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Anyone else find the iPhone 6 commercials absolutely terrible?
- Thread starter KuchiKopi
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Obviously. My point is, for a company like Apple that has typically done such a good job with marketing, its surprising they would air commercials so bad.
Actually I find them to be quite comical with Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. The only weird thing is if Apple hadn't mentioned it was them during the keynote I'm not sure I would either recognize or pay attention to their voices enough to know it was them. But otherwise very classy ad, unlike Samsung's usual junk ads bashing the iPhone 6. I would rather see Apple's iPhone 6 ads than Samsung's bashing ones.
briankeith513
macrumors 65816
scaredpoet
macrumors 604
Nope, same one, though apparently the rumblings are that they are on the way out.
ColdShadow
Cancelled
53kyle
macrumors 65816
To me, it just sounds like you are just trying to find something that people on this forum haven't complained about yet. Next, people are gonna try whining about how the corners of the iPhone are too rounded, or that the speaker holes are a millimeter too close together (I am not saying that either of those are true, just pointing out that people can find really stupid things to complain about).
Anyways, the commercial did its job...it certainly caught your attention.
Anyways, the commercial did its job...it certainly caught your attention.
12vElectronics
macrumors 68040
They are pretty bad. I remember their older commercials were funnier and others really made me want to buy the product.
The only one that makes me uncomfortable is the one where they're singing. Other than that, I don't have a problem with any of them.
Apple hasn't put out a funny commercial since the mac/pc commercials. However, funny commercials are not very effective. Make them too funny, and people forget what product was being shilled.
They aren't great but I don't find myself embarrassed. The product is good enough they don't really need commercials anyway!
Knowimagination
macrumors 68020
I like them, but then I love jimmy fallon and instantly knew who the voices were when they played it during the keynote.
12vElectronics
macrumors 68040
I do find them a bit... silly... for lack of a better term. I don't think they're "terrible" though. They show off the different features of the 6. With Samsung's wallhugger ad, the iPhone has more screen time than their own Galaxy S5. Also, like stated above, the iPhone doesn't even need a "good" commercial, or a commercial at all. It sold 10 million opening weekend, and what was it... an additional 4 million reservations in China already? Apple can afford to be as lame/silly/quirky as they want.
bowlerman625
macrumors 68020
I think the competitors commercials are dumb. None of them embaress me; I didn't write the script for them!