Facebook to release a smart phone next year...? - Off-topic

Disruptions: Facebook Might Have a Smartphone in Its Future
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/facebook-tries-tries-again-on-a-smartphone/
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If this is true, I won't buy it. It will probably be terrible just like the website.

veeman said:
If this is true, I won't buy it. It will probably be terrible just like the website.
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That is really true for me too. I think it would be to much to discuss about the reasons. Think this would end in a bashing war.

We should remove the "smart" part from this rumor...
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The perks of the phone are.....1. You will be "liked"
2. You can "poke" girls legally
3. Siri will ask "what's on your mind"
4. It will hopefully have a stable good app
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[sarcasm] Yeah, there won't be any data mining going on with that thing [/sarcasm]

We have Blackberrys for a reason y'know Mark!
But the sensible people would get a Droid
Yea, I'm looking at you Tim. Not so smart now, eh?

Dohh! The way tech companies derp around these days! Ridiculous! No one really even likes facebook anymore because of its epic IPO fail. And a word to you Zuckerberg, hope you can keep your, ahem, 'social network', alive. Besides, if they do make one, it will be a piece of OEM junk with loads of facebook apps and crap. They will fork gingerbread and call it FaceOS and it will include the facebook app, facebook camera, and every other useless link to talk to your friends. This will be called, drum roll please, fAPPS. Plus browser and Facebook settings app. What else do we need? Sorry, Play Store not included. Includes faceappstore, where you can download farmville and other crapy games. © Facebook, Inc.
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No one wants a facebook phone. NO ONE

bdfull3r said:
No one wants a facebook phone. NO ONE
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Exactly! You sir, should be the marketing director at Facebook, because they obviously don't know what people want. I hate when a totally web-based, software oriented company enters the hardware sector, because it usually fails.
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worst idea ever. would be fun to see how it looks though

I agree that it's not going to be much of a phone, but I disagree with the idea that nobody wants one...
Have you seen the people obsessed with fb? They are worst fanboys than apple ones.
I think this is where fb base the success of their attempt to make a phone. To the fanboys...
But let's be real, facebook phone? with what OS? Android? No, fb and google are clearly not friends. So what OS? New OS? My only guess is fb making a deal with samsung and release a Tizen OS Facebook customized phone.. but even this sounds ridiculous...

this is stupid -.-

All the chicks will get it
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Hanzo.Hasashi said:
All the chicks will get it
Send from beneath my cloak of magic
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And hipsters
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ptmax13 said:
I agree that it's not going to be much of a phone, but I disagree with the idea that nobody wants one...
Have you seen the people obsessed with fb? They are worst fanboys than apple ones.
I think this is where fb base the success of their attempt to make a phone. To the fanboys...
But let's be real, facebook phone? with what OS? Android? No, fb and google are clearly not friends. So what OS? New OS? My only guess is fb making a deal with samsung and release a Tizen OS Facebook customized phone.. but even this sounds ridiculous...
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Why not windows mobile 8? Microsoft and Facebook are both 2nd rate in this game, maybe together they could have a chance vs. Android and iOS.

Great... Another worthless piece of technology that some poor soul is going to make a mint off of. Why didn't I think of that

Hey,iPhone will have a phone just as ****ty to compete with .....
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ScubaSteev said:
Hey,iPhone will have a phone just as ****ty to compete with .....
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GET OUT OF my HEAD!

MissionImprobable said:
GET OUT OF my HEAD!
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Were you thinking that lol
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No ipods, iphones, ipads or MacBooks for Melinda Gates’ children. Poor kids!

