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Samsung Embarrassingly Partners With Fake Supreme (droid-life.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Droid Life: Samsung was doing its song and dance in China today at an event where they announced the Galaxy A8s, their first phone equipped with an Infinity-O display, only to pause midway to announce a new partnership. Samsung claimed to be partnering with iconic streetwear brand Supreme. They invited a couple of gentlemen on stage to talk about the deal, including plans for Supreme to enter China next year with a big flagship store. The thing is, those dudes don't work for Supreme and Supreme has no presence in China, nor do they plan to head there next year.
Samsung appears to have been duped by a fake Supreme company or just doesn't care that anyone who pays attention to fashion will mock them for decades to come over this partnership. The Supreme that Samsung is partnering with is actually called Supreme Italia, which is a fake Supreme brand that is able to sell fake Supreme gear, thanks to some weird legal loophole or decision in Italy. They have no affiliation with the real Supreme. They are counterfeiters. As for the Galaxy A8s, it too hasn't been very well received. Not only is it the first Samsung phone without a headphone jack, but it has a laser-drilled hole in the display for the front-facing camera sensor. It's not quite as obstructive as the iPhone X notch, but it still leaves a noticeable hole in the top left corner of the display.
Samsung appears to have been duped by a fake Supreme company or just doesn't care that anyone who pays attention to fashion will mock them for decades to come over this partnership. The Supreme that Samsung is partnering with is actually called Supreme Italia, which is a fake Supreme brand that is able to sell fake Supreme gear, thanks to some weird legal loophole or decision in Italy. They have no affiliation with the real Supreme. They are counterfeiters. As for the Galaxy A8s, it too hasn't been very well received. Not only is it the first Samsung phone without a headphone jack, but it has a laser-drilled hole in the display for the front-facing camera sensor. It's not quite as obstructive as the iPhone X notch, but it still leaves a noticeable hole in the top left corner of the display.
Fashion is bullshit, and this is a nerd site. Mock us, prancers.
Do it.
So, what is the loophole? Because honestly, that sounds far more interesting to me.
Looks like it's as simple as an entprising group in Italy registered the trademark there before the American company realised or bothered with the rest of the world. (It's hardly a tricky trademark). Unfortunately for these people, for many people "Supreme" is nothing more than a logo and a brand. That's it.
Supreme Italia, aka Supreme Barletta, seems to be a real company that simply bet the NYC company to the punch when it came to registering Futura Heavy Oblique White on a Red Box with the word Supreme within Italy. Presumably, the American firm has ignored them on the grounds that Italy isn't a major player in the streetwear scene, and they're wary of the Strisend effect and do not wish to draw attention to it.
It looks like it's limited to Italy only though.
Anyone really know?
"As for the Galaxy A8, it too hasn't been very well received. Not only is it the first Samsung phone without a headphone jack..."
I have a Samsung Galaxy A8 here. It has a headphone jack. The sound quality is pretty good, also.
Any relation with the "Rehabilitation Officer" Beef Supreme?
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So, they got rid of the headphone jack, but now it includes tomatoes and sour cream? I'm so torn.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy A8 here. It has a headphone jack.
Are you sure? Maybe it's a sticker with a picture of a headphone jack.
If they are going into a fake Supreme store, may as well have fake ports too.
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Oh, I thought for a minute that they were partnering with a Motown singing group. It kind of sounds like Samsung tried to hurry love. You can't do that, you know.
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And I quote:
"They be like, "Oh, that Gucci? That's hella tight"
I'm like, "Yo, that's 50 dollars for a t-shirt."
Limited edition, let's do some simple addition
50 dollars for a t-shirt, that's just some ignorant bitch shit
I call that getting-swindled-and-pimped shit
I call that getting tricked by business
That shirt's hella dough
And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't."
Who cares about a silly logo on an average quality yet overpriced shirt? Whether the holder of copyright in that shirt is from New York, Italy or China.
I’m sure she could’ve pointed out any fake Supremes.
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It's another case of /. editors smokin' crack and spewing shit they know nothing about. It's the Galaxy A8s that doesn't have a headphone jack.
so you have a tech company (samsung) that is basically ripping of the looks of another tech company (apple)
joining forces with a fashion brand that rips of another fashion brand.
looks like a perfect fit to me!
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
That's nothing. I used a Monster USB charging cable on my Samsung phone. My phone now has enough charge to power my entire house for 3 weeks. And the headphone jack outputs ATMOS. My 128bit mp3 songs have never sounded so open. I'm hearing details that I never heard before.