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@rahmu
Agreed! Seriously, i have an ipod touch, and an HTC Desire HD, why? so i can enjoy both!!!
well in the US it IS legal to attack other companies by using their real names as long as you have well funded facts or something to defend your accusation with. And you can see it in almost every ad there, whenever an ad plays the second ad will be mocking the first one and such.

In Lebanon (If Im not wrong) the system works differently, and this type of competition is not allowed. It all depends on the country
@Xterm have you ever watched Get mac ads what do you think of those?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UxyJewd3Q
if you watch the ad you will see it targets a lot of things such as screen size, 4G and among the usual like people wait in line for long hours, or that hey think that they cant buy a Samsung because its a Samsung they need something to look stylish because they are creative.
Samsung is not trying to convert iphone owners "since they are creative", this ad is intended to existing android users since they are the only people who will get the humor in these ads and to showcase their phones features in a nice and smart way
The chances of winning for Apple are minimal in court because, in the ad the phones that the people are using aren't said to be an apple device.
Even though it's obvious , they still can't sue Samsung because they aren't mentioning the brand of the phone the other people are using in the video.
Concerning suing over the ad it's not going happen, in Lebanon you cannot poke at your competition's name or brand directly, however outside of Lebanon it's commonplace to mention competition even by name

Lots of ads i see on TV for cars tell you that the mileage is better than the other brand (callls it out by name) and it's nothing wrong if the facts are correct. If the facts are wrong then you have a lawsuit.

Samsung could've mention apple specifically and nothing would happen

m0ei wrote
unforgiven wroteas for the overall feel of the phone i'm a fan of the iphone 4/s' metal and glass as opposed to plastic
Well if your looking for the "sexy" look, than iPhone is you choice because of the metal and glass but ifyou're looking for a durable phone then Galaxy S2 is the winner.
Check the drop test available on youtube between these 2 phones, the Galaxy S2 won.
I don't have any doubt that plastic is stronger than glass
babum wrotewell in the US it IS legal to attack other companies by using their real names as long as you have well funded facts or something to defend your accusation with. And you can see it in almost every ad there, whenever an ad plays the second ad will be mocking the first one and such.

In Lebanon (If Im not wrong) the system works differently, and this type of competition is not allowed. It all depends on the country
I think it is more a matter of philosophy--in the US, you will notice that they have fine print in their ads so that the claims have some basis. In this country, while there are not the same types of ads, they have claims that they are the best, have the lowest prices, have the fastest internet speeds, etc without any basis and they can get away with it here. Many of the ads here wouldn't be approved in the US because they can't back up their claims--attack ads from the US wouldn't work here because it is a matter of them being accepted by the public.