Apple vs. Samsung commercials, June 2015 edition
- jun
- 05
Both Apple and Samsung just released new ads for their flagship phones, the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6.
Apple's commercials, an extension of the #shotoniphone6 campaign the company launched a couple of months ago, focus on how everyone from professionals to enthusiasts can capture, edit, and share amazing videos with nothing more than their iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
Samsung's commercials, by contrast, are attack ads that desperately try to point out the few areas of gimmicky differentiation their otherwise iPhone-influenced product iterations allow.
I'm guessing the Galaxy S6 isn't selling anywhere nearly as well as Samsung needed it to, which is sad given how it was supposed to redeem the brand following the lackluster Galaxy S5. I can't feel sorry for Samsung, though. They're a multinational conglomerate endless money and power. I can feel sorry all of us, Samsung and Apple customers alike, who would be far better served by smarter, more considerate competition.
I'd argue the money spent on these spots would be better spent fixing the problems with Samsung industrial design. But given that Samsung is willing to ship a slogan as anaemic as "6 > 6", there's no guarantee they'd fix them in the right direction.
At least these two ads weren't as shamelessly photo copied as the one from last month, or as blipvert seizure inducing as the one from earlier this week.
Before Samsung marcomms explodes heads trying to bend the math around 6 > 6+ or 6 > 6S, let me once again plead only for this — make amazing phones. Stop worrying about Apple or trying to court not-iPhone owners, and just do that.
Everyone will thank you.
