In case you're unaware, Samsung and Apple are having quite a feud, and over the past few months Samsung's taken the fight from the legal arena to its product advertisements, too. This week's brought us the most curious dig at Apple yet, though: it seems that Samsung has hired the same child actress that promoted the iPhone 4S camera for a Galaxy Tab 8.9 TV commercial in its native Korea. It might just be a coincidence, but considering how many other cues Samsung's taken from Apple recently, we wouldn't put it past the company to capitalize on talent when it sees it. Samsung's actually already pulled the video from its YouTube feed, but you can watch it below, along with the Apple ad.
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copycat
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:21 AM EST reply Recommend (61) Flag actions
LOL…. Samsung is just pathetic.
Its time for Apple to stop playing nice and to drop a commercial like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1lexa9wGw&feature=related
Hit them where it hurts and have it played after every Samsung commercial.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 1:44 PM EST reply Recommend (13) Flag actions
Cracking commercial, put a smile on my face :) ! Ironic,, since lexus started off as blatant rip-off of the very manufacturers it is now accusing of copying. Which makes your little tirade rather apt if you ask me.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 12:19 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
after all, i’m glad that finally someone is making fun of apple.
THE NEXT BIG THING
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:35 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I would never buy a car that had to be activated on iTunes and could only be driven on Apple approved roads.
Posted on Jan 04, 2012 | 1:56 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
So according to your logic, Inception is a copy of Titanic because Leonardo DiCaprio was in both?
And lets not forget, Apple ripped off the entire i-Product naming system.
iAudio CW100 mp3 player came out a full year before iPod. Then Apple has the gall to call them copycat. That is Apple.
Posted on Feb 18, 2012 | 11:29 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Actually imac came before iaudio but I know what you mean, Apple does steal a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
Posted on Feb 20, 2012 | 6:07 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Well Justin Long is happy to hear that.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:23 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Hi, I’m an Android.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:12 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Hello, I’m an iPad.
And I’m a Samsung Galaxy Tab sized at some small interval between 7 inches and 11 inches running a non-specific point release of Android.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:17 AM EST reply Recommend (18) Flag actions
You have to try messing with one of these 8.9s, though. The form factor is great.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:48 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Agreed, but the software is not great. Its merely OK.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:16 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Samsung appears to be a brand only gaining popularity by riding on Apple’s tails. They always have to involve anything Apple somehow someway.
Just as Apple did when they were tackling Windows.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:42 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Because all they sell is phones and tablets?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:02 AM EST reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
i love my samsung scx-4500 laser printer… jus’ sayin’.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:21 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Because were talking about the mobile departments here? You dont exactly buy a smartphone because they make a good spin dryer now, do you.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 3:44 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
I think it’s a great strategy. Apple has the best reputation as a tech company. By pointing Apple as their main competitor (even with small gestures like this) Samsung gains a reputation of being a great tech company as well.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:45 AM EST reply Recommend (10) Flag actions
They definitely get people rooting for the underdog. Just like the Mac vs PC commercials. I don’t think Apple is an underdog anywhere anymore.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:59 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Ah yes, AppleTV is a wild success story indeed!
Other than with my ipad, Apple, thus far, as no room in my living room. And since they are trying (albeit labeling it as a “hobby project”) with AppleTV, they are the underdog in the living room circus.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:36 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Apple TV is by far the best solution of any company. I think not.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:56 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Their strategy is “Copy Apple”? …..yeah, great.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 1:28 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I don’t know, I think Samsung’s strategy is kind of pathetic and petty and reeks of desperation. A bit disgusting actually.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:58 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
“Samsung appears to be a brand only gaining popularity by riding on Apple’s tails. They always have to involve anything Apple somehow someway.”
Especially those Samsung microwaves, air conditioners, and refrigerators. Total Apple ripoffs. (And don’t even get me started on their financial services division — practically a mirror of Apple’s.)
