Recently, I’ve been comparing Microsoft, Samsung and Apple’s marketing messages to their customers. I discovered some interesting differences.
You cannot deny that among all those new smartphone product features, all of them are getting very competitive in one or other areas in recent years (let’s not argue who’s the copy cat here, they all copy each other in some ways). Although those products are functionally similar, those company, in my opinion, sees a completely different world.
They all had the right product market, time, money. Here is the message the companies have chosen to represent the product.
Samsung’s LeBron James Commercial
There are a few sarcasm in the video obviously towards Apple, and some random jokes are just not funny, or even feeling dull. The entire point of this commercial to be straight is about “Apple is not the next big thing, the Galaxy is.”
During past years, Samsung must have spent an enormous amount of cash on ads and commercials against Apple. The simplest example I saw was Samsung’s “try it out” experience stands set up outside one of the largest Apple Store for two years now. Samsung cannot get out of the lawsuit history and move on.
Microsoft’s Surface Commercial
Kids, students, artists, office man and woman produce click rhythms with Surface, dancing on the street. You connect the keyboard to the surface screen to generate the sound, and it’s so awesome that everyone does it again and again, even swapping their keyboard?
There’s only one word I can offer to describe this commercial’s message - “Cool”. This sounds very close to Steve Ballmer’s style - Gangnam Style.
Apple’s Photo Everyday Commercial
Sequence snapshots of people taking pictures, people recording their moments and started conversations because of taking a picture. It expresses that people enjoy their moment, indirectly enjoy taking photos with mobile phones.
The commercial is somehow emotional. This was because one of the snapshots is close to my personal life or memory. I can see myself in the video and I have had one or more of a similar moment. It is less about the phone or technology. It’s the experience that the product bringing to life.
Update History
- 2019/11/25: Fixed commercial video links
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