14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung is one of the companies that rushed to mock Apple several years ago when the Cupertino-based tech giant removed the headphone jack from the iPhone.
At that time, Samsung rolled out an ad called “Growing up” and showing what they claimed to be a smartphone user frustrated with all the changes made by Apple, including how he was forced to use a dongle because the iPhone no longer featured a headphone jack.
The ad was funny, there’s no doubt about that, especially as the whole world was angry with Apple getting rid of the 3.5mm audio connector, and it was seen as a promise Samsung would retain this feature in the long term.
But fast forward to 2019 and here’s Samsung doing pretty much the same thing on the Galaxy Note10, the company’s latest and greatest which no longer features a headphone jack either.
Looking back at the November 2017 ad, everything looks embarrassing now, doesn’t it?
Samsung obviously tight-lipped
And because Samsung obviously doesn’t want to be considered a follower, the company tried to something that it certainly isn’t proud of: delete the 2017 ad and hope nobody notices it.
Unfortunately, the WWW caught Samsung doing the dirty thing, and now everything is getting worse.
By the looks of things, Samsung removed the ad from its largest YouTube channels, but the video continues to be available on others. And even if the company takes them down everywhere, expect other mirrors to surface in the coming days, especially as its modus operandi makes the headlines.
For the time being, Samsung just prefers to remain tight-lipped on everything, so we can’t anticipate what the company wants to do given it got caught trying to delete that ad.
As I see it, the only way to go right now is to bring back the ad and get over it, as everyone will forget about this blunder in a couple of weeks anyway.
We embedded the video below, but don’t be surprised if it soon ends up with a dead YouTube link.
