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07-12-2012, 08:17 AM
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#1 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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| Samsung launches first retail store. Located in Metrotown
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Wednesday’s opening of a Samsung store in Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown marks a North American first for the South Korean tech giant that is locked in a battle with Apple for supremacy in the growing mobile market.
The store launch comes as the company celebrates its latest patent victory over Apple’s attempt to block sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphones; its phone sales have driven the company to a record $9.5 billion US quarterly profit and its newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III is flying off the shelves.
| Samsung launches first Canadian retail store in Metro Vancouver | Vancouver Sun | 
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07-12-2012, 09:09 AM
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Does this mean if your mobile device fucks up and it's under warranty, you can just swap for a new one like Apple Customer Care?
I hate waiting for RMA and you are stuck with a crappy loaner phone for two weeks.
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07-12-2012, 10:00 AM
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#3 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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at a quick glance, I thought I was looking at the Apple Store pics  | |
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07-12-2012, 10:06 AM
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#4 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Time to bring it in for my scratched bezel!
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07-12-2012, 10:37 AM
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#5 | | G'd up! w000weee
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Located right by Purdy's at Metrotown!
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07-12-2012, 10:46 AM
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Huh, I thought they had one in aberdeen?
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07-12-2012, 10:46 AM
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Heard on the radio yesterday. This is a pretty big move by Samsung IMO. I think it was about time too
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07-12-2012, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Meowjin  Huh, I thought they had one in aberdeen? | Not sure about aberdeen but they have their own front inside Memory Express Richmond that launched in the spring.
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07-12-2012, 10:57 AM
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I had the opportunity to go last week and it is very very nice inside. They have various laptops on display including the new ultrabooks. Their slate is there too running Windows 7 for now. Lots of Galaxy Notes and S3. They have two TVs on display with people demonstrating AllShare once in a while.
Overall it's not a bad shop. The prices are slightly higher than other places like FS/BB though.
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07-12-2012, 11:00 AM
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#10 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Apparently they are funded by a wireless corporation? Or at least from what I heard. Someone said Glentel.
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07-12-2012, 11:27 AM
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#11 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by Meowjin Huh, I thought they had one in aberdeen? | That one you see is by NCIX
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07-12-2012, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Meowjin Huh, I thought they had one in aberdeen? | The one inside Aberdeen Center is belongs to NCIX.
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07-12-2012, 01:19 PM
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I'd say it's about time. Samsung has definitely grown a hell of a lot in the past few years. It'll be nice if their "Genius Bar" works like Apple's. One of the few things I dislike about Samsung is, as voiced already, the RMA process.
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07-12-2012, 02:18 PM
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blue shirts at the samsung store as well eh?
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07-12-2012, 02:39 PM
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#15 | | MiX iT Up!
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Looks a lot like apple store. I'm going to be confused. Apple should sue Samsung for design/concept infringement so consumers will not be confused. 
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07-12-2012, 02:43 PM
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about damn time indeed!
their product line-up is so amazing nowadays, def needs their own store to show it off
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07-12-2012, 02:46 PM
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#17 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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So its a big Box Store... they are competing not only against Apple, but BestBuy and Futureshop, etc...
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07-12-2012, 03:09 PM
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07-12-2012, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld Looks a lot like apple store. I'm going to be confused. Apple should sue Samsung for design/concept infringement so consumers will not be confused. | The Microsoft store looks exactly like the Apple Store as well except it isn't bright as fuck.
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07-12-2012, 04:44 PM
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#20 | | I'm better than you.
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stumbled across this yesterday at metrotown. $699 for the s3  SO TEMPTED
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07-12-2012, 04:46 PM
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#21 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by b0unce. [?] stumbled across this yesterday at metrotown. $699 for the s3 SO TEMPTED | Did they have the quad-core international version?
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07-12-2012, 04:58 PM
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#22 | | I'm better than you.
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^ they told me they did
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07-12-2012, 05:05 PM
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#23 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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The colour blue is actually important when choosing a colour. Studies show that people wearing blue are perceived as more friendly, helpful, dependable, and trustworthy. And before Apple wasn't the first store to have blue uniformed employees (think Best Buy).
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07-12-2012, 05:27 PM
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don't know why everyone is ripping on samsung for copying Apple
Apple came up with genius ideas, but as a consumer, the last thing I'd want is for Apple to be my only choice
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07-12-2012, 05:58 PM
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Not this shit again.
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