Samsung denies paying people to attend S6 launch event in China

06 April, 2015
Company claims that the people were invited and that were in no way paid to attend the event.

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  • j
  • joe sHmoe
  • UD{
  • 06 Apr 2015

Well smell a lawsuit.

    • K
    • Kettzy
    • bER
    • 06 Apr 2015

    [deleted post]You seem to be a jealous bitten fruit fan. Admit that it's a good phone. I had a pleasure of holding it in my hand and boy, what a phone it is. You should try it once. :)

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      • Anonymous
      • tCQ
      • 06 Apr 2015

      LOL this has to be the dumbest news report in tech world. Why would they need to pay people to attend? And furthermore, 30 yuan as payment? Really? That's an insult if it were true xD

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        • amiata
        • XNp
        • 06 Apr 2015

        Nasser, 06 Apr 2015To Samsung: believe me whether you did it or not, I am in l... morewell said.

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          • AnonD-133243
          • 0ZJ
          • 06 Apr 2015

          But, would they accept it that they paid in case they did? lol

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            • AnonD-4340
            • m7I
            • 06 Apr 2015

            AnonD-7433, 06 Apr 2015You do know that even the regular useless 16 GB iPhone 6 is... moreThey cost the same here, the difference is that S6 has region lock, rendering it useless other places, now tell me why would i PAY for such a serious shortcoming? Throwing away my other SIM cards sounds like a good deal to you?? Not to me.

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              • AnonD-7433
              • XMF
              • 06 Apr 2015

              Anonymous, 06 Apr 2015This time i will go with ip6+, sorry samsung i can't afford... moreYou do know that even the regular useless 16 GB iPhone 6 is more expensive than the 32 GB S6, do you?

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                • Anonymous
                • 7tU
                • 06 Apr 2015

                This time i will go with ip6+, sorry samsung i can't afford this price.

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                  • Nasser
                  • Hxh
                  • 06 Apr 2015

                  To Samsung: believe me whether you did it or not, I am in love with you and your innovative products. You guys are amazing, and I am 100% sure it is a hoax by a shit*y company called Apple.
                  Unbelievable... Why they became afraid after Samsung launch higher quality innovative designs, why?
                  Samsung FTW.

                    • j
                    • jrmhjhn
                    • wHr
                    • 06 Apr 2015

                    Thats sammy dirty moves its so disgusting!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • p2V
                      • 06 Apr 2015

                      They were NOT paid. They were just given 1 GB MICRO SD Card free !

                        People who believed this are really ignorant or plain dumb.

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                          • AnonD-276592
                          • vp1
                          • 06 Apr 2015

                          There's no way that Samsung will pay for audience, A geek is willing to watch without fee.

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                            • Angry Mobile Nerd
                            • tDb
                            • 06 Apr 2015

                            30 RMB is nothing in Shanghai which is one of the richest and most costly cities to live in China. Hard to imagine people there (who are also considerably more arrogant and stuck-up than anywhere else in China) would take a mere 30 rmb to attend an event.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • sXV
                              • 06 Apr 2015

                              AnonD-293430, 06 Apr 2015i dont believe that samsung paid some people to attend thei... moreYep at least you got your glasses on strait. This Myhfavourite site and even here the apple effect I in situ. Check out the s6 edge/s6 battery blog post. Every other s6 story like the camera test has been marred by the i6 bieng included, and inferring we want it so, but actually pushing any purported i6 poitive trait in our face, trying to make it relevant,
                              Howe ever, when the iphone has a weekness, it is sophisticatedly hid, we see the positive trait ofthe iphone included in the one chart where its seen to be in the ball park, and the two charts where it is show to be a miserable disappointment in comparison to the s6, it is hidden safely away from the chart not to hurt its public perception, when in every possible way we have been stuffed with positive iPhone comparison because its in the public interest +, after excess, after excess, reporting of no REMOVABLE BATTERY we should be told plainly, thd s6 massively by percentage betters the new iphone.
                              Why am I telling you this, because, as no unbiased, public minded reporting could do this, the opposite is true, so, to say samsung is the only one who has its tentacles inside the media portal , is at its least missleading, and at its worst ,organised, subjective character assassination. POST THIS

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                                • AnonD-259899
                                • y0B
                                • 06 Apr 2015

                                Anonymous, 06 Apr 2015I'm more disturbed by people willing to accept money to do ... moreIt's china, many people are severely underpaid. Events like these allow them to make a quick easy buck. They don't give a rat's butts about Samsung or it's useless products, show them the money and they will show up to take it besides it is easy, it is not like they are selling their bodies or something.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nyF
                                  • 06 Apr 2015

                                  Shamesung is not beneath cheating. We have seen that with the benchmark cheating, HTC trolling, Stack Overflow messing, FOSS patents litigation, etc. Paying people to attend a launch does not surprise me.

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                                    • django
                                    • uCs
                                    • 06 Apr 2015

                                    " In fact, the more than 1,100 attendees, including consumers and industry officials, have all been formally invited to the Shanghai Culture Square "

                                    - so they are not fans who voluntarily attended ..

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                                      • AnonD-259899
                                      • y0B
                                      • 06 Apr 2015

                                      Of course they didn't "pay" them, We heard it from Samsung, so it is totally true.

                                      What, did you really expect them to admit to the truth? Hah!

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                                        • django
                                        • uCs
                                        • 06 Apr 2015

                                        AnonD-293430, 06 Apr 2015i dont believe that samsung paid some people to attend thei... moreyou are free to trust samsung ;-)