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Every Athlete at Sochi gets a Free Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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So every athlete at the Winter Olympics will be getting a free Samsung Galaxy Note 3.  Samsung is one of the major sponsors of the games and their brand will be seen by everyone.  If you do the math, 2000 - 3000 athletes with phones at cost is <$2 million.  That's a drop in the bucket for Samsung.

 

http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/10/23/samsungs-smart-olympic-games-initiative-to-give-every-sochi-athlete-a-free-note-3/

 

Edit:  I feel a lot of us have to write a disclaimer before posting, but I searched many different terms and couldn't find a similar topic.

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Now I wished I was a Sochi Athlete

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So every athlete at the Winter Olympics will be getting a free Samsung Galaxy Note 3.  Samsung is one of the major sponsors of the games and their brand will be seen by everyone.  If you do the math, 2000 - 3000 athletes with phones at cost is <$2 million.  That's a drop in the bucket for Samsung.

 

http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/10/23/samsungs-smart-olympic-games-initiative-to-give-every-sochi-athlete-a-free-note-3/

 

Edit:  I feel a lot of us have to write a disclaimer before posting, but I searched many different terms and couldn't find a similar topic.

Now I need to get into the olympics... Thats cool though, your math is a bit off though since samsung is only paying for the cost of making it they don't pay retail for their own stuff. I'd say $100-$200 for each * 3000 athletes = 300,000-600,000 still a lot but not 2mil

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I can't wait to watch the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi! I'll be there for a while before taking a plane from Moscow to Yerevan, Armenia. 

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Now I need to get into the olympics... Thats cool though, your math is a bit off though since samsung is only paying for the cost of making it they don't pay retail for their own stuff. I'd say $100-$200 for each * 3000 athletes = 300,000-600,000 still a lot but not 2mil

Ya, I totally over estimated. But that's why I used the '<' sign.

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i'm probably not gonna watch the Olympics. I might Boycott the games because of their government is full of homophobes.

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Will it come with preinstalled NSA spyware?

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Will it come with preinstalled NSA spyware?

No its russian, they have their own GRU spyware, although the NSA probably tapped that too

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League of Legends is now an olympic sport right? everybody to the keyboard

 

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No its russian, they have their own GRU spyware, although the NSA probably tapped that too

You never know if NSA didnt payoff Samsung to install backdoor to the phone...

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You never know if NSA didnt payoff Samsung to install backdoor to the phone...

They still have a budget, they probably just told samsung that they had "discovered" some scandal involving a top exec and that they wouldn't publish it if they put in the spyware

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They still have a budget, they probably just told samsung that they had "discovered" some scandal involving a top exec and that they wouldn't publish it if they put in the spyware

See - any reason is good for NSA...

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You never know if NSA didnt payoff Samsung to install backdoor to the phone...

 

Most of the devices will be going out to non-Russians anyway...

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Most of the devices will be going out to non-Russians anyway...

NSA was spying on UE government - dont think ruskies are their only targets...

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How many athletes are going to create a new Olympic game of trying to perform some athletic feat with that device?

 

100%

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There was only like 2500 for the olympics in 2010.

 

There is a possibility there won't be that much.

 

Regardless, this just means that athletes in the olympic camp can now have sex with each other like they did in 2012 London but by using Samsung's chat service.

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Regardless, this just means that athletes in the olympic camp can now have sex with each other like they did in 2012 London but by using Samsung's chat service.

 

An app that you know is in the making.

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i'm probably not gonna watch the Olympics. I might Boycott the games because of their government is full of homophobes.

 

Boycotting the olympic games when they were supposed to be held in germany stopped it correct?

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Boycotting the olympic games when they were supposed to be held in germany stopped it correct?

no, but i'm doing out of principle

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no, but i'm doing out of principle

 

Okay, wasn't sure if it worked or not

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