When Samsung Electronic’s chief marketing officer David Lowes hit the stage, the last thing on his mind was probably protesters. Yet low and behold, a GreenPeace protester stood on the steps of the stage brandishing a yellowish banner with a recycling symbol printed on there. There was also a Samsung logo and #galaxynote7 present.
Protesters took to the show to find out what Samsung was going to do with the nearly 15 million recalled Galaxy Note 7 handsets. They wanted to know what kind of recycling procedures were in place for the faulty mobiles.
Apa yang bisa dilakukan @SamsungMobile untuk 4,3 juta Galaxy Note7 yang ditarik: rethink, reuse, recycle! #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/kRZu5X6QWQ
— Greenpeace Indonesia (@GreenpeaceID) February 27, 2017
GreenPeace protesters also tried to unroll a huge banner down the side of a building, as large as the banner advertising Samsung’s press conference. Although this didn’t quite work out as photos show, it was an incredible feat for the governmental party.
Acción/ Miembros de seguridad de Samsung han arrancado la pancarta que sostenían los escaladores https://t.co/oIMNjdoTbb pic.twitter.com/PHM22snXcn
— Greenpeace España (@greenpeace_esp) February 26, 2017
It’s still unclear what Samsung Electronics are going to do with the wasted Galaxy Note 7 handsets, but one thing we do know from the conference, is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 handsets will be announced and released on March 29th 2017. Let’s just hope that they’re a little more successful than its predecessors.