I also think it’s ridiculous how Samsung has forced Apple to include Samsung chips in nearly every Apple gadget. It really shows what a bottomfeeder Samsung is.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 1:19 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Let me do a
Samsungcopy-paste on my comments from above:You dont exactly buy a smartphone because they make a good spin dryer.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:19 PM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Apparently you can’t comprehend a simple damn discussion. The argument is OBVIOUSLY about Samsung’s mobile division. How thick-headed can you be to have NOT picked that up?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:47 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Hi MichaelY, do you mean all those Samsung departments that have had a negative YoY profit margin? We’re all talking about Samsung’s only division that has had a positive YoY profit – their Telecom division that makes phones.
Is it your point that Samsung doesn’t have Apple to copy for microwaves, air conditioners, and refrigerators, and therefore those departments are not doing quite so well? Please clarify.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:37 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
You have to admit that’s a pretty funny move by Samsung.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:25 AM EST reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
It’s getting a bit childish now.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:34 AM EST reply Recommend (48) Flag actions
Literally.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:03 AM EST reply Recommend (52) Flag actions
Samsung have no shame anymore.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:25 AM EST reply Recommend (32) Flag actions
Anymore? Hah! :D
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:54 AM EST reply Recommend (11) Flag actions
yeah, guess that got that from Apple as well
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:15 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
you just found out?
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 4:00 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Meh.
If samsung had balls they’d end their ads in the same way apple does,
‘The Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The most amazing iPhone yet.’
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:26 AM EST reply Recommend (58) Flag actions
I would buy one on the spot of they did they.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:34 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I have been having a really bad 24 hour spelling/grammer period. Let me loose.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:10 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
That girl is lucky.
Samsung is not copying it’s trolling Apple.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:28 AM EST reply Recommend (26) Flag actions
This…
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:44 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
You really do have to wonder, don’t you? Having perused the Reddit article which shows the uncanny similarity with the design of power units, boxes, interface elements, not to mention those iOS icons on a Samsung stand, topped with some of the obvious design similarities between some Samsung and Apple devices, you get to a point where you think Samsung have to be doing this for LOLS.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:01 AM EST reply Recommend (17) Flag actions
Yes, trolling, not blatantly ripping off for profit.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 1:29 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
More like stalking Apple. It’s like I’m re-watching Single White Female.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:49 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
I approve of this message as im typing on my Qx410 samsung laptop and own two samsung phones
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:08 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I love Samsung’s new “trollesque” attitude towards Apple.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:34 AM EST reply Recommend (17) Flag actions
Me too. It’s….genius
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:37 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I don’t like it. Ill take my American company over that corrupt south Korean one any day. Samsung can get bent.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:45 AM EST reply Recommend (15) Flag actions
Nice jingoistic attitude. Just saying…
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:34 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Beautiful. You learn something new everyday.
Now to use my new friend ‘jingoistic’ in normal conversation somewhere…. I think I’m going to go watch some soccer with the new exchange students…
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:25 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Football!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 2:29 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Well don’t use it the way Mike just did, Jingoism isn’t just a synonym for parochialism or overly enthusiastic patriotism. Jingoism also requires a belief in your favoured side’s overwhelming force.
This would be a piece of jingoism:
‘Apple doesn’t want to sue Samsung into oblivion, but by jingo it will if Samsung doesn’t stop copying!’
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:20 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
My usage was correct.
“Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one’s own country as superior to others – an extreme type of nationalism.”
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:32 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
His comment was hardly extreme. He only stated that he prefers to support a company from his home country rather than that from another. That other company just happens to have corrupt employees in that country’s government.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:00 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
for some reason, i think if apple was the korean company, and samsung american, you would think differently.
/the light side has skewed your vision
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:22 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Well … more like if Samsung does IOS and Apple does Android
He is a fandroid
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:08 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Why? I don’t care what country it’s from, I care about what the product does.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:34 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Hey, at least Samsung produces much (not all) of its product on home turf. Apple doesnt produce anything in the US…
Not to mention that the corrupt south korean company is providing many of the crucial parts of your “american” product with the apple logo.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:39 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
“Apple doesnt produce anything in the US…”
IOS is produced in US.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:20 PM EST reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
Don’t stop there. What about OSX, iWork (Pages, Numbers and Keynote), iLife (iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and Garage Band). Then there is Aperture and Final Cut Pro, the iTunes Music Store and of course much if this is all integrated through all iCloud powered by that enormous data centre in North Carolina.
