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Olympic Athletes Requested to Cover Apple Logos During Opening Ceremony Because of Samsung Sponsorship [Updated]

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jhwalker said:
"Showcase" would mean prominently displaying logos on their uniform or doing commercials - not just using their own personal devices! That's ridiculous.
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I think the problem arose was not that they use the iPhones as their personal devices, but HOW they are using them.

A big issue that the IOC has, and probably what Samsung is taking issue with is namely what occurs during Opening and Closing ceremonies.

You have Athletes who are paraded through the concourse and stadium infront of thousands of people, Then in front of Mllions of people on Live tv.

These athletes are standing there, holding their phones up, above their heads, to get their own perspective filmed. But unfortunately, in doing this, they prominantly display whatever badging and logos are on their devices to the world. its prominently displayed on TV.

This gets free tv time and airing and sponsorship for i-devices, despite apple not paying anything to the IOC or the Olympics at all.

All that Samsung and IOC has asked, is that during these competitions, Cover the logo so that it is not being prominently displayed, especially while being televised.

They're not asking anyone to change devices. They're just saying "COVER THE LOGO!"

and to be perfectly fair and honest.

I dont think any athlete, while performing their sport, or marching in the olympics should be walking around brandishing a mobile device.

Leave the photography to the experts. instead, March with your team, Being loud and proud. show your solidarity with your country mates.

not walking around holding your cell phone in everyones faces. Thats just rude. I would like to see the IOC and countries ban their athletes from carrying any mobile device (especially one not related to their sport) into the buildings.
 
jhwalker said:
That's what the whole story is about - did you not read it? They are not allowed to use *their own personal devices* (if the device is an Apple product) during what may be the most important and memorable ceremony of their life!
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No, they can use their own devices. They just have to cover up any logo on the device so it won't be visible.
 
How about the athletes village full of wild dogs, the water supply not being safe to drink. The almost certainty of a terrorist attack?

All you lot care about is a pathetic little logo on a bunch of toys.

I hope no-one on these forum ever gets into a position of influence or power.
 
aerok said:
Wow guys, this is normal practice.

Something similar happened with the first Spiderman movie, where Sony wanted to hide Samsung's logo during the scene that happens in Time Square.

It is a very common practice and I can assure you that any other company would've done the same if they were the main sponsor, including Apple but then again, does Apple ever sponsor anything? Their fault, not Samsung's.
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That's why this is so amusing. Apple doesn't do paid sponsorships. Their computers and phones and other electronics show up in movies and TV shows and at sporting events because they are what people use. Apple gets mentions and visibility whenever people are free to use what they use in real life.

That said, I'm not convinced that Samsung is really behind this. It sounds as likely that the IOC is behind this, and treating it as a stick to get Apple to sponsor the Games (not like any self-respecting company would sponsor the Games occurring in Russia this year; doing so would be completely counter to Apple's socially progressive image).
 
Nunyabinez said:
No, they said cover the logo. i.e. just use a case.
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I wonder how the IOC would react to people using their "hon"-phone...

jettredmont said:
That's why this is so amusing. Apple doesn't do paid sponsorships. Their computers and phones and other electronics show up in movies and TV shows and at sporting events because they are what people use. Apple gets mentions and visibility whenever people are free to use what they use in real life.
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Every time you see an Apple device in a TV or movie without its logo covered it was paid for by Apple. Producers aren't going to send device makers the message that "Yeah we'll gladly display your branding even if you don't pay us, we just like you so much".
 
cube said:
This is normal
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+1

Common practice.

Cannot believe people on here are so naive, and only cause its Apple effected crying outrage.

Wonder if any of them realised that Pepsi had exculsive rights to the Super Bowl.... :rolleyes:

Shock horror people..... F1 has one tyre manufacturer....!!!
 
Breaking News:

Michael Phelps disqualified in Olympic for using IPhone.
 
aerok said:
They are allowed to use iPhones and athletes would be allowed to drink pepsi if Coca Cola was a sponsor.

