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What's up with all those LG G3 giveaways?

Johnny K.
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I understand that it's a marketing promotion technique, but that's a lot of phones! What is your opinion?

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The phone isn't even out yet...how could they have any sales for it?

It's just advertising.A good technique too.

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If I remember these are pre production models?

 

may as well give them away for free and create interest than just bin them!

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Either there really generous or they need marketing BADLY like badly enough to give away around 150 phones. It seems like there counting on everyone who wins one to go out and preach to the world how good the phone is. Although those EULAs that you need to accept.

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110 free phones...damn

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What's 110 phones for a company that large? I've attended several Nokia lumia launches and received phones for free as a tester. No big deal, although it's a smart move to announce it with such a buzz around it. Free marketing, Oneplus one-style. 

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I don't know, probably for promotional reasons.

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The phone isn't even out yet...how could they have any sales for it?

It's just advertising.A good technique too.

 

 

If I remember these are pre production models?

 

may as well give them away for free and create interest than just bin them!

 

Oh i'm stupid, thanks for reminding me.

Either there really generous or they need marketing BADLY like badly enough to give away around 150 phones. It seems like there counting on everyone who wins one to go out and preach to the world how good the phone is. Although those EULAs that you need to accept.

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Good lord your profile picture. Here's johnny much?

It's 110 to be exact, or i'm missing something? LOL, great movie huh?

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Oh i'm stupid, thanks for reminding me.

It's 110 to be exact, or i'm missing something? LOL, great movie huh?

I was too lazy to do the math and decided to round to 150 assumed some other tech channels I don't know got some.

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If people want to win these phones, they'll get all exited for the phones, and if they dont win they will be so enthusiastic they will just buy the phone anyways. 

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The phone isn't even out yet...how could they have any sales for it?

It's just advertising.A good technique too.

When does it come out in the US? I mean usually most things release in the US first like the S5 did, but somehow, we got the G3 before you guys did :P Maybe it is a sign for me to buy it  :o

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If I remember these are pre production models?

 

may as well give them away for free and create interest than just bin them!

Please note that they are retail units (in the video I said pre-production, but this has since been changed) (From the LG G3 topic) 

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Promotion,and in my opinion it a pretty good way too

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Well you know i dont mind giveaways, but it is a lot of money they spend so im hoping it works for them :-)

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I like it; the more the merrier

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Well you know i dont mind giveaways, but it is a lot of money they spend so im hoping it works for them :-)

 

Drop in the bucket for LG.  ITs actually cheaper than a real marketing campaign.  

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Wouldn't it be funny if some guy was told to give this 150 review samples to youtubers but he was so lazy that he just picked like 5 channels and gave all of them to them instead of picking 150 different "influencers" to do reviews?

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They're not pre-production models, but rather Korean versions.  Either way, it seems like a good marketing technique (I'm looking at you, OnePlus).

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Drop in the bucket for LG.  ITs actually cheaper than a real marketing campaign.

Sure, but still. Giveaways are always nice and if lg gets money off of it i dont really care :D

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meh! they'll get the money back by overpricing their next release..

Details separate people.

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Sure, but still. Giveaways are always nice and if lg gets money off of it i dont really care :D

 

Oh me either.  I think its smart advertising.  I was just pointing out this is not a losing money thing for LG.  This is way cheaper than an ad campaign and it stirs up more buzz.  

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