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Samsung caught promoting Galaxy Note 9 using iPhone: Details here

Samsung caught promoting Galaxy Note 9 using iPhone: Details here

Dec 03, 2018
11:01 am

What's the story

Samsung has a knack of trolling Apple with unique, sometimes even funny, marketing stunts. The South Korean giant has mocked Apple's notched display and other features on a number of occasions, but this time, the company's marketing team has found itself on the receiving end. It has been caught in a pretty embarrassing situation due to a mistake of their own making. Here's what went down.

What happened

Promoting Note 9's display via iPhone

In a recent tweet, famous YouTuber Marques Brownlee posted a screenshot revealing Samsung Nigeria's tweet for Galaxy Note 9, the most recent flagship from the company. The tweet focused on Note 9's Super AMOLED display, but oddly enough, it was sent via 'Twitter for iPhone'. Meaning, someone responsible for promoting Samsung was using a handset made by its prime rival for the job.

Twitter Post

Here's the tweet

Samsung's fix

Tweet removed, but this isn't the first case like this

Samsung NG was quick to remove the tweet in question after the error was flagged. However, by that time, screenshots of the post had already started doing rounds on the internet, giving Apple fans an opportunity to mock Samsung. Notably, the exact same thing happened last month as well when Samsung's Saudi Arabian Twitter handle promoted Galaxy Note 9 via iPhone's app.

Information

Samsung should hand out some Galaxy devices to its staff

A few months back, Samsung had distributed free Galaxy S9s in a town called 'Appel' to promote its brand. Maybe it should do something similar for its marketing team to avoid such embarrassing, troll-worthy situations from happening time and again.