They are just not allowed to show it in public. Very normal practice. I'm not saying I'm not against it, I'm just saying that everybody does it. People here are blindly getting angry because it's Samsung vs Apple.
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Personally, the Apple vs. Samsung thing isn't what gets in my craw - it's the idea that I'm not allowed freely to use my own equipment (or drink my own drink or whatever) because the corporate sponsors won't allow it. I just think that's ridiculous.

Would I not be allowed to use my Nikon dSLR if Canon were a big sponsor? Would Canon disallow any Nikon shooters (i.e., pro photographers) from covering the Games?

Maybe it's a mountain out of a molehill, but really gets under my saddle blanket.
 
This says more about the insecurity of Samsung than anything else.

A confidant company shouldn't care.
 
I suggest everyone go back and read the first sentence in this article. And then read it again. And then think about it for a minute or two. And then post how they reached the conclusion that Samsung or the IOC said the athletes aren't allowed to use their iPhones during the Olympics and must use a Samsung phone or none at all.

I anxiously await the replies.
 
Strange...

I can understand Samsung wanting to have competitors' logos and devices banned from OFFICIAL representation or advertisement during the games that they paid to sponsor (such as the removal or blurring out of posters, signs..etc) but banning athletes (who are NOT sponsored) from holding their own devices does not make sense. The athletes themselves are not official representatives of Apple or other corporations and should not be forced to act as though they were.
 
RedCroissant said:
I can understand Samsung wanting to have competitors' logos and devices banned from OFFICIAL representation or advertisement during the games that they paid to sponsor (such as the removal or blurring out of posters, signs..etc) but banning athletes (who are NOT sponsored) from holding their own devices does not make sense. The athletes themselves are not official representatives of Apple of other corporations and should not be forced to act as though they were.
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Please quote the line in the article stating that Samsung wants to ban athletes from holding their own devices or prohibit them from using an Apple device.
 
jhwalker said:
Personally, the Apple vs. Samsung thing isn't what gets in my craw - it's the idea that I'm not allowed freely to use my own equipment (or drink my own drink or whatever) because the corporate sponsors won't allow it. I just think that's ridiculous.

Would I not be allowed to use my Nikon dSLR if Canon were a big sponsor? Would Canon disallow any Nikon shooters (i.e., pro photographers) from covering the Games?

Maybe it's a mountain out of a molehill, but really gets under my saddle blanket.
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again, repeating it again. and again, and again, cause its being said wrong, again and again.

Samsung, nor the IOC is saying you cannot use whatever device you want.

They're just saying to cover the logo on any non samsung device, as samsung is the sponsor of the events.

Athletes are more than welcome to use their iPhones. just cover up the apple logo.

Same goes for your Camera analogy. if Canon were the sole sponsor, you'd be allowed to use your Nikon, just cover the Nikon logo!
 
jhwalker said:
Would I not be allowed to use my Nikon dSLR if Canon were a big sponsor? Would Canon disallow any Nikon shooters (i.e., pro photographers) from covering the Games?
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Not sure if IOC has that kind of power over photographers, but I suppose if they do, the analogous scenario is that the photographers would be asked to cover the Nikon logos on their cameras. They can still use whatever camera they want, but if it's not a Canon, they have to cover the logo.
 
jhwalker said:
Would I not be allowed to use my Nikon dSLR if Canon were a big sponsor? Would Canon disallow any Nikon shooters (i.e., pro photographers) from covering the Games?
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You'd be able to use your Nikon if you hide the logo, which many already do... (To avoid attention from thieves)
 
tdiaz said:
Talk about sour grapes BS.

The Whole Olympics needs to be reworked. From top to bottom. Inside and out.

It's got more bloat than new PC.
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This just goes to show that the Olympics has nothing to do with athletics. It's really just a big marketing opportunity.
 
I see this kind of bunk and I just want to boycott Samsung. No phones, no big screen TVs, no BS.
 
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