Protesters Descend on Apple Store with 'Wake Up' Campaign
A mob of protesters turns up with nothing to identify their cause but signs that shout, "WAKE UP."
Over the last few months, Samsung has started to get a bit cheeky with its advertising. The company took aim at Apple fans who wait in line for each new iPhone with an ad campaign earlier this year. It also advertised the Galaxy Tab as 'The Tablet Apple Tried to Stop' when it finally launched the device in Australia. Considering these not so subtle jibes at Apple, is it any wonder Samsung is the number one suspect for another anti-Apple stunt?
The Sydney Apple Store recently attracted the attention of a mob of protesters. These people pulled up in a giant black bus with the words 'Wake Up' printed on the side and were dressed all in black. When they spilled out of the bus, the people immediately started chanting 'Wake up!' over and over again, and shook signs bearing the same slogan. One of them also had a megaphone (because it's not a protest until someone whips out a megaphone).
Though it's not clear who is behind the group of protesters, word on the street is that it's Apple rival Samsung and a follow on from a recent ad that painted iPhone users as sheep. For its part, Samsung has denied any involvement in the campaign.
"Samsung Electronics Australia has nothing to do with the 'Wake-Up Campaign,'" the company told SlashGear earlier today.
So if not Samsung, then who? Your guess is as good as ours.
Conveniently enough, Blogger Nate "Blunty" Burr was at the Apple Store in Sydney on the day in question and managed to capture the whole thing on film. Check it out below!

...it could still be but my money is on Microsoft/Nokia.
Those two have been spouting a lot of anti-iphone stuff with those commercials lately, so it wouldn't surprise me at all.
New York is busy with the 99%. Please try your protest again later.
Not sure that this absolves Samsung of guilt.. well played, Samsung, well played.
... I'm pretty sure that most people on this site don't view Allah as anything more than a myth such as Zeus already, so it probably won't take 200 years for THAT to happen. I also don't think that Jobs will be viewed as another Jesus either.
All 10 iOS users in Sydney heard of this protest and were mortified. Australians aren't good iSheep. Now New York...if they'd done this in New York it may have had some impact.
True...true, but still amusing it is.
Samsung can't compete? LOL. They're just not good at indoctrinating their customers like Apple is, otherwise their stuff is kick-ass.
And your little Android device isn't built on cheap labor?
looks like apple fanboys aren't the only ones that need to wake up.
So because I despise Apple, you automatically assume use Android?
Your detective skills are flawed.
For Samsung these few protestors was money well-spent. I still think they should have picked a bigger city.
http://www.wake-up-australia.com.au/