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Why the heck would the article end with the information that the owner has replaced it with iPhone 7. When did the verge start"native" advertising?

• ericzawo 10y ago
  How is that native advertising? It's relevant to the story.
  • vmasto 10y ago
    How is that relevant to the story?
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  • hueving 10y ago
    It's about as relevant as saying he calmed his nerves from the whole ordeal with an ice cold coca cola.
    • bollockitis 10y ago
      Not really. It implies that the owner no longer has faith in Samsung products and has switched, so I'd say it's relevant. They could have said that he replaced it with "another brand," which would have been more appropriate, but I still think it's relevant.
      • hueving 10y ago
        It's still not relevant to the story, which is about the phone exploding. The owner losing faith in Samsung doesn't matter. The only way it would be relevant is if he has decided ahead of time that he was switching to the iPhone and Samsung tried to bump him off because of it.