Pretty sure I missed a bunch of other stuff produced in the United States.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:38 PM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Don’t forget their 5 million stores!
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:49 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I know right!!!!! Better to use Apple products made in America by hard working Americans that don’t use Korean parts like flash memory, ram or that beautiful Retina Display. USA USA!! (sarcasm)
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:33 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
you do know that iPhones are pretty much made by samsung right? Samsung supplies most of the parts, Apple just puts them together lol
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:33 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Well, Foxcon puts them together… so… erm….
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:51 PM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
The 3.5" Retina Display is made by LG. Probably in Korea, though ;-) There has also been strong industry speculation that the next SoC (System on a Chip) will be fabricated by TSMC and not Samsung.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 2:13 PM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Your argument is void- you completely ignore the software element, which is made in the US, and propelled the iPhone to it’s current position.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:50 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
That is incorrect. Samsung does not supply most of iPhone’s parts.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:02 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:34 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
You mean that American company that uses foreign materials and manufacturers for their products including that South Korean company you are talking about?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:17 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Did Apple file a patent on that girl?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:38 AM EST reply Recommend (33) Flag actions
The devil you called…
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:40 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
It is legal to eat shit but does not mean it is not shameful.
Sorry, just finish watching movie ‘The Help’ :)
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:25 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
What a scumbag company Samsung is. They should go back to making refrigerators.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:41 AM EST reply Recommend (27) Flag actions
Pretty sure they never stopped making them.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:50 AM EST reply Recommend (22) Flag actions
What’s sad is that your actually serious. What’s more sad is that people agree with you.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:26 AM EST reply Recommend (16) Flag actions
What’s the saddest is that you don’t agree with him.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:51 PM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
That would be the fitting end of a good part of apple’s suply chain, wouldnt it?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:41 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I know. How dare they give that child actress a part in their commercial!!?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:52 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Bet Samsung did it on purpose to take a dig at Apple.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:43 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
its actually just mocking Apple now…gotta love it! theres bad blood drawn from both sides
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:44 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
IMDB reports that her name is Stephanie Jobs.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:47 AM EST reply Recommend (23) Flag actions
The irony! It is off the charts!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:35 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
That’s too much! Is she another one of Steve’s un-acknowledged progeny?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:34 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I heard the girl is a a gadget nut and has an iphhone 4s AND a galaxy tab….
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:48 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Probably part of the package stint!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:07 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
It does seem a bit fishy, but is it not possible that this child just showed up for both auditions and got both parts?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:51 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
actors have resumes. they would have known by looking at her resume she was in the apple ad if they didn’t know already.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:15 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Doubt Samsung has a lot to do with this tbh. It will have been an ad agency using the template of the Apple ads for direction. Unless Samsung has used the same agency Apple uses, then it’s fair game.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:25 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Of course they do. They tell the agency what they want for their ad and they give the final approval.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:44 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I wonder why this post even made it to the Verge – it’s unusual for a blog that has a clear stance against the “us-versus-them” attitude among fans of Apple and Android to thoughtlessly amplify a trivial report of this sort. Samsung hires some random girl for its ad, what difference does it make that the girl had appeared in an Apple commercial in the past? Most people wouldn’t even know unless blogs thoughtlessly report this.
Team Verge, this is not quality journalism – this is the blog-equivalent of midday newspapers.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (13) Flag actions
Isn’t that the point of journalism – to pick up on interesting stories that relate to other stories we are already discussing. Here is a continuation of a theme of Samsung (and other Android manufacturers trying to Apple-fy their marketing to get the successful iPad/iPhone message accross).
