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?
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.