iPhone on TV: Finally

[dharrison9]

Product placement is a beautiful thing, especially when it's an Apple product. We see them all the time on 24 and Spooks but finally the iPhone has arrived on television. The most recent episode of Numb3rs has an iPhone prominently featured in a scene. Charlie's father, Alan, returns Amita's iPhone to her after she left it in the hallway. The iPhone can be seen clearly with the Apple logo also evident.

The question is: Why would someone leave their iPhone lying around?

[EvilDoc]

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One of the chicks on Csi -Ny has one too. But they only show the back.

[gr8tfly]

A few other sightings here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368490

I saw it on NUMB3RS, too. I cringed when they said it was dropped.

[chr1s60]

Also was on Friday Night Lights and How I Met Your Mother.

[ellsworth]

just watch MTV for an hour or two... everyone has one on it.:eek:

[samh004]

Charlie's father, Alan, returns Amita's iPhone to her after she left it in the hallway.

Sounds like a really bad script to just feature an iPhone...

[iMikeT]

No one mentioned that it was also on the pilot episode of Journey Man. They go as far as to even show the UI.

[IDANNY]

No one mentioned that it was also on the pilot episode of Journey Man. They go as far as to even show the UI.

yah its been in every episode to

[Dash-2]

They made a huge mistake in Jouney man.
It was cool to see it on Numb3rs the other night though :D

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2007/09/zz65ef9342.jpg

And her's a video showing them all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt_LfYaASpc

[zedsdead]

I saw it used on a new show (which was free on iTunes, and it was terrible) about Vampire detectives or something. Of course, they were using it to take pictures of crime scenes (some in low lighting) and miraculously, she was ABLE TO GET CLOSE UP's...the worst feature on the iPhone was being used in the advertising.

[dharrison9]

Sounds like a really bad script to just feature an iPhone...

Haha, that's what I thought, but it did advance both storylines for Amita and Fleinhart so I guess the iPhone is a great way to move along romantic stories.

All these spottings remind me of when the OQO was on 24 and used by the bad guys. Must have been season 4, I guess.

[rfrankl]

Spencer and Brody have them on The Hills (yes, my wife watches it so I catch it from time to time). Then channel surfing, I saw one of the guys in the new Backstreet Boys video on VH1 had it. Also, saw Mike Tyson with one on one of those Entertainment Tonight type shows

[ClassicBean]

Spencer and Brody have them on The Hills (yes, my wife watches it so I catch it from time to time). Then channel surfing, I saw one of the guys in the new Backstreet Boys video on VH1 had it. Also, saw Mike Tyson with one on one of those Entertainment Tonight type shows

Channel surfing. Riiiiiiiiight. Likely story.

[rfrankl]

Channel surfing. Riiiiiiiiight. Likely story.

Haha...I knew I would get flamed, but I don't care. Hope all these people on tv with them keep making the stock go up.

[maestro55]

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Apple always gets the best product placement. I guess that comes with having the best product. I wonder how much they pay for thier logo to be displayed so often.

[nevesis]

This one really pissed me off..

For anyone who has seen the MTV show "Life Of Ryan" which is about a 17 year old spoiled skateboarder who has an iPhone and uses it alot during the show.

One scene recently, shows him on the phone with someone and after he gets off he harshly throws the phone down on a table, screen side down.

It was pure disgust.

[gr8tfly]

Two and a half men. Charlie has one.

[thatdude90210]

They had one tonight on "Chuck," used by superhot blonde agent Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski). She used it to take a picture of NSA agent Casey (Adam Baldwin) in a rather compromising position, tied up in bed in his underwear.

[gr8tfly]

They had one tonight on "Chuck," used by superhot blonde agent Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski). She used it to take a picture of NSA agent Casey (Adam Baldwin) in a rather compromising position, tied up in bed in his underwear.

Missed that one. Knew I should have paused it.... ;)

[thatdude90210]

Oh, the superhot blonde had a powerbook at the end, with the logo facing the camera. Pretty good product placement. She had the Apple logo facing the camera with the iphone too. Did I mention she was superhot? :)

[oogje]

Two and a half men. Charlie has one.

