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Leaked Marketing Materials for S21 Launch Confirm Samsung Won't Include Charger
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It’s weird I came here to see what Apple’s big news was and this was the first thing I saw. Lol. Samsung being very Samsung. I say that with bemusement as an owner of last year’s Samsung phone that came with a charger and a bunch of promotional offerings, though not as many as in previous years. It’s weird to see an Asian company abandoning the long standing custom of fluffing up the sales with nice extras and even stripping what some would say are essentials.
Samy has copied & stolen from Apple from the get-go, so what's new here. It's expected they will always steal. 
No, it's called marketing, you capitalise when someone else does it, then you do it afterwards, then it's less of a big deal when you do it.
Welcome to the marketing Dept of every big company, ever.
Not sure for the car but any social justice initiative is welcome
Has their marketing department any sense of dignity?
Speaking as a marketer, I’d have walked out long ago if these were the kinds of cheap, hypocritical and unoriginal strategies I was made to deploy.
Speaking as a marketer, I’d have walked out long ago if these were the kinds of cheap, hypocritical and unoriginal strategies I was made to deploy.
As usual, Samsung copies everything from Apple. From the box, marketing, caring for the environment tag line, even the cases with the smart view.
It was too late to copy the iPhone 12’s industrial design with the straight edges, but there’s always next year!
It was too late to copy the iPhone 12’s industrial design with the straight edges, but there’s always next year!
Steve Jobs used to mock Microsoft with his "Redmond, Start your photocopiers"
I think at this point Apple could easily re-launch the same ad with Samsung this time.
I think at this point Apple could easily re-launch the same ad with Samsung this time.
That was too easy to predict 😂🤣Top comment on the post where Samsung mocked Apple for this from October.
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Good call @edk99
Not a slap in the face. Samsung saw that it is an easy way to make more profit and customers are dumb enough to buy the “environment“ excuse. So they did it.
I'd say more people use the charger than the Quick Start Guide. If you want to be environmentally friendly ditch the Quick Start Guide.
Wow, that's a classy looking phone! No need for a Caviar version of that! 😂
Edit: Actually my sarcasm there is a bit unfair. The design isn't for me, but respect to them for doing something a bit different with their aesthetic choices, a bit bold. No-one can accuse that design of being an iPhone copy. Ironic, really.
At least the adapter connector and cable style stayed the same. S20 owners can use the same stuff with the S21.
I had to buy a type C adapter for my included iPhone 12 cable.
I had to buy a type C adapter for my included iPhone 12 cable.