Samsung’s new ploy to get youngsters off iPhones is a MrBeast sponsorship

Samsung writes in its announcement that it will showcase “what’s attainable with a Galaxy smartphone for aspiring {and professional} creators.”

The corporate’s telephones get some display time within the video. There’s a fast mid-video advert learn for the Galaxy Z Flip 5 with a nod to the S23 Extremely whereas MrBeast drives a prototype $2 million hydrogen automotive that has no seatbelts. There are glimpses of the S23 Extremely mounted inside vehicles all through the remainder of the video and a few hyperlinks within the description, together with one to a behind-the-scenes video uploaded by Samsung. In any other case, it’s very a lot only a MrBeast video:

The blue bubble peer stress idea about teenagers’ iPhone choice would suggest Samsung’s efforts are doomed, however hey, perhaps a $1,000 folding cellphone is the correct cellphone to problem that idea with. We’ll see if the corporate’s MrBeast sponsorship strikes the needle for the fifth technology of Samsung’s flip cellphone. Perhaps that video thumbnail displaying off Donaldson’s pearly whites as a substitute of his uvula will assist.