SingTel/ Samsung GALAXY S presents Super Junior- Press Conference

Wow! What a weekend! Super Junior literally swept into town like a hurricane. This must have been one of the shortest visit by a celebrity as they were here for only half a day. Still, for all the fans who did managed to see them, I believe it was an unforgettable experience.

The line had began to form early in the night…according to news article. I am hardly surprised by this as it is free standing. So fans will want to be sure they can get a good spot.

Before the actual, actual press conference, all the invited media had a chance to take a look and touch THE phone, GALAXY S. For those of you who have smart phones (which according to Mr Yuen of SingTel, 75% of the last 6 months’ sales were from smart phones…and I’m guessing in particular, a certain “i” brand, hence the rather subtle reference to that particular phone in their advert tagline), the phone would not be unfamiliar.

How? Nice?
Now, I’m no techie person, but I did read that the operating system, Android 2.1 is pretty good and quite highly anticipated. It’s no wonder that the black market for Super Junior’s tickets first appeared on tech forums as there were quite a few guys who reserved the phone the moment it came on the *market. And the pictures on the screen is really, really clear. Even I can see that. But ..the strange thing is…it doesn’t have Chinese language input in the phone. It has English, Malay and Korean (which is great) but no Chinese! Hmm… Those of you who did buy the phone…how is it? I’m really curious. And you should be able to watch exclusive post-event videos of Super Junior’s showcase on your TV Mobile. Are the clips any good?

*Someone from Samsung has clarified that you can write in Chinese, which is great as it makes sense. See his/ her comments below on how to do it.

Finally, the press conference started. Now I’ve been attending press conferences for quite a while and I must say this is one of the bigger ones in recent years…not sure if it’s due to Super Junior or the phone itself. Maybe both?

The official launch

Watch it on YouTube here

What followed was a short interview of Mr Moon Sung-Hyun of Samsung and Mr Yuen Kuan Moon of SingTel (I kinda of like the fact that Mr Yuen was rather casual with his jeans and sport shoes). Mr Yeun is pretty important coz he decides what kind of phones you are going to get in SingTel. So if you see any of those very hot phones in any of the Korean dramas that you think is a must have, maybe you can try and contact him. I wonder if he keeps a twitter or FB account. ^^ And Mr Moon was really, really enthusiastic not just about the GALAXY S (he whipped out his to demonstrate to the media) but also about Korea. He kept asking the audience to support Korea in the coming World Cup and watch KBS World on the phone. hahaha! But I don’t think there’s a KBS World on SingTel’s TV mobile.

The boys were asked what they thought of Singapore (it seems to be a must-asked question and the reply is pretty much always standard. I mean, which guest or artiste is going to say negative comments about their host country right?). But the one thing I was impressed…the boys were good spokesperson and very professional. There were given a GALAXY S phone each just hours before the media launch. Throughout the whole press conference, they were either constantly playing with the phone, holding up the phone for photo opportunities or just mentioning the phone. FYI, this phone has yet to be launched in Korea. Yup, Singapore is the first country to have it and it is exclusive to SingTel for 6 weeks. I wonder if it will spark a craze for it when it is launched in Korea?

And just how professional were the boys? Here’s Lee Teuk talk about his ‘family members’. The boys were asked what else are they good at besides singing a dancing.

Watch it on YouTube here

And here’s Shin Dong, with his applause clip. Not sure where he found the clip on the phone, but it was really funny when we first heard it.

Watch it on YouTube here

And a really pleasant and impromptu dance performance by Eun Hyuk…showing off his passion. ^^

Watch it on YouTube here

And are the boys afraid of anything? Not really it seems, at least not on TV anyway. They were asked if there was anything they would be afraid to do or wouldn’t do and the answer was ….NO. Lee Teuk replied that they have done too many things…including dressing up as women (really? when?), so nothing fazes them anymore.

Watch it on YouTube here

Finally, will they be coming back to Singapore again? Yes, replied Lee Teuk, just call us. Err.. how about giving us your phone number so we CAN call you? Wahahaha! But no need to call already, coz they will be back…probably next year for their Asia Tour.

Watch it on YouTube here

So there you have it…the super short Super Junior press conference. But a credit to their professionalism, if they were tired or jet lagged (after all, they did just arrived a couple of hours before), they did not show it and in fact, seemed to be really excited and happy to be in Singapore. Except for Hee Chul, who was really, really quiet and not at all happy. (found out later on the net that he was being bombarded by nasty text messages on his phone. Poor guy)

By the time the press conference ended, it was nearly 7pm, so not only was it a mad dash to the show for the boys, it was a mad dash for the media who attended as well.

Next coming up this week: Super Junior showcase!