4 ms·

I find it quite ironic that the same site posted this article 2 weeks ago: http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-htc-opportunity/ http://www.bgr.co

by gcp 14y ago

I find it quite ironic that the same site posted this article 2 weeks ago: http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-htc-opportunity/ http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-htc-oppor... Basically saying that the SGS3 looks like a dud and HTC is where it's at. HTC currently isn't able to import phones into the US.

forgedfromcode 14y ago
Hmmm... "Samsung’s new smartphone will launch on nearly 300 carriers in the coming months, and it will be a top seller." I just read that article and it says nothing of the sort. It says the Galaxy S III will sell well, but it doesn't really innovate, thus opening the door for HTC to step up its marketing and sales strategy, and turn its struggling smartphone business around if it is up to the task.
bookwormAT 14y ago
Do you remember how much fun they had with the size of the Galaxy Note? BGR,buisinessinsider,gruber,siegler,the verge,... The whole techmeme club. Then Samsung sold 5 million Notes in the first months.
- dmix 14y ago
  A ton of films get trashed by critics and imdb then go on to be commercially successful. That doesn't mean it was a good piece of film. More likely it was accessible everywhere and well marketed.
  - Kylekramer 14y ago
    They weren't saying it was a bad phone. They were saying it was a joke that would never sell and the marketing for it was wasteful: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/geller-galaxy-note http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/geller-galaxy-no...
  - bookwormAT 14y ago
    this is a good argument for sales vs quality. But the lesson with the Galaxy Note was that many people want a device with a 5.3 in screen, and the critique was that people do not want a device with a 5.3 in screen. Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors. Or, to put it another way: The lesson is that there is no "average consumer".
    - falling 14y ago
      >Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors. The Note has been promoted much more than the S2. In SF I see as much ads for the Note as you used to see for the iPad 2 when it came out, which means they’re everywhere. Last week three guys with Samsung t-shirts stopped me on the street to make me try it.

by gcp 14y ago

forgedfromcode 14y ago

Hmmm... "Samsung’s new smartphone will launch on nearly 300 carriers in the coming months, and it will be a top seller." I just read that article and it says nothing of the sort. It says the Galaxy S III will sell well, but it doesn't really innovate, thus opening the door for HTC to step up its marketing and sales strategy, and turn its struggling smartphone business around if it is up to the task.

bookwormAT 14y ago

Do you remember how much fun they had with the size of the Galaxy Note? BGR,buisinessinsider,gruber,siegler,the verge,... The whole techmeme club. Then Samsung sold 5 million Notes in the first months.

dmix 14y ago
A ton of films get trashed by critics and imdb then go on to be commercially successful. That doesn't mean it was a good piece of film. More likely it was accessible everywhere and well marketed.
- Kylekramer 14y ago
  They weren't saying it was a bad phone. They were saying it was a joke that would never sell and the marketing for it was wasteful: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/geller-galaxy-note http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/15/geller-galaxy-no...
- bookwormAT 14y ago
  this is a good argument for sales vs quality. But the lesson with the Galaxy Note was that many people want a device with a 5.3 in screen, and the critique was that people do not want a device with a 5.3 in screen. Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors. Or, to put it another way: The lesson is that there is no "average consumer".
  - falling 14y ago
    >Remember that Samsung sold the Note together with the Galaxy S2 (same hardware, smaller screen, higher marketing budget) and even smaller form factors. The Note has been promoted much more than the S2. In SF I see as much ads for the Note as you used to see for the iPad 2 when it came out, which means they’re everywhere. Last week three guys with Samsung t-shirts stopped me on the street to make me try it.