People now don't fall for branding but merits of product: Samsung executive

The Vice president of Samsung Knox mobile security group, Jay Shin believes that once upon a time, people were moved by branding but now they know better.

The Vice president of Samsung Knox mobile security group, Jay Shin believes that once upon a time, people were moved by branding but now they know better.

One Samsung executive believes people have changed. He thinks people don't fall for branding anymore, they know much about products, CNET reported.

Shin was speaking at his company's Business Discovery Day in London and declared that consumers are a lot smart er these days and there's a lot of information available to them.

Shin insisted to Computing that Apple devices aren't the only thing generating excitement these days. This he put down to people not being so concerned about the brand, but the merits of the actual product, the report added.