Samsung has officially denied the information that half of the visitors present new smartphones Galaxy S6 in Shanghai came to the event for the money . This is stated in the company's official blog.
«Samsung investigating media reports 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 South Korean corporation. It is alleged that all 1,100 participants were specifically invited to it - and they do not pay for something that they pretended to be fans of Samsung.
The company says that the authors of a controversial article confirmed the findings of the investigation of the company and remove it from your own site. Now Samsung decides whether he will sue them claim in court.
Recall that according to the newspaper WantChinaTimes, at the launch of Galaxy S6 almost half of the participants - 500 people - have received money for their participation in the event. 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.
Media refers to the girl by the name of Huang, which is found by recruiters Chinese messenger WeChat. According to her, Samsung wanted to see in the auditorium of students similar to people under 30 years of age. After the presentation of "fans" had to tell the press about the irrepressible desire to buy a smartphone Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge.According to the source, many of the extras were photographed with the new Korean phones on the iPhone.