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Samsung's Happy Galaxy Tab Users Are Actors

Posted by timothy on from the why-discriminate-against-actors? dept.

harrymcc writes "At the CTIA Wireless show in Orlando this week, Samsung unveiled new Galaxy Tab tablets and showed videos of interviews with 'true-life' users who raved about the Tab, including a travel writer, a filmmaker, and a real-estate CEO. One problem: the writer and the CEO are actually New York stage actors."

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  1. How many /.ers actually WTFV? by drb226 · · Score: 5, Informative
    (Watched The Fine Video)

    I was skeptical, but I have to admit it went beyond my expectations

    OK. Yes. I understand that most of the time, people in ads are actors. But this pushes it too far. It apparently shows the actor's real name, and (real?) age, and fake profession. Then these actors are "interviewed" about their "reaction" to the Galaxy tab. I can understand putting comments like "it's just what I need!" in a fake ad. I can also understand using an actor to portray the testimonial of some other real person. But this appears to be 100% fabricated. When you start inventing "skeptical" people that turn believer about your product, you're stepping over the line.

    (That said, I think the Galaxy Tab is freaking awesome and would love to have one.)