Melinda Gates Denies Her Children the Sweet, Delicious Temptation of Apple Products – GIZMODO
In a terse exchange with the New York Times, Melinda Gates, wife of billionaire tech playboy William Gates, says she's all but banned Apple products from the Garden of Eden—er, her household.
It's a show of solidarity with her husband, the former head of Microsoft, who famously banned all Apple products from his company's campus when he presided there in his spartan Microsoft Office-equipped office back in 2005.
Business Insider has graciously excerpted the Apple-related answers from the interview, all of which are short enough to feel right at home in a Twitter feed:
Do you own an iPod, which is made by Apple?
No, I have a Zune.
What if one of your children says, "Mom, I have to have an iPod?"
I have gotten that argument - "You may have a Zune."
Do you have an iPad?
Of course not.
Is it true that Bill works on an Apple laptop?
False. Nothing crosses the threshold of our doorstep.
Isn't there room in this world for both Apple and Microsoft?
Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh. Go talk to Bill.
from gizmodo
Poor kids?
Unlucky maybe.
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Do you think the CEO of Mcdonalds eats KFC?
It is finger lickin' good. Though.
chopper the dog said:
It is finger lickin' good. Though.
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+1.
But you cant go wrong with A Mcchicken sandwich. (this threads gone to **** already XD)
lonelykatana said:
+1.
But you cant go wrong with A Mcchicken sandwich. (this threads gone to **** already XD)
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My Favourite Yes, Yes it has.
You can't blame Bill completely though, he's only training them to become XDA moderators
I feel sorry for my neice, her dad's an apple fanboy so she'll never get to experience decent equipment unless she comes to visit me.
Well i wouldn't say they were missing out because, i dont have anything apple in my house. Iam happy with google and microsoft.
BTW 901 posts!!!!!!!!!
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I do the same thing though... no one is allowed to borrow or sync music with my computers unless they have a Zune or something besides an ipod. I don't help my friends with macbooks, iphones or any other apple products they have. They made fun of me when I got a zune so they can rot in hell! haha
Hmmmm... what happened to [OP]?
good day.
Yeah, so we're having a son in about 3 weeks and I agree with this style of parenting.
No Apple products in my household.
I'm not raising a family that buys easy at an overpriced rate rather than works to learn easy, gaining essential knowledge on the way.
Stupid people spending stupid money is why we just had this recession in the first place.
No gimmicks in this house.
No tyrants either.
(except for myself, as you can see)
Congratulations!
Sounds like your raising them to become XDA mods
lonelykatana said:
Do you think the CEO of Mcdonalds eats KFC?
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He must have. Most uk service stations have a burger king and kfc but no macdonolds
Is it me or are Sony vaios as overpriced as macs
brilldoctor said:
Is it me or are Sony vaios as overpriced as macs
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Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
MacaronyMax said:
Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
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vaios are good!
flyboyovyick said:
vaios are good!
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Yep they are Nothing against them
MacaronyMax said:
Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
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this doesnt make sense
Diamond_dawg said:
this doesnt make sense
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Cuz people like android and they make android phones it doesnt mater they're as over priced as apple jk though obviously

Are we gonna get BBM?

So I keep hearing that we are going to get bbm on android devices has anulyone else heard this or is it'd just a rumor? Thanks
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Apparently, stripped down versions of bbm will be coming to android and ios.
the article below makes since to me as i would think RIM would like to make some more dough.
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/03/exclusive-blackberry-messenger-will-launch-on-android-and-ios/
rpicaso said:
Apparently, stripped down versions of bbm will be coming to android and ios.
the article below makes since to me as i would think RIM would like to make some more dough.
h**p://www.bgr.com/2011/03/03/exclusive-blackberry-messenger-will-launch-on-android-and-ios/
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it would be awesome if people could click on that and have it take them to an actual webpage....
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/03/exclusive-blackberry-messenger-will-launch-on-android-and-ios
Use Live Profile. It's like BBM for Android, Crapple and BB.
I have my BB friends on it.
Free download from market.
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Elisha said:
Use Live Profile. It's like BBM for Android, Crapple and BB.
I have my BB friends on it.
Free download from market.
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the thread was abt bbm for android...and what u r talking abt here is another app like..whatsapp and kik..
these are just cross platform messanger for ios and blackberry as well as android...
but the original thread started wanted to know if he could actually add someone by from blackberry with their bb pin...thru his android...
Pirateghost said:
it would be awesome if people could click on that and have it take them to an actual webpage....
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/03/exclusive-blackberry-messenger-will-launch-on-android-and-ios
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It would also be awesome if people were smart enough to replace two asterisks with two ts, or just learn to use google..
rpicaso said:
It would also be awesome if people were smart enough to replace two asterisks with two ts, or just learn to use google..
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Touche
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Doubt RIM will be so generous. More reason to ditch BBM in favour of other brands.
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Seriously, I don't get what's the hype about LiveProfile when BBM is around the corner. I mean Kik Messenger has been around for so long, but for some reason it never really went off. LiveProfile has been around for what? 2 weeks at most? It's flying off the app stores like crazy.
I really can't see RIM being generous to let us all have a functional version of BBM.
Half the people using BBs are only sticking to it cause thay can't let go of BBM.
If RIM starts handing it out ot other OSes, there would be no reason for the tech savvy BB users to stick with BB anymore!
Hell I looked past BBM when I ditched my 9700 and it took my wife a little while to get past it but she prefers the nicer apps and games that Android offers.
is there a date release already?

