From all the early reports on it, maybe it's a good thing that people will not associate Apple with this Olympics 
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Olympic Athletes Requested to Cover Apple Logos During Opening Ceremony Because of Samsung Sponsorship [Updated]
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For all you TL;DR folks, here it is again.
"All accredited competitors, coaches, trainers and officials are required to abide by Rule 40 of the Olympic Charter, preventing athletes from mentioning any non-Olympic sponsor companies. Athletes breaking Rule 40 can be punished with "removal of accreditation and financial penalties" or even total disqualification."
"All accredited competitors, coaches, trainers and officials are required to abide by Rule 40 of the Olympic Charter, preventing athletes from mentioning any non-Olympic sponsor companies. Athletes breaking Rule 40 can be punished with "removal of accreditation and financial penalties" or even total disqualification."
So what then, the IOC should ban athletes from bringing their own devices to the games and only allow them to use Samsung Galaxys?
exactly. This normal behaviour from the IOC (i've given 2 prime examples on this page alone that don't involve samsung at all of them catering to their sponsors).
yet, the most common theme in here is that samsung is evil.
its not samsung. ti's the IOC. its their corporate mandate and the way they operate now, And the way they've operated for quite a long time.
in the IOC's viewpoint, if you are not a paying sponsor of the games, you have no right to be at the games.
Isn't this a requirement from the IOC that has been around forever? Wasn't there something similar with Coca-cola during the last olympics? And that independent burger joints around the olympic areas were forbidden to serve fries because McDonalds was also a sponsor?
No, they should send stickers with the old rainbow logo, that would be a big middle finger to both Samsung (and/or the IOC) as well as the shameful hate and bigotry that is going on in Russia right now.
No, they should send stickers with the old rainbow logo, that would be a big middle finger to both Samsung (and/or the IOC) as well as the shameful hate and bigotry that is going on in Russia right now.
You're right, but what are we to infer from this, that successful people by-and-large choose iPhone over the competition?
From my personal observations in daily life, success has nothing to do with it. I see plenty of 12 year old kids with iPhones. What is unusual is not to see someone with an iPhone.
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It's not that bad. You should have seen some of the control freakery around the London Olympics. Besides, your average athlete isn't necessarily made of money, and the Note 3 is a pretty cool device. The quid quo pro suggested is only going to upset the most fanatical Apple fan.
I thought that's what samsung did for all their phones, slap a samsung logo on designs ripped off from apple.
Nope, just that they can't endorse and are supposed to cover any logos that might be seen.
I was one of the people that got sick of seeing Apple's iPod advertising years back... it was everywhere:
And that's just the subway alone!
I thought that's what samsung did for all their phones, slap a samsung logo on designs ripped off from apple.
Show me one Apple devices that ressembles to the Samsung Note III
Actually, there's pretty strong evidence that Kodak's refusal to be the official film of the 84 olympics ("We're Kodak, everyone knows us, we don't need to push our name") let Fuji get a foothold in the market and steal a lot of business away from Kodak.
That's what I read too. Some are trying to make a mountain out of an ant hill. This is the way it's been for ages in every major sport.
The IOC didn't agree to this, it is their rule. Maybe you don't like it, but that's how life is when you need millions of $ to run an event. The short of it is everyone needs to get off of Samsung, because they didn't do anything.
the IOC rule 40 stands in place whether it is samsung sponsoring or not.
this is Macrumors.
throw a Samsung title in a post and you are guaranteed to have angry fanboys frothing at the mouth about how samsung is corrupt, immoral or evil.
this rule would still be in place if it were LG, or Microsoft, or even Apple sponsoring events.
I maybe get this with respect to clothing or equipment companies but outside of that it seems like a stupid rule. If someone doesn't use a Samsung phone it's stupid to make them pretend they do for two weeks. Plus how many athletes want to spend time fiddling around with a new phone during the Olympics? That's the last thing I'd want to spend my time doing.
No, sorry, I was in a hurry when I was replying.
They're not saying that directly, no. I wouldn't be surprised if they hope that the athletes just take the easy way and use the provided phones, though.
Edit: Also, to make my point very clear: I don't care whether it was Samsung or the IOC that came up with the rule, I just think that this sort of rule is crappy overall.
they did do something they requested the rule be enforced publicly. Maybe not such a good idea for them
I'm sure that they hope that all athletes would use a Samsung provided phone. It makes perfect business sense.
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