There is room of these stories along with the standard regurgitating of press releases and spec sheets.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:09 AM EST reply Recommend (19) Flag actions
Agreed, And given the number of previous instances where this has happened, it is indeed news worthy.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:11 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
apple related stories even minor ones usually get a lot of hits and comments. page views means ad revenue.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:17 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Random you say? Check out some more randomness.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:52 AM EST reply Recommend (28) Flag actions
To Summarize: Apple has the patent/copyright on Dinosaurs, Under the Covers viewing of Tablets, and Little Girls!!! I must admit that there are too many similarities to be an accident.
But you do know that there’s an Ad Agency involved, right? It’s not Samsung’s fault. All Round-Eyes look alike! How would they know it’s the same kid. ;) 8)
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:30 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Ad clients can be really picky when it comes to details of their ad as companies assign internal people to look deep into every frames of their marketing tool. Its not like they call up an ad agency and order one tv commercial like picking up a hotdog bun and walk away. Samsung gives the idea, the directive and the final say for airing ads like this. If you understand what work goes into making an ad, you wont find it hard to see which one’s copying which.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 3:57 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Wowza.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 1:27 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
LOL What kind of loser actually wasted his time to do this? I seen these ads before, and I have never noticed that it’s the same girl, and to be honest, I never cared. I find all these comments on here pretty ridiculous.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:21 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
“Samsung hires some random girl for its ad, what difference does it make that the girl had appeared in an Apple commercial in the past?”
Do you actually think that they just hired some random girl? The Apple commercial in the past was a 4S commercial by the way. This is good journalism as a follow-up to the ongoing battle between the two companies.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:08 AM EST reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
Hey! I like reading these techno gossip rag fodder pieces on the Verge, don’t go ruining it for the rest of us!
Seriously, where else would I get this? Huffpost?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:27 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
If The Verge was an actual news source, you’d be 100% correct. But all of the tech sites are really blogs.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:05 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Oh come on now. The Verge didn’t take any stance here. It’s obvious that the ad agency screwed up by not vetting their actors, but it ironically amplifies the accusation of copying made against Samsung, so it’s fair game.
Imagine a presidential candidate who was accused of not having any new policies, just rehashing another candidates position. If they failed to vet an actor correctly and got someone who’d been in the other person’s ad, it would be headline news around the world – regardless of the validity of the accusations, regardless of whether such a screw up had any bearing on the validity of the accusations. Because such a screw up doesn’t look good.
The ad agency’s screw up – ultimately Samsung’s screw up – doesn’t look good. If they don’t want this kind of attention, then don’t screw up.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:27 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Can’t blame them, that girl is adorable!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:03 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
But only when shot with the most adorable iPhone ever!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:42 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Apple replaced her with an Orangutang.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:08 AM EST reply Recommend (9) Flag actions
Hehehehehehe
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:54 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Apparently, Samsung not only pirates Apple’s designs and advertising styles, commercial models too.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:29 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
As somebody else asked, does Apple have a patent on the girl? I don’t think so.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:43 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
So anything not patented is fair game for copying? Legal ≠ right. I’m embarrassed for Samsung that they regularly copy Apple so shamelessly. If the companies were students, Samsung is the lazy one constantly looking over Apple’s shoulder during quizzes.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:06 AM EST reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
hey now…hey…when someone brings up the new super innovative Apple notification tray…err…notification center we are told “did Google patent it? no? then it’s not copying.”
Can’t be like that homie….
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:05 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
I love how sure everyone is about Samsungs motives. Some say they’re lazy, some say their malicious, some say their cunning. All based on strongly held presumptions. You know you’re guessing, right?
Posted on Jan 04, 2012 | 12:12 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I would love to see a shot-by-shot recreation of the Samsung ad using nothing but footage from Apple ads. Would not be difficult to find examples.
Per the topic at hand, I figured it was just a quick shot in both ads. The fact that Samsung is completely ripping off the style of Apple’s ads post-iPhone 4 and using as the main character of the ad a girl that just happened to be the main character in an Apple ad of the same style, from less than six months previous?
