you? I bet you don't know the first thing about how well Apple is doing since you eat the bait of Samsung-funded Apple-hit articles.

I laughed about the "Surface being cool". The Surface has been a bomb so far.

 

[K-A]

Sigh..just get an I phone K A and be done with it. Samsung is so so much bigger and more technically advanced than you will ever know. Do some research instead of judging a company by one of its many divisions.

I like having a Samsung product because it allows me to have a FIRST HAND experience in how overrated the GS3 is.

I'm sure Apple is bigger and more technically advanced than most people will every truly know as well (for sure what HOH will ever know ).

If Samsung didn't have Apple to copy, they'd still be irrelevant and known for Kitchen appliances first and foremost.

Point: Apple.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

A new low even for you. You ever think for yourself or you let the media control you? I bet you don't know the first thing about how well Apple is doing since you eat the bait of Samsung-funded Apple-hit articles.

Based on your nasty (written) tone I think you're still upset about the E-class / 5 series debate. Never let online people upset you that much. It's just a forum.

As far as Apple...I still have a iPhone 4S and most of my technical products are Apple. Last time I checked you were the last one giving Samsung money.

I find articles and post them. That is what I do. I never make my mind up based on the media. If that was the case, I would have been in a 3 series a long time ago.

 

[K-A]

Based on your nasty (written) tone I think you're still upset about the E-class / 5 series debate. Never let online people upset you that much. It's just a forum.

As far as Apple...I still have a iPhone 4S and most of my technical products are Apple. Last time I checked you were the last one giving Samsung money.

I find articles and post them. That is what I do. I never make my mind up based on the media. If that was the case, I would have been in a 3 series a long time ago.

First off, please. You've become the bitterest queen on this Forum ever since I "turned against" M-B and got a 5er.

And why would I be upset about the "debate"? I got the superior car, and I came out of 3 straight E's, seems you're the one bothered by that.

Posting that nonsense click-bait link you did, you should know better. It's FUD, if you don't know what that means, look it up. If you have any sense of intelligence, you'd see right through it. Either you're trolling, or you truly don't. As an intelligent human being you have a responsibility to not support manipulated phony fear-mongering nonsense. Just because someone says it, doesn't mean you should support it. Look into it, dissect it, and do your own research. Do you really think Apple is "dead"? They're about to make more money this quarter than any company in U.S history. Do you really think the Surface is "cool"? It's a flop, I've never even seen one.

But then again, you're the one who uses GIF's to express yourself.

 

[K-A]

Let me give you an example of what you're doing.

SAMSUNG SPENDING MORE MARKETING $$ THAN ANY COMPANY IN HISTORY, IPHONE 5 BREAKS SMARTPHONE SALES RECORDS, SAMSUNG LOSES $1.5B LAWSUIT, IPHONE 5 BY ITSELF TAKING OVER MARKET SHARE BACK FROM ANDROID-COALITION IN U.S.

 

[K-A]

All of those "headlines" are from actual articles.

See how it looks? It's FUD. It's what smart people should avoid feeding into.

 

[Giannis]

All of those "headlines" are from actual articles.

See how it looks? It's FUD. It's what smart people should avoid feeding into.

So you buy the products you buy, because of their brand logo, or for what they are designed to do?

You buy an iPhone because it has a bitten apple on it's back, or because of its' materials, design, hardware, software, applications, etc?

You buy a 5er/E because of the rear fender, the number of sales in US, EU or China, or because the said car drives good/is efficient/of good quality or safer?

You buy something based on the corporate image or the product itself?

No offense, but I doubt that you buy something, like a mobile phone, for what it is. You buy it for what others think it is. And it doesn't make sense to me.

 

[K-A]

So you buy the products you buy, because of their brand logo, or for what they are designed to do?

You buy an iPhone because it has a bitten apple on it's back, or because of its' materials, design, hardware, software, applications, etc?

You buy a 5er/E because of the rear fender, the number of sales in US, EU or China, or because the said car drives good/is efficient/of good quality or safer?

You buy something based on the corporate image or the product itself?

No offense, but I doubt that you buy something, like a mobile phone, for what it is. You buy it for what others think it is. And it doesn't make sense to me.

I don't understand how what you're saying has any correlation to what I said?

I buy a product because of the product, but I also support a company who can hold a certain image that I like to "align myself with". It isn't about how others see me, it's about enjoying what the actions of how that company executes its business mean to me.

For example, Apple's business and how they've gotten to where they are inspire me. They've done it by being focused, not caving to a diluted mass market approach. They taught the modern consumer that precise design and materials DO matter, that brand cachet is important. All the while, they became richer and more successful than those who have been successful doing the opposite, like Samsung.