Samsung outdo Linus by dropping a S10+5G from the edge of space into Michigan

[williamcll]

About a week ago Samsung had a promotional campaign where users can send selfies to a phone which would then be launched to space from South Dakota and then return back to earth with some great shots of the earth on the 31st of October. However due to weather conditions it received a "soft" landing.

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A Michigan woman said that a device launched by Samsung into space last week crash-landed on her rural property in Michigan on Saturday.The "Space Selfie" device, which the company said aimed to capture images “using a unique view of planet earth as the backdrop,” was found by Nancy Mumby-Welke and her husband on Saturday morning after they heard a loud crash outside their home in Gratiot County. As the couple investigated, she told NBC News, “We realized it had fallen from the sky. It looked like a satellite.”

Samsung confirmed in a statement that the device “came back down to earth,” though the company described its descent as an “early soft landing in a selected rural area” that was “planned” because of weather conditions in the United States.“No injuries occurred and the balloon was subsequently retrieved,” Samsung said. “We regret any inconvenience this may have caused."

Mumby-Welke said she didn’t know what the device was. As she and her husband investigated, they noticed two logos on the machine, she said — one that was Samsung’s and another for Raven Industries in South Dakota, where the device was reportedly launched from. Mumby-Welke said an internet search later revealed that the device was part of a promotional campaign with actress and model Cara Delevingne.

A few hours after the crash, Mumby-Welke said, someone from Raven Industries collected the wreckage but offered no details about the device or what had happened.“They didn’t say anything,” Mumby-Welke said. He “told us he wasn’t at liberty to talk about it.” “Just imagine what could have happened if someone had been out there,” she added.

The device reportedly included a high-altitude balloon, spanned half the length of a basketball court and was supposed to remain in space until Oct. 31.

Source:https://www.facebook.com/nancy.mumbywelke/videos/3143827078977356/

https://news.samsung.com/global/cara-delevingne-and-samsung-unveil-the-worlds-first-selfie-sent-into-space-at-star-studded-event-in-london

http://www.samsung.com/spaceselfie

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/space-satellite-crash-lands-in-michigan-home-s-backyard

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/samsung-s-space-selfie-falls-out-sky-lands-michigan-couple-n1072596

Thoughts: Maybe Samsung should have made a S10 Active instead, that would be a phone I would consider and would have suited this campaign far better.

[Salv8 (sam)]

yo @LinusTech, you gonna just take this, or are you going to one up Samsung?

i wanna see the best drop your hands can do...

i can see the title now: "Dropping a phone with style while one upping Samsung!"

[ARikozuM]

Is Linus going to drop an S10 from the surface of the sun and have it land in Texas?

[Klovnious]

Linus should drop it on the moon

[justpoet]

Too bad it didn't land on a large farm with a no trespassing sign.  Idiot would've gotten shot for a stupid PR campaign without payout or sign off to where they may have damaged.

[Syntaxvgm]

I personally can't survive in Michigan so I don't know how this phone will fare. 

[Trik'Stari]

@LinusTech should respond by developing and releasing (dropping) a flagship phone, with a headphone jack.

[Master Disaster]

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Samsung are just another government agency shill like Nasa perpetuating the global agenda of hiding the truth from us and the images taken from this phone are nothing but composite fakes.

Some flattard somewhere.

[rcmaehl]

I'm sure Redbull would be up for a sponsorship. I believe this was in lower orbit due to the fact it was on a balloon so it shouldn't be too easily to one up. 

[Results45]

On 10/28/2019 at 9:06 PM, ARikozuM said:

Is Linus going to drop an S10 from the surface of the sun and have it land in Texas?

And then remotely activate the phone's Wi-Fi 6 via SmartDeply to see how fast the connection is once it's over a city 

[Tech_Dreamer]

Linus Right now!

 

[RoseLuck462]

Linus will aim for the moon.

[seee the state im in nooow]

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global agenda

8 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Some flattard somewhere.

 

[Master Disaster]

5 hours ago, VegetableStu said:

 

 

Yep, that was a deliberate mistake because I have honestly heard flattards say that before.

[seee the state im in nooow]

3 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Yep, that was a deliberate mistake because I have honestly heard flattards say that before.

come to think of it, is their idea of a globe a near-thin discus?