Lucky Olympic athletes taking part in the Sochi Winter Olympics found a Samsung Galaxy Note III in their reaching goodie bag , so even if they do n’t take home a medal they ’ve still come something of a fairly high note value to sell on the internet when they get home . But did Samsung demand they invalidate being realise using Apple computer hardware as part of the deal ?
That is indeed what happened harmonize to a chemical group of Swiss athletes , who claim their destitute Galaxy Note IIIs were accompanied by a angelic request from Samsung ask them to physically tape over the Apple logotype on rival sound they may habituate instead to take their eternal selfies during the initiative ceremony .
But they were lie or discombobulate , ostensibly , as the IOC has since said : “ No it is not reliable . Athletes can expend any twist they wish during the Opening Ceremony . The normal rules apply just as per previous Games . ” Samsung , meanwhile , insisted that it “ did not quest any natural process of this nature from athletes attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics . ”
So it sounds like it may have happened , then was quickly pulled when word of it got out . Perhaps a rogue goodie bag stuffer pay off a morsel too great on spreading the corporate beloved ? [ GuardianviaCultofMac ]
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