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Samsung Belgium Donating a Pear for Each Tweet About an Apple
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It doesn't work that way.
That's true, but there are more limitations:
I wasn't sure if Samsung was trying to be clever with "fuzz" (not that fuzz really makes sense with apples or pears) or if it was a typo. It was obviously not clever.
It's not going anywhere by plane. The pears are Belgian and the give-away spot is in Brussels.
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The pears are Belgian and the give-away spot is in Brussels. So a max distance of 150 miles.
Wow. Talk about sour grapes.
1) This is a fun little campaign that aims to help - and direct focus towards - the struggling pear farmers. That Russia boycotts them is news to me - I wouldn't have known it if it hadn't been for the campaign.
2) In Belgium the expression 'comparing apples to oranges' is actually used as 'comparing apples to pears'. The campaign being a perfect match these days of course.
3) The design of the 'ad' is ok. Pear colors - right? And it is also very likely made by 'one of us'. On a Mac.
Lighten up guys, I am embarrassed to be put in the same category ('Mac-user') as a lot of you when you act this childish and loose your marbles over a silly little thing like this.
1) This is a fun little campaign that aims to help - and direct focus towards - the struggling pear farmers. That Russia boycotts them is news to me - I wouldn't have known it if it hadn't been for the campaign.
2) In Belgium the expression 'comparing apples to oranges' is actually used as 'comparing apples to pears'. The campaign being a perfect match these days of course.
3) The design of the 'ad' is ok. Pear colors - right? And it is also very likely made by 'one of us'. On a Mac.
Lighten up guys, I am embarrassed to be put in the same category ('Mac-user') as a lot of you when you act this childish and loose your marbles over a silly little thing like this.
So if 1 billion #apple tweets occur today, is there that many pears? Is Samsung going to produce these in China and export them, hurting the pear economy in Belgium?
No, there is a Belgian pear problem caused by Putin's response to EU sanctions over Ukraine. Russians buy most of Belgium's pears - but not this year.
You mean the pre-release mockup that 9to5Mac made that doesn't look like the final product? OK.
Tomorrow morning, i Will pass by The Brussels north station and pick-up a nice pear! Later on, I will pass by easy-m (Apple shop in Belgium )...
All right ... I'm guessing these 2 are real. And the word "caffeine" is barely readable. Just like the poorly designed samsung billboard above.
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First, it doesn't count if there are #apple tweets. Only tweets that include #aPearForAnApple will count. Second, there won't be a billion tweets, since only tweets from Belgium accounts qualify. Even if every man, woman and child in Belgium tweeted their maximum of 5 tweets, it would still only amount to about 55 million. Finally, it has nothing to do with China, as the entire promotion is restricted to Belgium.
Not as bad but still far from good. I would expect better from professional designers creating an interface that will be used by millions of people.
And pears. Don't forget pears.
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Here you go:
What a nice pear.
What if 55 million pears don't exist there? Where do they get them from? Probably China. Hence, why I said China.
And again, my comments are strictly humor, not of seriousness.