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Apple Releases New Santa-Themed Ad for iPhone 4S and Siri
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But it's not 4G!!!Why would anyone want one?!
Just as fast as 4G phones on the market. Without the hype of saying it's 4G. Who's really getting 4G today anyways? about 4 cities?
Yeah, cause if Samsung didn't call their phone a phone someone certainly might mistake if for a microwave.
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But where's the commercial with the specs, features? How else would we know this is better than the competition?
Thanks for staying classy Apple
This whole ad is dedicated to a feature. I think you're holding your brain wrong.
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I really liked this commercial. Saw it during an NFL game and just smiled
To all the people over analyzing it, you have to remember its a commercial about Santa Claus. It's the Christmas season so just enjoy it don't over think it!!
I really liked this commercial. Saw it during an NFL game and just smiled
To all the people over analyzing it, you have to remember its a commercial about Santa Claus. It's the Christmas season so just enjoy it don't over think it!!
Awesome ad! WAY better than the smartass Samsung ads..
Speaking of which, do they really think they'll switch iPhone users to Samsung by insulting and attacking them???
They certainly won't switch all the creative baristas out there, but yes, it drives their point home very well.
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Siri won't support danish, ever. Not only is danish impossible to synthesize, to train a machine into understanding it is beyond this world ; )
(Seasons Greetings from Sweden!)
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I cannot remember and I try very hard, but what music is used by Apple in this ad?
I cannot remember and I try very hard, but what music is used by Apple in this ad?
Santa Claus wasn't created by the German. I was a derivative of the German words "Sankt Nikolaus" for St. Nicholas, which when Americans try to pronounce turned into "Santa Claus."
Great ad!
BUT - Has anybody else used that Siri command before?
Specific emails? - I've just had a play around with it, but it's bringing up no definitive results..
Any luck?
BUT - Has anybody else used that Siri command before?
Specific emails? - I've just had a play around with it, but it's bringing up no definitive results..
Any luck?
Santa only has to visit the "good" ones.
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I think Siri will understand Danish before it can understand a rural Scotchman's version of English.
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Very funny!
Really, Apple is focusing on what is a really standout feature that is wholly unique. It's how you differentiate yourself from the "wannabe iPhones."
BTW, I was on the Yahoo home page and was treated to an extremely short but powerful iPod Touch video that was aimed squarely at the teens with their MTV attention spans. It was so "on target" it made my head spin with admiration.
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It's a specific app. Do a search for "naughty or nice." I use it to find all the "naughty" girls.
Hmmm... after a quick round on the goog, it appears there is only 2-3 billion (depending on the methodology of the estimation) christians (adults and children) on the planet, so yeah, it is a bit high.....
Because like god, he doesn't exist...
I'm mad because Siri doesn't work that fast in the real world. Especially on sprint
Santa only has to visit the "good" ones.
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I think Siri will understand Danish before it can understand a rural Scotchman's version of English.
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Very funny!
Really, Apple is focusing on what is a really standout feature that is wholly unique. It's how you differentiate yourself from the "wannabe iPhones."
BTW, I was on the Yahoo home page and was treated to an extremely short but powerful iPod Touch video that was aimed squarely at the teens with their MTV attention spans. It was so "on target" it made my head spin with admiration.
0) There aren't even 3.7 bn kids on the world to begin with.
1) No way. Danish is almost impossible to comprehend for a human; it will take hundred years before a computer is smart enough to interpret it!
2) Indeed, service-based differentiation. How non-replaceable it will turn out be remains to be seen. Either way, it helps build Apples image as an innovator.
Santa only has to visit the "good" ones.
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I think Siri will understand Danish before it can understand a rural Scotchman's version of English.
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A cute little ad.
Please remember that Scotch is a drink (whiskey)
A person from Scotland is a Scot, or is Scots
Therefore a man from Scotland is a Scotsman.
I'm English, but I know this upsets the Scots!
"Share and Enjoy"
Santa was raised in America
Santa was raised in America.
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Even if Siri cannot connect that night due to network overload, the kids are still going to be very very happy with their new iPhone 4S.
After all, they have thousands of games to download and play.
Santa was raised in America.
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Even if Siri cannot connect that night due to network overload, the kids are still going to be very very happy with their new iPhone 4S.
After all, they have thousands of games to download and play.
The iPhone will
0. 3.7 billion includes kids AND adults. Santa gives gifts to adult too.
1. Danish is a lot easier to understand than Chinese. And the iPhone will be able to understand Chinese in the future. Therefore, Danish is just around the corner.
2. Apple's ads are fantastic. Google is scrambling to try and copy Siri despite dissing it.
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Santa can slow down time. This is how he can visit 3.7 billion people at nearly the same time.
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Yes. Santa loves wearing $400 glasses.
0. 3.7 billion includes kids AND adults. Santa gives gifts to adult too.
1. Danish is a lot easier to understand than Chinese. And the iPhone will be able to understand Chinese in the future. Therefore, Danish is just around the corner.
2. Apple's ads are fantastic. Google is scrambling to try and copy Siri despite dissing it.
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Santa can slow down time. This is how he can visit 3.7 billion people at nearly the same time.
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Yes. Santa loves wearing $400 glasses.
^ Apple at one time thought the same way with Business users; remember the Lemmings commercial?
And Apple is just dominating the business market now, aren't they?
No, wait, they're not, and Apple learned their lesson back in 1985. Not really sure the point in defending Samsung by saying they're 26 years behind their competition.
As for the 3.7 billion appointments, I don't think the number is that far out of whack, after all. Yes, there are only 2.1 billion Christians, but add in the atheist families who treat Christmas as a secular gift-giving holiday, and all the members of the other religions living in Christian-heavy populations that have jealous kids wanting presents like all their friends get, and the number surely gets closer. As a kid, I knew several Jewish families that, even despite Hanukkah, still had Santa show up on the 25th. Today as an adult, I know plenty of non-believers who exchange gifts and have a tree. Like it or not, and personally I kind of hate it, the secular traditions of Christmas have overpowered the religious holiday and there's a lot more families celebrating Santa than there are believers in Jesus.
The real question you should be asking, is not about the number of appointments, it's why Santa's listing them one name at a time instead of per-household. That's woefully inefficient of him. Is his big sack of presents just as disorganized? When calculating how fast he needs to travel between each home, we may now need to account for the fact that he visits each house multiple times for each person living there. Also, he's not going street-by-street, but jumping between houses seemingly at random, even when they're located hundreds of miles apart. Not to mention all that time checking his list twice on Christmas morning instead of doing all that ahead of time before packing the sleigh!
Anyway, Christmas ads, especially Santa ads, usually irritate me to no end. This one actually got a chuckle out of me, especially the part about checking the weather (and discovering it's cold and snowing the whole way, poor guy).
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