Yeah, Apple’s getting trolled. Hard.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:31 AM EST reply Recommend (6) Flag actions
Lawsuit!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:44 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
And just like that a German judge has banned the ad in Germany.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:49 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Her corners were too round.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:05 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Now samsung is just trying to piss apple off. Hahahaha
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:53 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Samsung just announced their new Co-CEO, Cook Tim.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:05 AM EST reply Recommend (35) Flag actions
And when the Samsung guys went to Tim Cook’s house, a bunch of guys with baseball bats appeared, and smashed their legs.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:46 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
That sounds more like a Microsoft method.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 3:29 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Guk Tim, maybe? ;-)
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 3:29 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
samsung just showing off – see we can do this bullshit and this bullshit and this bullshit and you still cant do anything about it and people will still side with us … because we have the cool android and are open and everything, you know? its in to be anti-apple
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:43 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I remember when it was “cool” to own anything Apple and “in” to be anti-PC. People are such sheep.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:52 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
and when exactly was that time? like 20+ years ago?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:37 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Wow! Samsung’s lack of shame is really embarrassing! The have a real hard-on for Apple right now.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:45 AM EST reply Recommend (10) Flag actions
you are reporting about apple related stuff but you aren’t aware that the YouTube format you linked to isn’t available in mobile or it is flash?
Can’t view it. Not even a link to the video.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:48 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Ive actually watched the videos on an iPhone. Video works.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:01 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Works fine on my Samsung Tab, lol.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:11 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Videos working great on my transformer prime :p
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:05 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
You can take Apple’s actors, but you can’t take their marketing chops.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:17 AM EST reply Recommend (6) Flag actions
Samsung have spent years copying the most successful products in their markets. Before Apple it was Nokia.
Whatever Samsung pay their designers they should take away and give their photocopiers a holiday.
This tate a tate is not clever, its puerile and shows Samsung for what they are, not what they should be and the rest of the phone/tablet hardware companies are trying to do – innovate.
Interesting they’re watching TinTin, I wonder if it was tormented onto the Tab. :\
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:34 AM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
*torrented – though tormented may be more accurate lol
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:35 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
The Verge seems to be slowly becoming an another Apple-biased-site like Engadget. And if it is true, then it is really sick!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:40 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
So I guess in your world, fair and accurate reporting would be to never point out Samsung’s ridiculous need to troll Apple and to never ever print a positive word about Apple. Because if they do, its clear bias!
Ridiculous.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:58 AM EST reply Recommend (21) Flag actions
Funny, because some think The Verge has become so much of an Android lover. Guess that makes it bias-free? You cant please everyone.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:50 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Have you ever considered that you are a fanboy of Android or Samsung?
Look at yourself before accusing others.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:57 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I guess we should call it piggyback. From Apple’s perspective I hate what Samsung is doing but as a customer, It’s a good way for putting pressure on Apple to innovate even more.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:15 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
it’s okay guys, i think that child actress was portraying a DIFFERENT character in the samsung commercial. like when you see johnny depp in a tim burton movie, and then in a gore verbinski movie. it isn’t poaching, it isn’t confusing. it’s just a different character and job for that actor.
“is he a pirate or a goth robot?! …WHAT’S GOING ON?”
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:26 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Love your humor Samsung :)
Well done!
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:26 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
if its such a good humor, why take the video down? ;-)
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:37 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Samsung, taking copying to new and innovative levels.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:27 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
i guess thats what samsung means by “innovation” lets find new ways to shaft competition
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:38 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Come on people, Samsung has the right to screw/copy/rip off Apple in any form, yes, yes, and of course Apple has the right to criticize Samsung actions, this is the most stupid thing Samsung has done so far and you a bunch of you pretend that Samsung is not doing nothing wrong? Be smart, Samsung deleted the ad from its Youtube account, this is a complete embarrassment for a company like Samsung. What would any judge thinks when Apple adds that even the new Samsung ads have the same actors/actresses? For a lot of you Samsung is winning, let me tell you, NOPE, this is a stupid thing and you should know it. Don’t forget that Samsung is the one being accused of ripping Apple’s ideas off, this only sum more facts to Apple’s advantage, not the other way around.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:47 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I hope it’s just a mistake, but at this point, I guess Samsung is trolling Apple.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 10:55 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
How about returning to reality, a place where both these ads were made by agencies hired by Apple and Samsung and not the companies themselves.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:04 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Thank you for that, I mean the separation between the alleged copycat designers and copycat agencies is quite large. I don’t think there’s any real connection, just a funny coincidence.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:06 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Anyone else find it strange that this is a Korean commercial but they feature a Western family?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:04 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
and that is a problem because?…
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:13 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Not necessarily a problem, but there is a thing called target audience..
