Samsung aims boot at Apple's decision not to bundle a charger in with the iPhone 12, foot ends up in mouth
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/10/16/samsung_takes_aim_at_apples/
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In a [1]clunkily written social media post , the chaebol said: "Your Galaxy does give you what you are looking for. From the most basic as a charger, to the best camera, battery, performance, memory, and even 120Hz screen on a smartphone."
The scoffing feels premature for several reasons. Firstly, for better or worse, the mobile industry marches to the beat of Cupertino's drum. When Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone, so did everyone else. When Apple introduced the divisive notch, other vendors swiftly followed. Are we to believe that the same won't happen here?
Of course it will. Chargers cost money to make. Headphones cost money to make – and most people don't even use them. Apple just gave its competition permission to stop including them. You can bet they'll take them up on the offer – particularly when it comes to low-margin entry-level phones.
Brits may still be struck by Lightning, but EU lawmakers vote for bloc-wide common charging rules [2]READ MORE
Samsung has a track record for publishing ads poking fun at Apple's "innovations" before inevitably copying them wholesale, as demonstrated by its 2017 " [3]Growing Up " spot, which cast scorn on the notch, and its (since deleted) " [4]Ingenius " series from the same year, which targeted the missing 3.5mm headphone jack.
Another point: by unbundling chargers, vendors can sell them as optional accessories. We’re already seeing that across the market, of sorts. The [5]Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition) is a great example. While it comes with a bundled 15W charger, if you want to take advantage of the phone’s faster 25W charging, you’ll need to cough up roughly £30.
And then there's the regulatory aspect. As previously noted in this publication, the EU Commission has pledged to consider whether phone manufacturers [6]should decouple accessories (like cables and charging blocks) from devices in a bid to limit the amount of electronic waste produced by the mobile sector. ®
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[1] https://www.facebook.com/104753296264554/posts/4610541622352343/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/31/eu_parliament_votes_in_favour_of_blocwide_common_charging_rules/
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxuHJv1_big
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzqXzYGN-gs
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/23/samsung_galaxy_s20_fan_edition/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/31/eu_parliament_votes_in_favour_of_blocwide_common_charging_rules/
[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Oh Samsung
And yet everything "innovative" in iPhones, from the "retinal display" to the OLED screen, were not only late compared to Samsung's phones, but were in fact purchased from Samsung.
e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2019/10/23/apple-iphone-11-success-victory-win-samsung-screen-oled-competition/#1ef9f8d4242f
Re: Oh Samsung
The ORIGINAL iPhone used a Samsung ARM and bought in GUI. Capacitive wasn't new. It was over 15 years old then, but not used because makers thought scribbling was important (See Palm PDAs) and Capacitive is too low a resolution. The Original iPhone didn't even do 3G in Europe, which other phones did and was NINE YEARS after the first commercial smart phone. A roaring success due to consumer orientated data plans, not innovative HW, SW and package. Most of the iPhone patents should never have been awarded and none of the Design Patents. Till the iPhone only business users could afford data.
Eventually Apple bought in an ARM design house.
Re: Oh Samsung
And yet here we - the iPhone makes more money than any other phone on the market. I bet that really sticks in your throat.
Pay more, receive less
Every version of Apple gets you to pay a little bit more for a little bit less..The law of diminishing returns is Apple's Modus Operandi.
The fact that Samsung eventualkt copies this method is not a compliment, it's simply a further insult to their buyers..
Personally I buy neither as neither is good value and I am too old to care about the ephemeral bling effect..
No, everyone didn't copy.
I'm not buying a phone without a 3.5mm jack. Or a stupid notch.
BT earphones are inferior and cost a lot more and need charged.
My last phone was sometime after Apple did both of those marketing gimmicks. It also has a handy SD card slot. As does my newer tablet with it's 3.5mm jack socket, 256 G SD card and no notch.
Also my laptop, tablet and phone and eink ereader are less than the cost of the Apple Fashion brand phone with the most memory. Want more memory on a Apple phone, buy a new one. Want earphones with better quality and no battery to wear out or go flat? You need a dongle on an Apple phone that costs more than decent wired earphones.
You also can't replace Apple earphone's batteries.
Also many other USB chargers don't charge at same higher current as the Apple one as they picked a different charging protocol, originally.
Oh Samsung
This is the company that apes every bullshit evil thing Apple does such as sealing in batteries and removing the earjack. But suddenly the charger removal is a step too far, at least for some blog post? It wouldn't surprise me if they drop the charger too and erase the post.
If they want to show consumers a different path, then they should stop copying Apple and become something better.