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Samsung and Adidas create NEW wireless earbuds to rival Apple AirPods
SAMSUNG has teamed up with Adidas to create a new pair of wireless earbuds.
The sneaker brand and the tech giant are calling their creation the “Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro Adidas Original Special Pack”.
The earbuds come with a voucher for Adidas sneakers[/caption]
The earbuds are a special-edition so fans will need to be quick if they want to get a pair.
However, they only appear to be going on sale in South Korea.
In true Adidas Stan Smith styling, the buds come in a green and white case that looks like a baseball cap.
They’ll be launching in South Korea at 7:30pm local time on April 7.
The Galaxy Buds Pro come inside the baseball cap packaging[/caption]
The highly anticipated items are likely to be found on reselling sites afterwards.
The Galaxy Buds Pro come in their cap case and are packaged with a voucher to buy Adidas Stan Smith sneakers.
When you pair the Buds with your phone you’ll be given an Adidas Originals lock screen theme.
The actual earbuds themselves are no different from the standard Galaxy Buds Pro.
The special edition pack costs KRW 279,000 in South Korea.
That’s about $248 or £178.
They’ll be on sale on the Samsung website.
Samsung – a brief history
Here’s what you need to know…
- Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
- It’s known locally as a “chaebol”, which means “business conglomerate”
- It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
- But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known in the west today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
- The firm accounts for around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and roughly 17% of the country’s GDP
- More than 320,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
- And in 2017, Samsung turned over the equivalent of £174billion today in revenue
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