This morning more than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially, the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.
the funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send the creators of the iPhone their billion dollars in the way they deem best.
This dirty but genius geek troll play is a new headache to Apple executives as they will need to put in long hours counting all that money, to check if it is all there and to try to deposit it crossing fingers to hope a bank will accept all the coins.
Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, told the media that his company is not going to be intimidated by a group of “geeks with style” and that if they want to play dirty, they also know how to do it.
You can use your coins to buy refreshments at the little machine for life or melt the coins to make computers, that’s not my problem, I already paid them and fulfilled the law.
A total of 20 billion coins, delivery hope to finish this week.
Let’s see how Apple will respond to this.
You didn’t think this could be real right? but hey! you loved it
posted on 30 August at 07:24
Another urban myth begins - this story likely to be completely untrue......
posted on 30 August at 07:22
Very environmental! No need to use paper!
posted on 30 August at 07:14
I loved the style of Samsung. Comeon man. Every person in this world has the right to do what he can. Its bad from apple. So, if you were to manufacture bi-cycles, you are not supposed to have 2 wheels ? Sounds strange! even same for Microsoft which has killed so many linux based companies.
posted on 30 August at 07:13
drill a hole in each one and sell them as washers, worth at least 20 cents each then..
posted on 30 August at 06:55
If they want to count it manualy, and if one person can count one coin in every second than it will take more than 634 years... damn... im wondering how much money apple will ave to pay jst to count this 20 b coins..... lol
posted on 30 August at 06:36
Samsung played well
posted on 30 August at 06:33
Anyway coin or a paper , it a money paid to Apple from Samsung for copycat..For paying the fain also they are copycat ...... See the cheapest mind on big owner.
posted on 30 August at 06:02
No need to count. Just use weighing machine. Funny article. :P
posted on 30 August at 05:40
how about the replica phones? like china phones? they will pay too? hahaha
posted on 30 August at 05:29
what would happen if north korea paid this same way... cheap south koreans.. will sell heir families for money.. cheap revenge... hope north koreans get a better revenge.