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North Korea Confiscates Olympic Athletes' Free Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Edition
13 August 2016, 11:21 am EDT
By Horia Ungureanu Tech Times
North Korea has confiscated the complimentary Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition smartphones meant for its Olympians, making sure none of its athletes got their gift.
Samsung, one of the main sponsors of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, wanted no athlete participating in the competition to go home empty-handed.
That is why the OEM crafted a limited edition of Olympic Galaxy S7 edge handsets, with 12,500 units in total reserved for Olympians. The smartphones were supposed to reach the athletes and staff members, enhancing their experience of the competition.
A number of handsets, however, never reached their intended recipients, despite being picked up by an authorized person from the delegation. The phones were destined to reach the athletes representing North Korea, but the manager of the delegation made sure no South Korean electronic device comes to disturb the loyalty of North Korean athletes.
When asked whether she had received her Galaxy S7 edge, one athlete simply shook her head in silence. Insiders from North Korea's Olympic village confirmed that no athlete in the village came close to the devices Samsung prepared for them.
It seems that the Olympic Committee from North Korea decided to refrain from handing over the phones to their 31 competing athletes. One reason for the ban was that the smartphones would permit athletes access to Samsung's Galaxy Studio exhibitions, which would expose North Korean sportspeople to electronics manufactured by South Korea.
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“We need to pray for them, that they may find freedom in this brief window of time.”
Pyongyang used to be called the Jerusalem of Korea, because it had so many churches.
The mother of Kim Il-Sung (the founder of the dynasty and the “Great Leader”) was a Christian, and he knew several Christian hymns, which he used to hear as a boy.
You never know what may happen...
They dont because their entire families will be executed if they do that.
You're right. I know.
I just wish we could find a way to get rid of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, everything with an -ism at the end.
Democracy; a Republic, sounds so much better.
I think humanity is improving, but it is such a long road.
The mother of Kim Il-Sung (the founder of the dynasty and the “Great Leader”) was a Christian, and he knew several Christian hymns, which he used to hear as a boy.
You never know what may happen...
Really? :)
You know what? You are right. With Christ, all things are possible.
We need to pray for the athletes and for the country.
Thank you! :)
I feel like this every April 15th.
These people don’t exist in a vacuum. They have families who are still in North Korea.
I just had to smile at that ... :)
I've been watching documentaries about the Nazis and reading about the World Wars.
Take care, FRiend. :)
I understand.
Please see my previous posts. It is a terrible situation.
If I were one of those athletes, and I had family back home, I would never put them in danger by leaving.
The world is a messed-up place. It needs our prayers.
They probably figured they were spook phones capable of all kinds of neat things.
I do too. In terms of wishing to get away from it. Bowever I do not believe humanity is improving. I guess it depends on what you are defining as improving.
Still, it beats the hell out of being executed with an anti-aircraft gun.
Kim Pig Un has a new set of headphones now, his friends and buddies as well.
Obama would send them back.
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I agree, I don’t think humanity is improving at all.
I hope the Nork weightlifter that won gold at least licked the medal. That’ll be the last “taste” they’ll ever have of their winnings...
North Korea - the creepiest country in the world...
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