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Apple Debuts Four New FaceTime Ads
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Nothing makes me wanna buy a phone more than a voice over and robotic finger, not!
I know this is an ad, but the acting is ok at best.
Please, leave your fanboy hat at home next time.
Please, leave your fanboy hat at home next time.
Everything initially was limited in a way. Just give it a bit more time and you will be able to use it everywhere.
No it doesn't, once you turn FaceTime on the icon replaces the hold icon for all phone calls. It also shows up on every contact page.
2 things i don't get it
there are only 2 things i don't get...
1. if all the iphone 4's out there are having issues with the antena on the ouside, how come they are still selling so many of them??? why people are still buying even if knowing there are some major issues????
2. hows apple clamming this video calling thing a revolution they created when my old nokia n95 used to do it over 3g 3 years ago?
there are only 2 things i don't get...
1. if all the iphone 4's out there are having issues with the antena on the ouside, how come they are still selling so many of them??? why people are still buying even if knowing there are some major issues????
2. hows apple clamming this video calling thing a revolution they created when my old nokia n95 used to do it over 3g 3 years ago?
Simple ads that make their point in a very obvious way. I don't think anyone would watch these ads and say "okay but I don't get it". Advertising is mostly about that, people understanding what the product is about. People still know nothing about Apple and their ads weren't very helpful as to what Apple is about: everyone still keeps asking me whether you can have Facebook on Macs and whether my iPod can make phone calls, I think people would love the stuff but they just don't know what it is. And Apple should also air their ads in other countries!
"Hey Dr. Johnson, my hooha is itchy and red, let me show you"
facetime!
also,
there goes sneaking off to the bathroom quietly while talking on the phone.
facetime!
also,
there goes sneaking off to the bathroom quietly while talking on the phone.
Well, In low signal areas the new design works better, and the 'major issue' has an easy workaround - hold it differently. I can live with that.
A revolution isn't the spark - its the raging fire.
Its not the idea - its how it catches on.
Never seen anyone video conferencing on a phone, so it hasn't been a big hit.
Now, that could be for many reasons - maybe it wan't that popular to build up momentum or it just didn't work as well.
The N95 sold a million units in 7 months - so the number of people capable of using video conferencing wasn't that great.
The ip4 sold 1.7 million in 3 days. And this time next year when the 4gs comes out - EVERY phone sold by apple will have facetime.
Never tried the N95 so i don't know what the picture quality was like, but it hasn't seemed to catch on, so maybe the experience wasn't as good as it could have been?
EDIT:
Just had a look, and the quality doesn't look great great in a small window let alone a full screen version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYVBok0I6EE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiVWtOd-vDw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGzEy3oQ4Co
If the reality of facetime is as good as it looks on the ads, maybe the tech has finally caught up with the science fiction?
quattro formaggi
IMHO
I'm not sure if Apple have changed their ad agency recently or not but the recent ads coming out just make me throw up a little
It started with the iPad (hate the script for that one) -
and now these - more cheese than a quattro formaggi pizza with extra parmesan followed by stilton and biscuits without the biscuits.
They're all getting a bit too Microsoft for my liking - where's the edge that made Apple ads more like their products?
IMHO
I'm not sure if Apple have changed their ad agency recently or not but the recent ads coming out just make me throw up a little
It started with the iPad (hate the script for that one) -
and now these - more cheese than a quattro formaggi pizza with extra parmesan followed by stilton and biscuits without the biscuits.
They're all getting a bit too Microsoft for my liking - where's the edge that made Apple ads more like their products?
"switch your phone to wifi"
What does that even mean? Just touch 'Facetime'
If you don't have wifi, well all right. You can't use it. But I can. Don't try to say that it's not dirt simple. It is.
No. Apple sure wasn't first, but it is pushing it. First it made FaceTime an open standard, one that will quickly be picked up by other vendors, and are actively advertising this new [for Apple] feature... now show me the Nokia TV ads for video calls initiated on a Nokia mobile phone.
Obviously FaceTime shouldn't be used to replace every phone call, if you just need to ask if there is milk at home of if your should grab it on the way you don't need to FaceTime. If you are walking down a busy street, you don't need to FaceTime, or be on speaker at all for that matter.
You aren't going on a date over the phone, its ok if your hair is a little out of place. Do we have a low self-esteem?
Ok? 10 years ago not all friends had a cell phone?
So much extra thats it 100% at the moment, and will remain free over WiFi indefinitely.
Perhaps, but is it more convenient to take a short video of a new game you bought or a few friends that came over, then MMS it, or is it easier to just call your friend and show them?
I think the "When you're smiling"-ad is more appealing, simply because it shows situations, where facetime can be useful for some people (soldier seeing the first pictures of his child, hearing impaired etc.).
But I don't think anyone would like to hear "I'm pregnant" on a cellphone.
But I don't think anyone would like to hear "I'm pregnant" on a cellphone.
These new iPhone ads get "thumbs up" from me. I like them very much. I think that they really try to capture some genuine human experiences in an honest and simple way. Very nice. I like all 4 of them! (Yes, I liked the Mac vs PC ads too, but these are very different, and very nice too.)
As a clueless 80-year old grandpa, I don't know what you mean by 'setting up' a wireless network. It's just there, for the house, or the rec center, or the airport. And I stick to iPhones now because the old Nokia and the Razr were too hard to figure out. Nobody 'tries' to use an iPhone. You just do it.
Oh for god's sake.
I've not even watched either of the video's yet, but just look at the top image (before you run the video)
The phone being held exactly as we've been told not to hold it.
Correction, now having watched the 1st video, it's being held in the Officially Wrong Way during the whole advert.
How dumb is that to tell the public one thing and show in your own advert another?
I've not even watched either of the video's yet, but just look at the top image (before you run the video)
The phone being held exactly as we've been told not to hold it.
Correction, now having watched the 1st video, it's being held in the Officially Wrong Way during the whole advert.
How dumb is that to tell the public one thing and show in your own advert another?
Very little free wifi here also, a few hotels (most require a room number and such). The Public Library has it. Not everyone lives in a mega city.