The "gang member pointing a gun" is actually the main character in Ubisoft's upcoming game Watch Dogs[1]. My guess is that this page / slide was shown in the context of mobile gaming.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs

The S4 launch, as horribly cheesy as it was, definitely broke this mold. They spent about 20 minutes showing off features with a group of 6 actresses playing out a bacholerette party, and 5 minutes with some 8 year old tap dancing. It was about un-high RPM as I can imagine.

But Samsung did have a Mini Cooper on stage. I can't say how being laid on its side affected its RPMs though.

you seem to have missed the whole galaxy marketing.

also, i'd be very sad if the LG continues to churn out low quality nexus.

You think the N4 is low quality?

not even mentioning the lousy production speed of LG on this one and their track record with the worst android devices, xda is full of people complaining about the screen (white dots, yellow blobs, etc) on recently bought ones. and older threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996299

I would never buy a product that promotes gun ownership.

If you don't recognize the character, its not just a random dude. Its a shout out to the idea of mobile gaming, and the (false) mythology that "real gaming" is a perfect and exclusive 1:1 mapping with first person shooters and no other form of interactive electronic entertainment exists, or at least is "real" gaming.

Looking at current gen consoles I think you'd have a lot of difficulty finding a pacifist console.

Although touch as a UI sounds awful for FPS games, for years/decades PC gamers with mouse/trackball and keyboard have been looking down on the console gamers stuck with hand controllers, so I imagine touch screen FPS would primarily result in the console FPS gamers finally having someone to look down on.