And oddly enough his proximity sensor didn't work. When he held the phone to his ear the display didn't go dark.

[westernmass]

Sam on the tv show Vegas has been using an iPhone the entire episode tonight 02/01/08.

[peeaanuut]

There are 2 or 3 on NCIS as well. As for the comment about the vampire detective show, you might be talking about Moonlight, but I could be wrong. its actually a pretty good show.

[peeaanuut]

Also Barney uses one on How I Met Your Mother and Ted has an iMac and Marshall has a Macbook Pro.

[caffeeneaddict]

one was one house on tuesday too. House gets it as a secret santa gift and says "either this was more than $25 or i am seriously starting to doubt steve job's business strategy."

[dacreativeguy]

And oddly enough his proximity sensor didn't work. When he held the phone to his ear the display didn't go dark.

Because they probably put a static image file on the screen. The proximity sensor only works in phone mode. Can't imagine that they would actually place a real call during a taping.

[pkoch1]

Brooke Davis throws her iPhone into the water (ocean, lake, pond...i forget) in One Tree Hill this season.

[Bootsie]

Moonlight- Mick and Beth both have them, but one is in a case, and one has a shiny diamond shape instead of the apple logo (I was watching this tonight, that is why I remember all this), One Tree Hill- Brooke has one, How I met your mother- Barney has one, Chuck- both Sarah and Chuck have them, Jorney Man- Dan has one (I liked this show, I am sad that it was canceled)

That is just out of the shows that I watch.

BTW I am really not that freaky about TV, I just happen to be good with details.

[Bootsie]

Brooke Davis throws her iPhone into the water (ocean, lake, pond...i forget) in One Tree Hill this season.

Yes, but I think it was a blackberry, and she gets an iPhone after that.

[Bootsie]

And oddly enough his proximity sensor didn't work. When he held the phone to his ear the display didn't go dark.

This happened on Moonlight when I was watching it tonight as well.

[pkoch1]

Yes, but I think it was a blackberry, and she gets an iPhone after that.

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure she had threw the iPhone, used Peyton's blackberry, then got another iPhone.

[pkoch1]

This happened on Moonlight when I was watching it tonight as well.

When Brooke makes calls on One Tree Hill, the home screen is showing.

[luis138]

On Nip/Tuck Dr. Christian Troy has one.

Luis

[PatrickC]

Sam on the tv show Vegas has been using an iPhone the entire episode tonight 02/01/08.

I noticed that too. Last episode she had a Razr, whereas this episode she used an iPhone almost everytime she was on camera.

[wvuwhat]

There's also a mention of iphone in the beggining of Lupe Fiasco's "Paris, Tokyo" song. Just a small mention, but hey, it's there.

[Bootsie]

I was watching One Tree Hill on the internet tonight, and it was showing Lucas in the past, 2-3 years, and he is using an iPhone. LOL

[Jshwon]

Was watching Friday Night Lights tonight and the drunk quarterback pulled out an iPhone while at the strip club. It was the hospital calling to tell him his grandmother fell down and couldn't get up. :p

[XenNightz]

They made a huge mistake in Jouney man.
It was cool to see it on Numb3rs the other night though :D

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2007/09/zz65ef9342.jpg

And her's a video showing them all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt_LfYaASpc

Dude, it's upside down. wtf?

[alecmcmahon]

On Nip/Tuck Dr. Christian Troy has one.

Luis

so does that crazy old agent bitch.

[hexonxonx]

Dude, it's upside down. wtf?

And in the second scene, when he's holding the phone in his hand, it doesn't look like an iPhone. When he's searching Google, it is an iPhone.

[xy14]

this is unrelated but when I went to get some "chacha" last night the person saw my phone and she said i was like a rockstar now.

[Daremo]

Celebrity Apprentice had them on a few times.

[mikelliott]

Jason Statham uses one in the movie War. He flashes it and shows the logo, but when he puts it to his ear it is upside down.

[philgilder]

tesco (here in the UK) use macbook pros to advertise their internet service
it used to be a regular macbook pro, quite recognisable
now, they digitally edit it so that the (17in model is used) dvd drive is on both sides of the case
so i looks weird, but obviously a macbook pro :)