Russia Commemorates Steve Jobs with Giant iPhone in St. Petersburg - Page 4

doubleaa · Jan 10, 2013, 06:38 PM

Being that it is in Russia, it would be fitting if this giant iPhone was a Product Red edition.

cfs112 · Jan 10, 2013, 06:38 PM

Nice little gift from Russia!

ritmomundo · Jan 10, 2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cxny

not so fast...

Ah touché. But that's got historical and geographical significance at Menlo Park. I don't see the point of a huge iPhone "memorial" in a science lab's courtyard in St Petersberg, Russia.

chumawumba · Jan 10, 2013, 07:17 PM

my, my what a rumor

Frisco · Jan 10, 2013, 07:22 PM

Just like we celebrate Christopher Columbus for being a murderer we celebrate Jobs for being a SOB arrogant snob.

Maybe a new Holiday in tribute to the late Jobs is next?

osaga · Jan 10, 2013, 07:37 PM

It's great! A 6' sculpture in the courtyard of some apartment building in Russia, who cares! It's amusing!

kalsta · Jan 10, 2013, 08:21 PM

Now where have I seen that memorial before?

JAQ · Jan 10, 2013, 08:49 PM

The year my boyfriend worked at the Apple Store, he sold a lot of iPhone 3G's to Russians. "I vould like 10 iPhone, da?"
For what it's worth.

cxny · Jan 10, 2013, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ritmomundo

Ah touché. But that's got historical and geographical significance at Menlo Park. I don't see the point of a huge iPhone "memorial" in a science lab's courtyard in St Petersberg, Russia.

I'm not sure anybody does, except for the Petro$$ that paid for it.

mactoday · Jan 10, 2013, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesryanbell

Looks nothing like an iPhone. Hilarious and sad.

Make it better, what you have done in your own country to remember Steve Jobs?

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Originally Posted by Radio

It's not done very well - agreed

it's should not look like iPhone 4, it's monument. you could try make it better, smart ass!

mactoday · 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Eduardo1971

Marx, Stalin, and Lenin must be rolling in their graves.

You so uneducated, you should be ashamed of yourself. Russia almost 22 years live without communism, while your government kill people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya because of oil, Russia has own oil and doesn't need to kill people. So, shut the **** up and enjoy your ****ing life.
You're not disgusted by the fact that all iPhones have been made by chinese communists?

entatlrg · Jan 10, 2013, 10:05 PM

Beautiful and respectful, well done.

b166er · Jan 10, 2013, 10:06 PM

I don't even understand how this happened. Someone "designed" it, and it was supposed to look like an iPhone, which would require no actual original design at all. Yet they still somehow messed it up.

tech4all · Jan 10, 2013, 10:15 PM

Kinda odd that it has a huge bezel...

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Originally Posted by mactoday

You so uneducated, you should be ashamed of yourself. Russia almost 22 years live without communism, while your government kill people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya because of oil, Russia has own oil and doesn't need to kill people. So, shut the **** up and enjoy your ****ing life.

JavaTheHut · Jan 10, 2013, 11:50 PM

Hilarious reminds me of SCTV spoof CCCP1 - see 3m:39s "New Soviet Mini Cam"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1j9erks2Y

StrudelTurnover · 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mactoday

You're not disgusted by the fact that all iPhones have been made by chinese communists?

Nice job negating your "stale opinions" rant with one of your own.
As I'm sure you (and certainly your elders) know, Communism does not permit legal gambling, and wants to eradicate it. Yet China acquired Macau in 1999. No signs of it slowing down. That's a motive of capitalism, as long as the government gets to control what gambling occurs, it's willing to benefit. It's one of my Political Science professor's favorite arguments to make about economic policy double standards that betray political motives.

(And with that, I'm probably already off-topic enough to get bumped to the Politics forum. Reply at your own risk.

)

attila · Jan 11, 2013, 02:04 AM

At least they dodged the QR code idea...

Mr. Gates · Jan 11, 2013, 02:20 AM

What a spectacle, what a sham, how lame and devoid of class can you be ?

A waste of money and time.

redAPPLE · Jan 11, 2013, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by GenesisST

Gerard Depardieu will eat it...

...or pee on it.

ParsiKade · Jan 11, 2013, 04:51 AM

Thank you but that's not an iPhone.

Bezetos · Jan 11, 2013, 05:22 AM

To all the people who think that it's stupid that the screen is that small, let me break it down for you:

You are suppose to interact with this screen. How stupid you would look trying to interact with a screen that starts at your ankles? The screen size and position is a result of good UX.

samcraig · Jan 11, 2013, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bezetos

To all the people who think that it's stupid that the screen is that small, let me break it down for you:

You are suppose to interact with this screen. How stupid you would look trying to interact with a screen that starts at your ankles? The screen size and position is a result of good UX.

Well let me pose this back to you then. Could they not have had two screens. One that you interact with at the top and then another butted up against it under it so that the "appearance" was of a full screen iPhone.

Personally I don't really care (about what it looks like) - I'm never going to go see it and I find the marketing on their website extremely tacky. But there are ways they could have make it more iPhone-like.

That being said - there's also a greater chance that Apple would have it removed if it were.

kjs862 · Jan 11, 2013, 08:22 AM

at first i thought it was pretty cool but after hearing about the message from sj, not so cool.

Bubba Satori · Jan 11, 2013, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kalsta

Now where have I seen that memorial before?

The difference being that the monolith increased intelligence...

Meandmunch · Jan 11, 2013, 09:39 AM

Supa Tacky.

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doubleaa macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2011	Being that it is in Russia, it would be fitting if this giant iPhone was a Product Red edition.
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chumawumba macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: In a box	my, my what a rumor
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Jan 10, 2013, 07:37 PM	#81
osaga macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2012	It's great! A 6' sculpture in the courtyard of some apartment building in Russia, who cares! It's amusing!
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Jan 10, 2013, 08:21 PM	#82
kalsta macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Australia	Now where have I seen that memorial before?
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JAQ macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008 Location: Purgatory MI	The year my boyfriend worked at the Apple Store, he sold a lot of iPhone 3G's to Russians. "I vould like 10 iPhone, da?" For what it's worth.
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entatlrg macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Waterloo & Georgian Bay, Canada	Beautiful and respectful, well done.
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ParsiKade macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Iran	Thank you but that's not an iPhone.
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Bezetos macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2012 Location: far away from an Apple store	To all the people who think that it's stupid that the screen is that small, let me break it down for you: You are suppose to interact with this screen. How stupid you would look trying to interact with a screen that starts at your ankles? The screen size and position is a result of good UX.
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kjs862 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2004	at first i thought it was pretty cool but after hearing about the message from sj, not so cool.
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