{"id":189583,"date":"2020-07-02T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T23:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=189583"},"modified":"2020-07-02T00:01:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T23:01:35","slug":"samsung-is-skipping-ifa-this-year-instead-running-its-own-digital-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=189583","title":{"rendered":"Samsung is skipping IFA this year, instead running its own digital event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Samsung is skipping IFA this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10000\/ifa-berlin-pivots-to-an-innovative-new-concept-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFA 2020<\/a> is scheduled to be the first major tech event this year to actually host a large number of people in a physical venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IFA 2020, which is scheduled for Sept. 4-9, won&#8217;t be as big as it normally is, given Berlin&#8217;s ban of all events with more than 5,000 participants. But the event&#8217;s organizers do plan to bring industry participants and the media together in a smaller setting, with attendance limited to 1,000 people per day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samsung, however, won&#8217;t be a part of that setting. In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/06\/30\/samsung-will-not-exhibit-at-ifa-2020-opts-for-digital-event-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechCrunch<\/a>, the company confirmed it will not be a part of IFA 2020 (though it does want to partner with IFA in the future).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have taken the exciting decision to share our latest news and announcements at our own digital event in early September,\u201d Samsung told the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no word on what that event will be about, though Samsung is widely expected to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/samsung-galaxy-fold-2-cheaper-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new foldable phones<\/a> around that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10679\/samsungs-massive-odyssey-monitors-finally-get-a-price-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung&#8217;s massive Odyssey monitors finally get a price tag<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Samsung typically has a massive presence at IFA, but it also rarely launches major products at the show, instead opting for an event of its own anyways, so this isn&#8217;t a radical change from the norm. Still, Samsung skipping IFA 2020 is a fairly big blow to the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still two full months until September, but the overall situation regarding the pandemic isn&#8217;t great; many European countries, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany<\/a>, have seen an uptick in new cases in the past month. Now that Samsung has said no to IFA, it&#8217;s quite possible that other tech companies will follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10846\/samsung-is-skipping-ifa-this-year-instead-running-its-own-digital-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Samsung is skipping IFA this year.\u00a0 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, IFA 2020 is scheduled to be the first major tech event this year to actually host a large number of people in a physical venue.\u00a0 IFA 2020, which is scheduled for Sept. 4-9, won&#8217;t be as big as it normally is, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189585,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189583\/revisions\/189585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/189584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}