More evidence arises for sprint iPhone

modmyi.com/forums/iphone-news/764733-more-evidence-unearthed-possible-sprint-iphone-4s-september.html
More evidence...I take this as a good thing not bc ok getting one, which im not, but bc it will increase sprints customer database and slightly decrease the other twos...what's your guys take...oh yeah and Honda Cop approves this message
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Personally, I don't think it matters. If people want and iphone, they'll get one. It can only bring people in, and if its a flop, then they'll drop it.
Who cares? This is an Android forum.
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2. Do not say anything positive about the iPhone4 at all.
If you break those rules, you want to be called an Apple fanboy or an Android hater.
Oh my god...its about sprint...im not going to argue with you anymore. I have already talked to mods and admins via pm about this issue of people that always comment like you do. Sorry pm
indagroove said:
Who cares? This is an Android forum.
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Ryjabo said:
***WARNING***
1. Do not compare the iPhone4 to any Android device in a positive light (even if you prefer Android).
2. Do not say anything positive about the iPhone4 at all.
If you break those rules, you want to be called an Apple fanboy or an Android hater.
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No kidding, people are so touchy these days, seriously grow a pair and man up its a fracking phone for christs sake...
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See thays the problem with people with iphones...they can't see the other side. They simply just say there device is better. See me along with many others can recognize the good and the bad and explain why the android device is better...there are two sides. No need to be 100 percent ignorant about one
Ryjabo said:
***WARNING***
1. Do not compare the iPhone4 to any Android device in a positive light (even if you prefer Android).
2. Do not say anything positive about the iPhone4 at all.
If you break those rules, you want to be called an Apple fanboy or an Android hater.
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Beat me to it, im 20 years old and act more mature than most of the people on this forum
Blitzpwnage said:
No kidding, people are so touchy these days, seriously grow a pair and man up its a fracking phone for christs sake...
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iitreatedii said:
Oh my god...its about sprint...im not going to argue with you anymore. I have already talked to mods and admins via pm about this issue of people that always comment like you do.
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Congratulations. And I know for a fact that the mods have talked to you about your poor posting habits. They have not told me that I am in error however.
indagroove said:
Congratulations. And I know for a fact that the mode have talked to you about your poor posting habits. They have not told me that I am in error however.
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Well that's not my problem...
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I love when more evidence arisiles.
Im using kings rom and I Don't like this keyboard...it doesn't have a good auto correct system
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I love when more evidence arisiles.
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The (insert competitor phone) is so much better than the (insert the phone you care least about) so much so that I ask why it should be discussed in Evo forums
Sprint's network where I live is overloaded enough...I don't need more data intensive people hopping on, but at least it would shut my wife up...
Samwell thinks you guys need to stop acting like the "golden girls"
What what in the butt?
Hahaha
dirkyd3rk said:
Samwell thinks you guys need to stop acting like the "golden girls"
What what in the butt?
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Darn, there goes that sweet 30kbps "3G" download speed I have been enjoying lately.
My wife switched over to AT&T-mobile the other day and bought an iPhone. The OS runs very smoothly and sort of just 'works' like other Apple products. It's also a lot less clunky than the Evo.
Definitely a good phone for the masses.
I doubt many people accustomed to android would enjoy it though. I hate having to click on the settings icon and then search through all the sections of different settings options just to adjust my brightness.
With MIUI I just pull down my notifications bar and change all of that in an instant.
Also, widgets.
The operating systems are both absolutely fantastic after trying both of them in my opinion. It comes down to personal preference completely.
People don't give the iPhone enough credit... It's made so you know how to use it out of the box, which is what most people who have cell phones want.
We all, at xda, know about rooting and modifying our phones to make them do things they weren't originally intended to do... But you all have to realize... The majority of people with cell phones don't know how to do all of this modifying, and they probably don't care to...
Would I get an iPhone... Probably, if it had/gets a bigger screen. Am I dying to rush out and buy one... No. I like Android.
Agreed, I never thought about getting an eyephone because I don't like Fruitco. , but if I did it would need a much bigger screen, and 4g

