Samsung denies reports in the Chinese media that half of the visitors to the presentation of new smartphones Galaxy S6 in Shanghai came to the event for the money. This is Samsung Electronics said in his blog.
«Samsung investigate reports in the media of 3 April that at the launch of Galaxy S6 in Shanghai attended specially hired the audience and made sure that these reports were totally baseless and false “- said the representative of the company’s blog. According to Samsung, all 1100 participants were specifically invited to it – and they do not pay for something that they pretended to be fans of Korean smartphone.
The company believes that the authors of a controversial article confirmed the findings of the investigation of the company and remove it from their site. Now Samsung decides whether to submit a claim against them.
At the presentation of Galaxy S6 almost half of the participants – 500 people – have received money for their participation in the event, according to Chinese media. According to them, the participants received 30 yuan each (about $ 5) for presentation to attend at least half an hour, while intermediaries earned for each participant about 20 yuan (more than 3 dollars). The main requirement for candidates – to be under 30 years old and look like students.
The Chinese media have referred to the girl by the name of Huang, which is found by recruiters Chinese messenger WeChat. According to her, all the participants of the event were required to register under their real names and to subscribe to the page Samsung Galaxy Community popular Chinese search engine Baidu.
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