Samsung has been the go-to brand for my whole family since the smart phones became affordable. This company major player in android smartphone market and has the resources to innovate and try out new things like foldables.
As an Apple person for the last 3 years I came back to Samsung and honestly it feels like an upgrade despite I’m using my mom’s 3 year old Samsung phone running on andriod 12. The one ui is clean and intuitive, the multiclip-board, supports my native language (big deal as India has many languages) and Samsung Pay supports UPI payment.
I like this more than ios, honestly I don’t wanna go back to ios but I maybe in the minority here.
But I don’t understand why Samsung (even other android companies I know, but I care more about Samsung) copies Apple instead of taking it’s own decisions. Like making fun of removal of 3.5 mm jack, charger removal and then copying them. Ads of Samsung just tries downplay Apple than being proud of their own features and innovation.
What is with this trend?
Sorry but Apple is copying Samsung…
Theyre doing it which helps the “environment” even tho buying a brand new one has all of that cardboard and plastic on the box
Money. The answer is always money. The world runs on the shoulders of shareholders that companies like Samsung have to answer to. Apple sets the tone of the tech industry and the others follow the leader.
Not sure who copies who, I think it is a market trend, not a company copying another company.
I dunno, is Samsung copying just the 3.5mm jack and charger or is it copying the big stuff like displays, cameras etc? It’s annoying to not have a charger in box, but are these decisions major? Don’t think so. Apple on the other hand…
LOL, as if Apple didn’t copy Samsung.
People actually wondering why removing charger…headphone jack…sd card lol The amount of revenue apple created by simply removing the headphone jack is more than a lot of public traded companies can hope for…they estimated apple made over 6.5 billion USD IN PROFIT just by removing the charger and headphones …storage wise they always start with minimal amount with entry level price…and the next option is at least 100$ more…thats at least 75% more profit but they rather have you buy icloudstorage every month…samsung made a deal with microsoft onedrive…and ofcourse sells earbuds too but they only wish they had Applesheep like customers
This is the way. Apple does something beneficial to their bottom line but detrimental to users (e.g. removal of features and/or accessories, proprietay cables, agressive anti-right to repair design and practices, etc) under the guise of altruism - Samsung openly mocks them for it - sheeple lean in hard, making Apple the most valuable company that ever existed - Samsung follows suit chasing that juicy dollar.
I see Apple more as a marketing company rather than a tech company as they have built themselves a large base of aggressively fanatical customers that live, breath and preach the curated Apple lifestyle and are happily locked into their walled garden ecosystem. The fact that they sold the irony that “Think different” meant every device is exactly the same is a feat in itself. Apple will continue selling the same ice to these Eskimos, subtracting features/accessories and tightening their foothold whilst increasing the price year on year - and they will keep buying.
Samsung is at least still pioneering cutting edge tech like foldables, but not having the marketing brilliance of Apple is significantly slowing its potential uptake.
How exactly is Samsung copying Apple?
Welcome to 2023 lol a tad late on this topic.
Well, being dowvoted so much for the best question, gives itself the answer: the user base turned out to the exact clone of one you have left 😆
Honestly, I kept asking myself the same question over and over again, well, I just let you know, you are not the only one =)