After the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, many technology giants, including South Korea's Samsung, expressed their position by suspending the supply to Russia, and now even made an article on the product name.
According to the News of SamMobile on March 29, Samsung's estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian official websites have removed the letter "Z" from the folding screen mobile phone series "Galaxy Z Fold3 5G" and "Galaxy Z Flip3 5G". Interestingly, the name of the foldable product on Samsung Ukraine's official website still retains the "Z" for now.
According to the product's previous release information, Samsung folding screen mobile phone "Galaxy Z Fold3 5G" originally not only contained the letter "Z" in the product name, but also wrote a striking "Z" on the packaging.
On March 29, IT information and user exchange websites, including SamMobile and MSpoweruser, found that the official websites of Samsung in the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had updated the product name, updating the "Galaxy Z Fold3 5G" and "Galaxy Z Flip3 5G" to "Galaxy Fold3 5G" and "Galaxy Flip3 5G".
Screenshot of Samsung Lithuania's official website
Screenshot of Samsung Latvia's official website
But the search recommendations don't seem to have changed yet.
SamMobile said the discrepancies in the URL and product pages prove that the changes are only recent. Interestingly, the letter "Z" on Samsung Ukraine's official website still "survived".
Screenshot of Samsung Ukraine's official website
Previously, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency, after Russia's special military operations against Ukraine, the frequent appearance of letters on Russian military vehicles caused concern. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the letter "Z" represents "victory", while the letter "V" represents "the power of truth" and "the task will be completed".
Therefore, the letter "Z" has become a symbol of "support for Russia" in the eyes of many foreign netizens, and many companies have also been attacked because of the letter "Z". LV had earlier been scolded for the "Z" of the jewelry logo, and the Swiss Zurich insurance company also removed the company's logo "Z" from social media in order to "avoid suspicion".
For this modification of the product name, Samsung official has not given an explanation, this operation is regarded by SamMobile as a "low-key change".
In addition, the folding screen mobile phone name on Samsung's official website in other countries has not removed the "Z", and Samsung has not made a statement on whether it will modify the product name globally.
SamMobile believes that Samsung's move is to once again express its position on the situation in Russia and Ukraine. According to Yonhap News Agency, after the escalation of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Samsung has suspended its supply to Russia and provided assistance equivalent to $6 million to Ukraine.
In the foreign electronic product user forum, many netizens expressed their confusion about this.
"It's stupid."
"What the hell is wrong with human beings!" The next step they might want to remove the 'Z' from the alphabet hahaha. ”
"I wonder when we lost common sense to the point of absurdity."
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