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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / August 2008iPhone ad is MISLEADING, is BANNED by authorities
Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE TRUTH? http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/08/27/apple-iphone-ad-banned-in -the-uk/ Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the first, Apple¹s TV ads for the device have made it look a little better than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps download almost instantly. Calls are never ever dropped. Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britain¹s Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that one of Apple¹s TV spots misleads consumers and ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K. > Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE > TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Authority has ruled that one of Apple¹s TV spots misleads consumers and > ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K. Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of them wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch. >> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE >> TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of them >wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch. My favorite commercial: One spouse, one house; Obama 08 > >> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE > >> TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > One spouse, one house; Obama 08 I haven't seen that iPhone commercial. Can you point me to a link? I didn't know Obama used an iPhone in his house. >> >> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE >> >> TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >I didn't know Obama used an iPhone in his house. The old guy he's running against doesn't even know the first thing about computers. http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2008/08/20/3008/attention_mccain_comput ers_arent_just_for_the_young > >> >Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of > >> >them [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > The old guy he's running against doesn't even know the first thing > about computers. Who gives a f.ck? Just shut the f.ck up. If you want to talk politics, go somewhere else. Go somewhere where it's APPROPRIATE to talk politics. Jesus Christ. Not everything in the world is a political conversation. >> >> >Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of >> >> >them [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Jesus Christ. Not everything in the world is a political conversation. I always know when I'm spot on correct, as I'm reply by someone that cuts out the relevant URL, overs no logical answer, buts lots of childish insults. http://www.minnpost.com/community_voices/2008/08/20/3008/attention_mccain_comput ers_arent_just_for_the_young John McCain doesn't know thing one about computers, let alone an iPhone. Worse than when Bush didn't know what a Segway was. > I always know when I'm spot on correct, You've NEVER been spot on correct. On 8/28/08 6:20 PM, in article Xns9B08B06121D94bob@216.196.97.136, "The Bob" <nospam@bob.com> wrote: > >> >> I always know when I'm spot on correct, > > You've NEVER been spot on correct. The only spot he makes are those in his panties. On 8/28/08 6:09 AM, in article co1db4lf5tci1nhog1bi7s35qachbqe7t7@4ax.com, >>>>>> Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of >>>>>> them [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > John McCain doesn't know thing one about computers, let alone an > iPhone. Worse than when Bush didn't know what a Segway was. Elmo was right. Get the f.ck ouuta here with all that bullshit, a.shole! >> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING >> THE TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all > of them wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch. We do get silly about this. Advertising is meant to show off the best features of what it's selling. What if I bought that Porsche I saw zooming down the road in the commercial and then found out I can't go 90mph anywhere in the U.S.? Can I sue? In the late '50's, MAD magazine did a parody about truth in advertising and all the disclaimers that would dominate the ads. It was funny then and still applies now. >>> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING >>> THE TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > all the disclaimers that would dominate the ads. It was funny then and still > applies now. Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands. That Porsche is still capable of what is depicted, it's just not legally allowed to do that on public roads, hence the fine print "professional driver, closed course".  Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' > Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert > depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands. Actually that's not the issue in this case- the hoopla in the UK is from the ad's implication you can go to "anywhere" on the web, which the objectors claim is not quite true given the lack of flash and java support. Personally, I have no problem with the ad- it's an ad. 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Email: whole_nike@yahoo.cn Msn: james_nike@hotmail.com Site: http://www.whole-nike.co -- wholesusa > Site: http://www.whole-nike.com I've taken the opportunity of this post to send this URL up to some "friends" who have backdoor access to a university mainframe that downloads about a zillion webpages per second from some amazingly wide pipes during the 82% of the time the university doesn't have any jobs for it to do at the moment.....(c; Have you ever seen a hit counter moving so fast you can't see the last 5 digits on the right because your video isn't that fast?....(c; >> Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert >> depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > that bore no more than a passing resemblance to the sloppy dried-out > Big Mac I wrestled from it's cardboard box last week. Exactly. The guy nit-picked my Porsche analogy, missing the point entirely, but the Big Mac one seems more impenetrable. > Exactly. The guy nit-picked my Porsche analogy, missing the point entirely, > but the Big Mac one seems more impenetrable. ...as was the bun on the Big Mac! (Insert Rim-shot!) >>> Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert >>> depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Exactly. The guy nit-picked my Porsche analogy, missing the point entirely, > but the Big Mac one seems more impenetrable. I didn't miss your point, I got it, and I think it's stupid to believe any advert is a valid source of reliable information about any product. Adverts are full of innuendo, conjecture, special effects, half truths, and it's stupid to believe this is anything worth paying attention to. IMO, virtually ALL adverts are unmitigated bullshit. Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:g950id$4cr$1 @aioe.org: > sloppy dried-out Big Mac I > wrestled from it's cardboard box last week. > You mean the one with NO GAP between the bun halves....like mine. I always point to the one I want and say, "I want one that looks exactly like the picture." Try that at Arby's some time. They have flat sandwiches for $10! >>> Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to >>> reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britain¹s Advertising Standards >>> Authority has ruled that one of Apple¹s TV spots misleads consumers >>> and ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K. I think they should order Apple to make the iPhone work like it does in the commercial, and give people free upgrades/replacements. >> Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all >> of them wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch. >> >We do get silly about this. Advertising is meant to show off the best >features of what it's selling. You mean *LIE ABOUT*, don't you? >What if I bought that Porsche I saw zooming >down the road in the commercial and then found out I can't go 90mph anywhere >in the U.S.? Can I sue? You *can* go 90mph somewhere in the USA. Among many other places, you can rent time at the Texas Motor Speedway (when there isn't a NASCAR or other event there) and go a lot faster than 90mph (you can rent race cars, too). It's also possible to drive around on your own property not subject to speed limits or having a driver's license. >In the late '50's, MAD magazine did a parody about truth in advertising and >all the disclaimers that would dominate the ads. It was funny then and still >applies now. It is not mandatory to show the car going 90mph. It is not mandatory to show women, who, on seeing that you own the car, attempt to drag the owner into the back seat so they can have his baby. It is not mandatory to claim that your cookies are "made by elves" with a disclaimer that they mean teamsters with Spock ears, which is *NOT* an acceptable substitute. > Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE > TRUTH? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps download almost > instantly. Calls are never ever dropped. Notice the subtle attack on the gPhone in that ad. |
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