Report: Samsung Gets 9 Million Pre-orders for Galaxy SIII

[lilotimz]

[citation][nom]vkg1[/nom]Intel is not that important anyway in long run because they are getting killed by everyone including Samsung already due to takeover of phones and tablets. But Samsung could easily buy AMD. If they buy AMD then they have x86 license. Get it? It would be a faster way of achieving the inevitable. The other way is just to wait for x86 to die. But it may be more profitable to buy AMD to reap the fruit of server and workstation sales while they still use x86. The graphics "technology" (really just patent evilness) would possibly be worth it alone.[/citation]

Are you serious? Samsung may have a huge and powerful share of the Arm SOC / proc's / memorys/ displays etc but do you even comprehend the nature of Intel's R&D Department? They didn't hold the performance crown for the past 7 years in the X86 market for no reason. P.S. Intels main profit comes from their Xeon processors in massive server databases/ supercomputers. These are multi billion dollar systems that are not getting replaced anytime soon by ARM based SOC's.

Oh and a side note. Intel fabs are spread throughout the world and is the envy every chip maker / buyer. Samsung is going for vertical integration in where they build and own every part of their company and processes. Buying AMD and competing against Intel is pointless as the market has become stagnant and Intel R&D is heads and shoulders above everyone elses.

Mobile processors that are more efficient / small / and powerful is the future of computers. Thinking Intel won't adapt and compete in the mobile department is foolish and every tech company knows that.
Just ask AMD.

 

[cj_online]

Apple has a far better warranty and customer service than the likes of Samsung, LG etc..

Sure the Galaxy line of phones are great, but please don't kid yourself to think that it's just simply the "cult marketing" that's the cause of Apple's success..

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]cj_online[/nom]Apple has a far better warranty and customer service than the likes of Samsung, LG etc..Sure the Galaxy line of phones are great, but please don't kid yourself to think that it's just simply the "cult marketing" that's the cause of Apple's success..[/citation]
Nice but no amount of logic or facts will work on the anti-Apple crowd here. They honestly believe what they're saying. They're the enlightened ones...everyone else are just "iSheep". All Apple products are inferior in their eyes.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]You gals are funny. A lot of hostility and 'Apple is better than Samsung' ,'Samsung is better than Apple'. ...still. They both make good products and there's more than enough consumers for both. What's so wrong with that?[/citation]
Are you kidding? Apple and Android are sworn enemies. To even state otherwise is blasphemous.

Fortunately both my iPhone and Android get along very well. Perhaps I got defective phones.

Now joking aside, we has humans have a tendency to choose sides and stick with it no matter what. I for one like both OSes and I don't think one is better than the other. Each platform has their strengths and weaknesses.

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]Are you kidding? Each platform has their strengths and weaknesses.[/citation]
Ahhhh, the voice of reason sounds so sweet.

 

[vkg1]

Sorry but you sound like an Apple apologist. Everything in the world is not "equal but different". For the sheep, Samsung has achieved identicality in everything that made the iPhone unique, and it is better at the things that people who are clever are able to understand. Apple can run but it cannot hide. It is dinosaur that is becoming extinct.

 

[eddieroolz]

I think the numbers seem inflated, but we'll let the PR of Samsung confirm/deny.

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]vkg1[/nom]Sorry but you sound like an Apple apologist. Everything in the world is not "equal but different". For the sheep, Samsung has achieved identicality in everything that made the iPhone unique, and it is better at the things that people who are clever are able to understand. Apple can run but it cannot hide. It is dinosaur that is becoming extinct.[/citation]
While I like Samsung, if you want a phone that DOES NOT have a plastic (cost-saving/cheap) body Samsung has yet to provide a solution. Why would one not want a phone with a plastic-y body? The same reason one wouldn't want a laptop with a plastic-y body which is the same reason Panasonic doesn't make plastic ToughBooks and Apple no longer offers plastic laptops. In a word: durability. Does a phone need to have a casing made of materials other than plastic? Not really. ...but there are stronger materials (including metal and toughened glass) and some prefer the stronger (spelled better) materials...that cost more too.

Everything in life is not "different but equal" but in my, and many other objectivist's (yeah, I admit, i just pulled that word out of my butt) opinions, the iPhone and a plethora of its Android-based competitors are. ...depends on what you value in a phone.

 

[anti-painkilla]

[citation][nom]cj_online[/nom]Apple has a far better warranty and customer service than the likes of Samsung, LG etc..Sure the Galaxy line of phones are great, but please don't kid yourself to think that it's just simply the "cult marketing" that's the cause of Apple's success..[/citation]

We dont call iphone buyers cult follower because apple is successful, we call them cult followers because they are cult followers.

 

[Cons29]

apple products are good, they are just think too highly of themselves, saying they invented everything.
they ARE good at marketing though.

im waiting for this phone, only 3 days more and we can pre order here. hoping for good pricing like when they realeased the 4s here