Samsung's latest anti-Apple PR stunt has backfired spectacularly
Trevor Bauer/Twitter
The stunt in question riffs on Apple's recent keynote speech at the WWDC conference, when CEO Tim Cook showed off a list of demands for Apple products sent by a baseball player.
On Monday, Cleveland pitcher Tevor Bauer tweeted a remarkably similar list of demands - except almost every product on it was a Samsung one.
Bauer had apparently got his hands on the ball that was the first hit for Francisco Lindor, and his team is demanding a Galaxy Note Pro, a Gear S smart watch, and a Samsung touchscreen laptop if Lindor wants to get it back. The ransom note subsequently went viral, with more than 750 retweets.
But something's not quite right.
Here's the original tweet:
Hey @Lindor12BC we have your ball. @indians Bullpen settled for @tim_cook Apple products but we want @samsungmobileus pic.twitter.com/maidUA0Y1y
- Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) June 14, 2015
Notice anything weird about it?
No? Look closer...
Twitter
"Twitter for iPhone."
Oof.
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And it's a way to hit back at the original letter, with implied that Apple's products are more desirable and used by aspirational figures. It - supposedly - shows that Samsung products are highly appealing too.
It's just a pity the key player in the stunt is batting for the other team.
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