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 6:59 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
They said it was strange, not a problem.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:11 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
They do this in many parts of Asia. Many Japanese ads feature famous western celebrities.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 2:12 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Now Samsung is doing this just because they can and because they know it pisses Apple off. Bravo! It’s like they’re poking Apple incessantly to see what irks them and to see how much they can get away with.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:08 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
@sooper_verge12
Yeah … you know my 5 years son does that in school. However, I have trouble to see anyone > 15 will do that … kind of childish don’t you think?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 5:50 PM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
This is representative of Samsung’s ‘copy culture’ . They have world-class engineers with creativity so they are more than capable of better than this.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:39 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
“They have world-class engineers with creativity” – evidence would suggest otherwise.
“so they are more than capable of better than this” – not till they show it.
Their photocopiers are clearly working within accepted parameters. Their designers however should be sacked.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 6:38 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Come on people!! This ad portrays real world. She took 6 months to move from Apple to Samsung. My friends moved in few days.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:53 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Not new:
vs.
Both sound like Richard Dreyfuss, and the soundtrack could be interchanged for the most part.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:55 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Links didn’t work for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bu0IPC2F2g
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULUGHJCCj4
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:57 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
That Samsung ad is really good though. And that ad wasn’t really copied, whereas the actor and other Samsung things are shameless rip offs.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 11:33 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Nicely done Samsung. Not only that, the Samsung’s version with the child was much better. More personal and human.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:13 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Galaxy Tab with White bezel? I’ve only seen one with white back cover. Is this available only in Korea??
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 12:28 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I honestly don’t remember the first Apple commercial, and probably won’t notice the Samsung one regardless.
You guys get spun up and excited over some rather mundane shit. I avoid watching commercials, some people argue about them.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 2:51 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Apple should really hire Peggy and his friends (Discover Card) to simulate Samsung technical support.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 3:30 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
That’s kind of funny. Though I kind of doubt Samsung did it intentionally, probably more a byproduct of ad agencies and coincidence. Thing is, for Samsung to have done this intentionally, they’re kind of sending that message that they want to draw attention to the claims that they are copying Apple, or worse that they are trying to tacitly admit that “Copy Apple” is in their game-plan, which I just can’t see as being a positive thing for them. Other than incensing the fanboys and drumming up zealotry of their own I guess.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 4:04 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I guess I have to ask why use American actors for a Korean targeted ad?
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 7:48 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
They probably want to test it first on their home turf before releasing it mainstream. If they dont get away with it back home, damage is still manageable.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:03 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Any press is good press as the saying goes.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 8:39 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
GoDaddy begs to differ.
Posted on Jan 02, 2012 | 9:22 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
I think the saying is actually, “no publicity is bad publicity”.
Whilst I generally agree with that, Samsung’s actions just show they lack originality.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 6:40 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
If you can’t beat them, then copy them!
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:24 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I think Samsung already admit they are CopyCat. They keep copy everything Apple done. This not make Samsung cool but a loser. So pathetic…
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 1:44 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Comments section is so funny to read
lol
u guys are talented
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:30 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Samsung copies all the time and people deny it, then Samsung copies so hard that you’d look dumb to deny it so you say it’s humor. It’s just ripping off. They don’t have to pay designers to go through hundreds of iterations because they can just use Apple’s winning designs and now they don’t risk doing a bad ad campaign because they’ll do the same as Apple. It’s pretty wild. As someone who’s worked in advertising I’ve gotta say this is a jerk move. I’d hate to get my ideas ripped off like that.