Apple vs. Google

Sheesh! Google has a history that is completely obscure to the general public. Apple says Android's Rubin worked for them in the '90s. APIs are a product of Apple, according to what they are saying.
http://gizmodo.com/5837045/apple-claims-android-started-with-them
Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now? Hopefully the judge is knowledgeable enough to sift thru what is real or not. Judge is a judge and not an engineer, so I doubt he's written code before. I myself don't know enough about APIs in question to comment this.
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Another thing. The CEO of Google held a seat on Apple Board of Directors for a long time.
So, I drink Pepsi and Coke. Off brands sometimes too.
Lol whats next? They really want to shut android down
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Apple seems really desperate at this point to try to put a road block on Androids success.
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rooting for apple as it will just open up the market for wp7
wendellc said:
Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now?
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Apple is desperate. Their attempts to litigate Android products from the market are not working. So even if it probably really is just smoke and PR maneuvers with nothing substantial behind it, in their desperation Apple will do anything.
vetvito said:
Another thing. The CEO of Google held a seat on Apple Board of Directors for a long time.
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Yeah, and? Are you accusing him of corporate espionage?
z33dev33l said:
rooting for apple as it will just open up the market for wp7
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Nice try on stirring up the pot. WP7 is nothing, will never be anything. Look at how terrible it is doing in this market. Apple and Google will continue to claw it out in phone sales while Microsoft sits on the sidelines. None of the general public goes into a best buy or at&t looking for a WP7, nor will they walk out with one. They want a cool looking OS and phone and some variety to choose from. Not some bleak tiles invented by a first grade class.
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Gusar321 said:
Yeah, and? Are you accusing him of corporate espionage?
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You didn't quote my whole statement.
Its obviously desperate times at Apple. Especially if there really is no iPhone 5. OR especially if there is a iPhone 5 but it looks like a GSII.
Apple must be really going down hill.
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why apple always sue every they competitor?? they're can't make more innovation ??
This happens with Steve Jobs .
Tim Cook never made a difference .
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Google! wins ya
Remember Skynet? Google's eating the world, a little bit at a time.
I think Apple will burn out and fade away, because Android's main target is us: the open-sourced, geeky, "I NEED TO MODIFY AND LIBERATE MY SMARTPHONE" community. Now, dish that out versus the aesthetically perfect society over at Apple. Yes, they have a lot of apps. So do we. I can see it on the breaking news:
"Google buys Apple's R&D mobile department"
"WhatsApp, Inc. starts negotiations with search giant Google"
"Nokia is taken aboard by Google"
When that happens, (without going off-topic and trying to prove my point), Google will dominate and Android will be everything we'll see.
But, anything might happen, who I am to know?
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.
AlterJack said:
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.
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Wich is the main reason I use it.. Who doesnt love dessert?
Apple is trying to buy them self some time, they have wasted alot of hours making lawsuits against every other competitor... Wich leaves them behind
And I would like to see an iPhone with android, Google join in to say, U mad bro?
AlterJack said:
Remember Skynet? Google's eating the world, a little bit at a time.
I think Apple will burn out and fade away, because Android's main target is us: the open-sourced, geeky, "I NEED TO MODIFY AND LIBERATE MY SMARTPHONE" community. Now, dish that out versus the aesthetically perfect society over at Apple. Yes, they have a lot of apps. So do we. I can see it on the breaking news:
"Google buys Apple's R&D mobile department"
"WhatsApp, Inc. starts negotiations with search giant Google"
"Nokia is taken aboard by Google"
When that happens, (without going off-topic and trying to prove my point), Google will dominate and Android will be everything we'll see.
But, anything might happen, who I am to know?
PS: Ironically, Android's builds are named after desserts.
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Skynet actually exists though, it's currently under British military control.
-i7- said:
Wich is the main reason I use it.. Who doesnt love dessert?
Apple is trying to buy them self some time, they have wasted alot of hours making lawsuits against every other competitor... Wich leaves them behind
And I would like to see an iPhone with android, Google join in to say, U mad bro?
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Now that would be sweet! A fantastic thing, for sure. The goodness of Android mixed with the superior hardware and build quality of Apple.
Even more than that, let Apple adopt Android and finesse and smooth it out to their higher standards. What an overwhelming affair.
Sorry, but what superior hardware and quality? Don't drink the kool aid.
wendellc said:
Possibly more smoke from Apple. Why bring this up now?
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Bring it up now after Google bought Motorolla so now they have their own phone brand with nothing useful to put on it. Just a thought.
google all day!!!!!!!!!!!

