{"id":228714,"date":"2017-04-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=228714"},"modified":"2017-04-10T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:18:36","slug":"discussion-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s8-naturally-leads-us-to-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/04\/07\/discussion-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s8-naturally-leads-us-to-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Naturally Leads Us to Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Galaxy S8. Um… (clicking tongue) You know, I\u2019ve been burned once today. A guy asked me about Augusta National<\/a>. I starting answering the question and got a bunch of snarky e-mail from people ripping me for avoiding the issues. It\u2019s Open Line Friday, for crying out loud! Let me get to the Galaxy S8, because I said it\u2019s gonna take me in to Apple, and it will. The Galaxy S8 was just announced by Samsung. If it is what it looks like, it\u2019s the best phone they\u2019ve ever made. It looks like what all of the rumors say the next iPhone\u2019s gonna be.<\/p>\n

In the past, it\u2019s always been Samsung that has not only been accused of copying Apple, they have been copying Apple. But with this phone, the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus, it features a screen that is 83% of the front of the phone. There are no bezels. There are two sizes: A 5.8-inch screen and a 6.2-inch screen. People who have seen it are raving about it, but it has a problem. A, it\u2019s Android, and the problem with Android is there\u2019s no eco-system. It\u2019s not… It\u2019s fragmented. There aren\u2019t any software updates.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way to keep the operating system modern. This is where Apple is just cleaning up. The Apple eco-system from iPhone to iPad, to Mac, to iCloud, it\u2019s incomparable. And that\u2019s the thing that\u2019s actually keeping Apple customers with Apple, if you wanted to pick one thing. The iPhone of course runs circles around Samsung\u2019s phones both in terms of quality and style and operability. There\u2019s no question. This one, however, the S8… Remember, the tech media, folks, is like the mainstream media.<\/p>\n

To the tech media, Apple is the Republicans, and Samsung\u2019s the Democrats. I mean, Samsung just released a phone last year that exploded, and the media treats it like, “No big deal. No big deal. Samsung\u2019s expected to rebound greatly and royally,” and they keep singing the praises of Samsung. I don\u2019t… I\u2019ve never had a Samsung phone, I\u2019ve never used Android, so I\u2019m not really equipped to comment on that. I just say if you want one, go get it. There is no accounting for taste. If you like country music, doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re wrong about anything.<\/p>\n

If you like classical, doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re wrong about. If you like Chinese opera, doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re wrong. It just means you\u2019re weird. My experience, however, is that Samsung phones — because of the media bias — always arrive heavily promoted, really, really hyped, and something always happens, and it fails to realize or meet the hype. Like last year\u2019s Samsung Note 7, whatever, where the batteries kept exploding. I mean, people\u2019s houses ended up on fire, while the phones are recharging. The discussion of the S8, though, naturally takes you to the iPhone 8 or whatever they\u2019re gonna call it.<\/p>\n

The rumor mill on that is as it is every year. “The phone\u2019s gonna be late! The phone\u2019s delayed! The phone\u2019s got problems with this component and that component.” The media cannot wait to tell you everything it\u2019s gonna be wrong with the new iPhone. They can\u2019t wait to tell you what\u2019s gonna be late with the new iPhone, while singing the praises of Samsung so-so phone after Samsung so-so phone. But you have to figure one year Samsung may get it right. It is gonna appear… Apple\u2019s new phone is also gonna have a bezel-less screen.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s gonna be mostly screen just like Samsung, but Samsung\u2019s is gonna hit first. So to the average, ordinary consumer it may look like Apple\u2019s copying Samsung this time around, even though that won\u2019t be the case. But that\u2019s not really the problem. As an Apple devotee, there are things happening there that really alarm me. They\u2019ve been happening for a while. They alarm me both from a consumer standpoint and if I was an investor I would really be bothered. Now, I know Apple\u2019s making money hand over fist, and there\u2019s no end in sight.<\/p>\n

