Technology
I ordered Samsung’s new £1k phone and got HUGE surprise when it arrived
A SMARTPHONE fanatic was not impressed when he received an empty box instead of the latest Samsung device worth a grand.
Shocked YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss shared a video appearing to show the phoneless packaging of a Samsung Galaxy 22+.
@MrwhosethebossArun Maini tweeted Samsung for answers[/caption]
@Mrwhosetheboss“What happened here?” YouTuber tweeted[/caption]
The internet star – real name Arun Maini – angrily shook the box before throwing it on the floor.
“So I’ve just ordered a Samsung Galaxy 22+, right, but the box is empty!” he claimed.
Arun tweeted the video to Samsung, asking: “What happened here?”
The tech giant responded to the YouTuber, saying they would “like to solve this game of Hide and Seek”.
Read more about Samsung
Samsung has been approached by The Sun for comment but is yet to respond.
It’s not clear whether the issue was resolved privately or if it was just a marketing stunt.
Mrwhosetheboss is watched by millions on YouTube for his gadget testing videos, mostly about smartphones.
He has more than 10million subscribers on the platform, as well as 1.7million followers on Twitter.
Most read in Phones & Gadgets
The Galaxy S22+ was one of three new models unveiled by Samsung in February in its latest attempt to dethrone Apple’s iPhone.
It retails at £999 for the highest spec, which includes 256GB of storage.
On the lower end, you have the standard Galaxy S22 but above it sits the S22 Ultra, featuring a mind-blowing 100x ‘space zoom’ feature.
The Galaxy S22 and S22+ are almost entirely identical on performance, with the screen size being the main differentiator.
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
Almost 268,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
In other news, prudish Nasa has admitted it may have to study sex in space if humanity is ever going to make it to other planets.
An ancient mega-landslide deep under the ocean has been uncovered which could cause a massive tsunami with “just a little shake in the wrong place”.
Read More on The Sun
Samsung has been accused of throttling the performance of more than 10,000 apps running on its latest smartphone.
And Nasa will let you send your name on a flight around the Moon – for FREE.
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online Tech & Science team? Email us at tech@the-sun.co.uk
