Did Samsung pay people to attend its S6 press conference in China?

05 April, 2015
According to Shanghai-based news outlet The Paper, half of the 1,000-strong audience was hired.

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  • Anonymous
  • XuT
  • 11 Apr 2015

AnonD-373771, 06 Apr 2015You are still forcing your false ideas and won't accept tha... morehi mr 1701,s6 is the most impractical phone ever conceived right???with a quadhd display and a 2550mah,god knows when it will die.and you paidfanboys dont know elemental physics-you are noneducated bloggers-rapid charging and discharging decreases lifetime of a battery-so much for the fast charging.and yeah when a yellowish amoled screen stares at you,remember me

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    • AnonD-377331
    • i21
    • 07 Apr 2015

    good riddance that fanatic darkraver is gone. He likes to manufacture non existent issues with S6 and S6 edge. Also every review identifying cons of sony smartphones must be paid by Samsung. Thanks god he is gone.

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      • Jack
      • 7G@
      • 06 Apr 2015

      This was "reported" by a CHINESE newspaper. That tells you everything you need to know.

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        • AnonD-373771
        • i21
        • 06 Apr 2015

        joe sHmoe, 06 Apr 2015LEts just put it this way.Lets just leave this topic alone ... moreI would agree with you, but darkraver says everything good said about samsung is obviously because samsung is paying them. Also no one likes S6 and it's horrible device and no one is happy so no one will buy it. Also every critism of other brands is because samsung paid the reviewers. He/she has one mindset everyone must buy sony.

        You should watch his childish behavior on z4 page. He said amoled is worse than ips and dsiplay mate got paid by Samsung to say it Amoled is better. If S6 sells well and people like it, he will say it's all marketing and people don't know a good product. There is no reasoning with him/her.

        If you ask me about my tought on S5 versus m8 and z3, I will tell you that S5 in comparison was not better. In fact I liked m8 and z3 better than S5.

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          • AnonD-359663
          • va7
          • 06 Apr 2015

          AnonD-373771, 06 Apr 2015So when other don't agree with you you insult them. Please ... moreWell said, couldn't have said it better myself. Of course some people will not even read your spot on post and still force their own agenda as facts.

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            • AnonD-359663
            • va7
            • 06 Apr 2015

            darkraver, 06 Apr 2015You samsung fans are so full of it... Unbelievable S6 i... moreTake it easy there, you don't back up your claims with proof and your have no logical points. Thus proving everything you typed is actually as result of your blind fanboyism, and the fact that sony mobile division is performing badly. Furthermore you insult others when they back up their argument and prove you wrong. In a way your post is ironic, because 1701 is not the one doing the bashing. From reading his comment he has valid points. Also S6 has the best display as reported by display mate, gsm and others. So please stop with the brand bashing and accept S6 is best andriod phone so far and favourite of many.

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              • AnonD-373771
              • i21
              • 06 Apr 2015

              darkraver, 06 Apr 2015You samsung fans are so full of it... Unbelievable S6 i... moreSo when other don't agree with you you insult them. Please provide proof of your claims.

              To support my claims here is the battery life test.
              http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6_edge-review-1236p3.php
              It is very good considering the screen as you see in the report.

              For performance here is the review:
              http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6_edge-review-1236p5.php
              and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocEfElUTaE

              It has no issues with graphics. If you look at graphics even with qhd display, it is actually very close.

              Now moving on to memory. Here is why there is no expandable memory, including one would hinder performance. http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-storage-performance-test/

              Samsung fans being unhappy, I'll ask how do you know they are Samsung fans because they say so or did you ask them! Also have a look http://blog.gsmarena.com/weekly-poll-samsung-galaxy-s6-hot/
              and http://blog.gsmarena.com/weekly-poll-results-samsung-galaxy-s6-strong-favorite/#disqus_thread

              It may not have IP rating but have look at this, took 20 minutes in water for the phone to die.
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGBKmIlk52Q

              With regards to lame multi-tasking, have a look at excerpt from phone arena note 4 vs Z3 'The simple Xperia UI is no functional match for the overarching TouchWiz that is a multitasking king."

              Questionable built quality, let direct your attention to
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKburDQAolA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkPKeOVOrk

              Speaker is actually massive upgrade as per reviews suggest.

              So there we have all your points debunked. But please do make an argument and say how it's all fake and paid. Funny thing I never used that word, so if that's what you're trying to say I'm suggesting you're wrong.

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                • joe sHmoe
                • UD{
                • 06 Apr 2015

                LEts just put it this way.Lets just leave this topic alone for the next month or two and wait for the results of samsung's new flagship and how the market's would react to it.It's obvios not everyone likes samsung and also the same goes with apple but were not the only people around the world we have to conceder the others even if they are die hard fans or just the type of people that would just follow the hype.