They keep setting records, and I understand all that.<\/p>\n

Seventy-five percent of Apple\u2019s revenue comes from the iPhone. But it\u2019s little things that bug me, like last year the iPhone 7 Plus, the jet black version? You couldn\u2019t get one for two months! Look at the AirPod. They announce these things in September, say they\u2019re gonna available in October. They weren\u2019t available until December, and even now it takes six weeks to get a pair when you order them. The Apple Watch! They ballyhoo it for a year and a half, promote it, show it, demo it.<\/p>\n

They finally announce it\u2019s gonna go on sale and be delivered at the end of March. For three days it was, and then for three months you couldn\u2019t find one. The Apple TV. The Apple TV remote? You lose it in the sofa? You can\u2019t tell which end is up and down by virtue of the way it feels. It\u2019s too small. The Apple TV is not 4K. They haven\u2019t upgraded 4K or six months or even a year. What would it take to make it 4K compatible and, say, have that available for last Christmas? They hasn\u2019t had an iPad Pro update for a year and a half, the 12.9-inch.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve got hundreds of thousands of employees. I don\u2019t understand it! They have these products that they announce; you can\u2019t get them. They can\u2019t make, in mass quantities, what they design for the day that they\u2019re going to go on sale, the day they release them. It just puzzles me. The Mac Pro, they just had a big announcement about, but the Mac Pro is three-year-olds and hasn\u2019t had a single upgrade. It got to the point they weren\u2019t saying anything about it, and people said, “Maybe they\u2019re just gonna forget it.”<\/p>\n

And the Pro line, that\u2019s not something you have to keep secret. Professional users need their stuff. There aren\u2019t any trade secrets here. Samsung doesn\u2019t make an equivalent. But the Dell and PC makers are trying to fill the void that the Mac Pro used to fill. Now, they\u2019re gonna fix it, but they may not have the replacement out \u2019til 2018 or 2019. It\u2019s just a series of little things that do not make sense to me in terms of availability, upgrades. Apple announced last week a new iPad, which is a low-end, entry-level iPad that is a massive improvement.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re trying to goose sales of the iPad, which have slowed down. Because the iPad\u2019s made so well, people don\u2019t recycle them as often as they do the phones. That\u2019s understandable too. But I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s just… It worries me. I want Apple stuff \u2019cause I love it. I want it to be plentiful, and I want them to be able to supply what they say they\u2019re gonna supply on the date that it\u2019s gonna be available. I want it to be the best it can be. I want the stuff to just get so good… That\u2019s one of the reasons I\u2019m hating growing old. The first time I feel bad about growing old is all the tech I\u2019m gonna miss out on.<\/p>\n

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RUSH:\u00a0 Now, I got an email from somebody saying that I copped out on the answer to the Samsung S8, the Galaxy S… Did I cop out on it? I\u2019m not gonna sit here… If you want one, go get it.\u00a0 You know, I\u2019m not one of these people that cares. (sigh) I have no idea about this phone.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t been released yet.\u00a0 All I have is Samsung track record history.\u00a0 And based on that, big whoop.\u00a0 But this could be the first one that\u2019s different.\u00a0 But if you\u2019re into Android and if you like that stuff, it\u2019s made to order for you. Have fun and enjoy it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not up to me to make you feel guilty over what you buy.\u00a0 I have different concerns.\u00a0 My phone, my company, is Apple — and they\u2019re not humming on all cylinders right now, and it concerns me. \u00a0I think if you announce something for sale, it better be there!\u00a0 There\u2019s no reason to have to wait two months for something they announce is for sale. With as many employees as they\u2019ve got, as many people they\u2019ve got in the manufacturing assembly lines, it just doesn\u2019t make sense to me.\u00a0 And, frankly, I\u2019m getting tired of it!\u00a0 But that\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: My phone, my company, is Apple — and they're not humming on all cylinders right now, and it concerns me. I think if you announce something for sale, it better be there! There's no reason to have to wait two months for something they announce is for sale. With as many employees as they've got, as many people they've got in the manufacturing assembly lines, it just doesn't make sense to me. 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