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I mean, you are largely re-iterating my argument, it just sounds like you are taking issue with my use of the word "shitty." I am pretty sure Samsung is aware o
by gfodor 13y ago
I mean, you are largely re-iterating my argument, it just sounds like you are taking issue with my use of the word "shitty." I am pretty sure Samsung is aware of this stuff, but as you say they choose not to address it (or are unable to, or whatever.) The difference is that if the iPhone 5S for example was choppy when exiting out of apps, Apple would just not ship it, even if they think a lot of people would not notice.
There is still such a thing as craftsmanship. When building a dresser, a craftsman ensures the back of the dresser looks as clean and elegant as the front, despite the fact that people will generally never see the back. A corporation churning out dressers as cheap as it can will just line the back with particle board. In furniture, where things generally don't change, this is a sound strategy, but in technology, building a company churning out garbage (relatively speaking) I think tends to catch up to you since you won't attract craftsmen to help create the next big thing.
If it wasn't obvious already, I'm an Apple shareholder, and I am not worried about Samsung. Samsung has made it very clear over and over that there is very little element of craftsmanship in their corporate culture, from the output of their work (like laggy animations and stock installs reminiscent of Windows 98 crapware) and the Onion-seque internal slide decks where they robotically ripped off every element of the iPhone they legally could, likely without asking themselves why those things were designed the way they were. I'm far more worried about Google, who have shown that they both can and want to get better at design, and have a unparalleled capability to build services to power well-designed products. And Microsoft has shown they have the will to change, and are swinging the bat, even though they haven't hit the ball yet.
Comparatively speaking Samsung is kind of a joke and when a new paradigm comes along (wearables, a dramatic shift in smartphones, etc) unless they can xerox their way to keeping up they will be left behind. They caught this particular wave perfectly, and are leveraging a very unique situation (Google being a free remote engineering department) to their advantage. I'm pretty sure the cat is out of the bag and Google is going to ensure Samsung is not riding their coattails to profits when the next wave hits.
- zmmmmm 13y ago> Comparatively speaking Samsung is kind of a joke and when a new paradigm comes along I don't think you can really say this. They throw a lot of stuff against the wall that is original, and some of it does stick. The Galaxy Note was ridiculed by everybody but turned out to be a hit. The large size and stylus turn out to be a big selling features to people you wouldn't expect (eg: small women seem to love galaxy notes - because they were never able to fit a phone in their pocket in the first place, and many are used to carrying around a paper diary that is almost the same size anyway). They certainly copy a lot of stuff from Apple (and others) where they think that's the right path, but it's unfair to say they add nothing new. > I'm an Apple shareholder, and I am not worried about Samsung I'd go so far as to say that your kind of viewpoint might well be dominant inside Apple itself, and the "blind spot" it creates might be a major reason why Apple has struggled to compete against Samsung.
- cageface 13y agoI'd go so far as to say that your kind of viewpoint might well be dominant inside Apple itself, and the "blind spot" it creates might be a major reason why Apple has struggled to compete against Samsung. Bingo. Samsung doesn't have the same kind of refined, surgical design discipline that Apple does but that doesn't mean that they're incapable of coming up with interesting new features. They just arrive at them in a different way. Honestly after using iOS 7 for a while I'm worried that Apple has seriously lost its way. There are so many instances of simplistic design ideology trumping usability in iOS 7 I'm not even sure where to start listing them. iOS < 7 was visually cheesy in some respects but it was extremely polished and usable.
- rdouble 13y agoWhat's less usable? I was suspicious initially but after using it for weeks usability seems about the same, if not a bit improved. It does need a lot of polish, and some of the built in apps are uglier, like clock and notes.
- cageface 13y agoTransparencies make things less readable. Tap targets are less obvious. Wireframe icons are harder to parse visually. Thin fonts (thankfully larger now) are harder to read. Undemarcated areas of UI make it harder to distinguish controls from content (not a feature IMO). I actually like flat design but they've taken it too far.
- beedogs 13y ago> If it wasn't obvious already, I'm an Apple shareholder, Did you buy at $700, at $400, or at $30?
- gfodor 13y agoI bought in at the most recent bottom, relatively speaking, since Apple was/is in the bottom 2-3% of the stock market on an EV/EBIT basis. My cost basis is ~$415.
- maxw3ll 13y ago> building a company churning out garbage (relatively speaking) If you call the s4 garbage relative to the iphone,then I'm sorry to say it's either you don't know the meaning of garbage or relative or you must be one desperate shareholder. I hope you didn't buy them at $700 apiece. Samsung is already investing and developing its own wearable devices and other stuff anyway but I guess it doesn't matter to you. If I were you, I wouldn't buy stocks in both companies since they are all making money anyway. ps: I neither use Apple or Samsung phone and I enjoy my phone very much