                  AnonD-373771, 06 Apr 2015Yes you made it very clear, you're sony fanboy who bashes S... moreYou samsung fans are so full of it...
                  Unbelievable

                  S6 is overpriced, has bad batterylife with now soldered battery, questionable build quality with no waterproofing, no memory expansion option( an uber main disadvantage you sammy fans hypocriticaly laughed at pointing to iphone, but now its reasonable all of a sudden), and a mono speaker to show for it...
                  The Soc is quite on the downside compared to competition when graphics are concerned....
                  Benchmarks? Very good so they say but...
                  Google comparissons on youtube, it does not show in reallife usage, especially lame multitasking, as usual when samsung is concerned.

                  Tons of samsung fans have the same opinion...
                  Dissapointed with what samsung did with s6

                  Is "hater" the only word in your vocabulary or what?

                  Yep, definitly worse bunch than apple users

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                    • joe sHmoe
                    • UD{
                    • 06 Apr 2015

                    darkraver, 06 Apr 2015Ahah, :-) Im from Croatia, Im sometimes bored so I hang ... moreNah.Im just amazed in how you guys stick on this site and just ingage in an argument with others that are just a reason for stress for me.But hey just move along either way im always amused how you guys initiate in an argument with facts that are just sometimes redundant.But again who am i to complain.

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                      • AnonD-359663
                      • vaf
                      • 06 Apr 2015

                      darkraver, 06 Apr 2015Never said its not a good device Ugly it is It just has s... moreHere is an excerpt of trusted reviews for m9 "one thing we did notice is that back of M9 gets toastyHere is an excerpt of trusted reviews for m9 "one thing we did notice is that back of M9 gets toasty after prolonged gaming session, something that was by charging the phone at the same time."

                      Here is an excerpt for g flex 2 review from andriod pit "LG has confirmed that CPU performance may be trottled back when under load to avoid overheating. Of course this is nothing new either: the xperia z2 has a nasty habit of shutting down after shooting short amount of 4k video due to overheating, and so does the z3.

                      I would suggest you read the 6th paragraph on this page http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g_flex2-review-1209p5.php

                      Furthermore g4 is actually using snapdragon 808 instead of 810, what could be the reason behind it see the benchmark test. http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g4_hits_gfx_bench_with_snapdragon_808_chipset-news-11726.php

                      Z4 still seems to use sd 810, but z4 is already delayed as per reports. So please do tell me how snapdragon 810 is not overheating and samsung is behind this.

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                        • AnonD-359663
                        • vaf
                        • 06 Apr 2015

                        darkraver, 06 Apr 2015Never said its not a good device Ugly it is It just has s... moreLet me see S6 and S6 has the best display, camera, memory, processor, design, excellent battery life and ui based on people voting and reviews. So if a device was better it would have been mentioned. But then you will claim that everyone is lying about that. So i guess it's clear no device comes close to this.

                          Plot twist: Apple hired them.

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                            • m86k
                            • m86
                            • 06 Apr 2015

                            Anonymous, 06 Apr 2015This story doesn't even have to be true, the damage has bee... moreTrue, it just trolls bait to help them making all the dirty work ("band aid" for S5 whereas not in real life).

                            Don't worry, i m waiting for delivery of my preorder as no stupid stories won't make me buying a lesser device this year. S6 Edge is smoking too hot for this year to not own one.

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                              • AnonD-359663
                              • va6
                              • 06 Apr 2015

                              django, 06 Apr 2015which reports confirms that this news is fake ? Can you gi... moreS5 was selling, not as good as S4. Samsung sold 398 million handsets in 2014 alone source os idc you can find it.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • sXV
                                • 06 Apr 2015

                                AnonD-336053, 05 Apr 2015Please come and hire me..Haha Sent from my iPhone 6GoldWould that mean you having to give up your current job at apple or would they call you being an apple implant in a samsung situation normal practise.

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                                  • AnonD-359663
                                  • va6
                                  • 06 Apr 2015

                                  darkraver, 06 Apr 2015Not even remotely close and you know it I think you find he is spot on. Your argument is flawed and illogical. Please keep brand bashing and trolling to minimum.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • sXV
                                    • 06 Apr 2015

                                    Anonymous, 05 Apr 2015i wont buy s6 even if you pay me. boring design.I thought you people said it supposed to copy the i6..trolly.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • sXV
                                      • 06 Apr 2015

                                      m86k, 06 Apr 2015http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/a-news-report-claiming-sa... moreThis story doesn't even have to be true, the damage has been done at one of the busiest buying times of the year the timing of this headline is immpeccable ,what a public perception former. Every time a new samsung phone comes out some big story about who sold the most phones or the icamera or the iscreen has been found to be...

                                      or a youtube vidio has turned up seeming to prove...havnt the public had enough already ? Just go buy your s6, you know what's going on here.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • kCQ
                                        • 06 Apr 2015

                                        darkraver, 06 Apr 2015Not even remotely close and you know it So prove me wrong.

                                        When has Samsung ever put their customers in jeopardy by lying?

                                        SONY has with their crap security, which resulted in the PSN hack in 2011.