Is anyone else thoroughly enjoying the new "Samsunged" commercials?

I know I am
All yours OT Gang
Hah i lke the one where the iphone kidz are like "derp i have 3G" sad face
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orb3000 said:
All yours OT Gang
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I'll get on it in the morning lol.
Also your sig is awfully long. I had to hide it.
Not the latest one. They're trying too hard IMO.
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Links to the new commercials/adverts:
"Got Samsunged" is as annoying as "Got milk?"
I don't know if i'm enjoying the Samsung commercials but I'm definitively enjoying the SkyRocket! I hope there are more ROM's for the skyrocket right now there are just a few compared to other phones. Can't wait to see what else comes out, this phone rocks, always looking to get better battery life tho
I think they're childish. They're the very thing I hate about people with smart phones, that "Mine's better than yours" attitude is just dumb and, to be honest, putting me off sticking with Samsung.
jaszek said:
I'll get on it in the morning lol.
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THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!
That took far too long...
OT I am disapoint.....
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Archer said:
I think they're childish. They're the very thing I hate about people with smart phones, that "Mine's better than yours" attitude is just dumb and, to be honest, putting me off sticking with Samsung.
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Meh, they are no worse than the humerous (but untrue) Mac vs P.C adds or the"if you haven't got an appleinventedeverything product then you havent got and appleinventedeverything product" adds. All they are doing is fighting Apples BS with their own and mocking apple fanboys at the same time. Its about time Apple ifans had a dose of their own BS medicine, that way they can see how annoying it is.
hungry81 said:
Meh, they are no worse than the humerous (but untrue) Mac vs P.C adds or the"if you haven't got an appleinventedeverything product then you havent got and appleinventedeverything product" adds. All they are doing is fighting Apples BS with their own and mocking apple fanboys at the same time. Its about time Apple ifans had a dose of their own BS medicine, that way they can see how annoying it is.
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Yep, they're just as bad as those annoying ads. I'd rather my current manufacturer of choice showed a little more class and didn't lower themselves to the level of others.
Next they'll be doing an advert that says "If you don't have a Samsung, you don't have a phone that has Samsung printed on it."
I liked the first 3 but these are kinda boring
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Archer said:
Yep, they're just as bad as those annoying ads. I'd rather my current manufacturer of choice showed a little more class and didn't lower themselves to the level of others.
Next they'll be doing an advert that says "If you don't have a Samsung, you don't have a phone that has Samsung printed on it."
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At least they wouldn't be lying like the apple adverts
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conantroutman said:
At least they wouldn't be lying like the apple adverts
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That is actually true, samsung actually has the rights to do so
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