We can point to details like notifications etc, but if you deny that Apple is clearly the leading innovative tech company in almost every aspect, then you’ve got a very strong case of something-fanboy ism. Starting from computers not looking like beige boxes with their iMacs to STARTING the mp3 player big bang with iPods, changing smartphones forever and making tablets anyone bought. If any other company all did this, I can’t Imagine so many people denying it.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:00 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
That second paragraph is very well argued, but what exactly does it have to do with this article?
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:36 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
this is news ? come on, get serious. I’m pretty sure Samsung just pays advertising companies to make their ads, just as Apple, and it’s no surprise it’s the same actress showing on both spots. big deal. I love how the trolls in the comments just find another great discovery just to say that Samsung is copying Apple _
way to go, the Verge, I admire your ability to raise hits counter.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:29 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I don’t think that it shows that Samsung copies Apple. But given the accusations against Samsung of copying, it’s fairly ironic. The story is in the irony, not in any evidence. The majority of the comments (on both sides of the debate) seem to miss this.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:33 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
it is ironic, but not suprising. if there are 2 companies building cars, there are big chances they’ll both work with the same 3rd party companies.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:37 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
My biggest question is why there are Anglo-Saxons in this ad at all. I find it a little unsettling that a Korean company is selling to Korean people using a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:41 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I just can’t imagine how hard they had a time to identify the girl, contact her, and convince her to play in a Samsung ad :-D
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:30 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I thought that these ads were pretty good. I agree, Samsung has tried way too hard at imitating iProducts, and that’s probably why I won’t ever own an iGalaxy or whatever. But the ‘Next Big thing’ ad really puts the iPhone and Apple to shame, because the device itself (GS2, before i4S remember) does that as well. The reaction of the Apple fans was overplayed, but eerily realistic. I was overjoyed to see it played out to the public as plainly as this. In any case, I get the feeling Samsung is winning his feud thing, mainly because I believe it does still supply for the iPhone. This one was more subtle, more likely just to piss Apple off than anything; to the public, it’s an average ad I suppose.
^This is the ad (worth watching whether you’ve seen it before or not)
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 8:29 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4VHzNEWIqA
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 8:29 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
It’s pretty genius. Now everyone is talking about samsung. no technical people will go shopping and go “you know I’ve been hearing alot about that samsung company”
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:16 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
“NON-technical people” can we please have an edit button :((
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 3:17 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Yes, people are talking about Samsung now, and how much they were of a second-rate copycat.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 7:08 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
i suspect ‘non-technical’ people aren’t party to this navel gazing either
Posted on Jan 04, 2012 | 7:53 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Boring and unoriginal. Two characteristics which have come to epitomize Samsung.
I’m really pissed off that I didn’t get to use the word jingoistic in my comment. This thread looks like a class of third graders with smartphones were let loose in the lunchroom with the free WiFi.
As JB always says (To Samsung): Either swim on your own or stay the fuck out the pool.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 9:17 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I believe Samsung is so fed up with Apple’s petty lawsuits and anti-competitive behavior that they honestly do everything to anger Apple. I dont think theyre trying to confuse consumers or anything like that, but rather endlessly irk Tim Cook and the Apple patent trolls.
Posted on Jan 03, 2012 | 10:33 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think that’s very unlikely.
Its not a petty attack on individuals, I think they honestly think this is a good marketing tactic.
Truth is, 99% of their customers couldn’t give a shit about this stuff. Which is probably Apple’s argument in the lawsuits and true.
Samsung are trying to trade on people misguidedly thinking they’re getting an Apple-alike. NOT and Apple, but something close if the iPhone isn’t available or is more expensive.
I suspect sales incentives for many salespeople at stores probably enforces this.
Posted on Jan 04, 2012 | 7:57 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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