Apple Shares New 'Siri and Liam' TV Ad for Earth Day

[Jakexb]

Wow, tough crowd.

 

[Raidersmojo]

I wonder if Liam has cousins that are quietly building the next model... you know, instead of the poorly paid Chinese workers.

Yes. Replace the Chinese workers with robots. Then, not only will they not have to face poor working conditions, but have no money either!

I'm sure they much rather be unemployed.

 

[artfossil]

Because the motive has nothing to do with a cleaner environment, it's about money - aka greenwashing marketing, if you have never heard of it.

I don't care what the alleged "motive" is. I care about the consequence: a cleaner environment.

 

[ConnYoungy]

this advert genuinely made me chuckle out loud!

I don't care what the alleged "motive" is. I care about the consequence: a cleaner environment.

THIS. I genuinely don't care if the motive is money, the environment, or if it just gets tim cook hard. The end result is the same: more renewables

 

[markandrew20]

No. When they reach Liam, they're NOT perfectly fine. They're ready for recycling.

Yea this iPhone was talking back to Liam and needed to be destroyed.

 

[576316]

They only show one “hand” in the demostrations, but apparently it’s a bunch of them tearing up iOS devices in one room.

Like a slaughter house. I bet you can hear the tiny electronic screams.

 

[opeter]

Perfect Apple Ad. It shows, that the modern Apple products are only good for the recycle bin.

 

[Seifensieder]

I asked german Siri about Liam but she has no clue.

 

[mainstreetmark]

I asked Siri about Liam and it came back with the name's origin plus a link to Liam Neeson. Maybe that's the funniest part of all.

I asked Siri about Liam, and now I know what the wikipedia article on Liam says. It's short for "Uliam", a irish version of Wilhiem, or something. Good to know?

 

[tongxinshe]

I wonder if Liam has cousins that are quietly building the next model... you know, instead of the poorly paid Chinese workers.

So you think it is better to the workers to have no jobs and thus no salaries at all?

 

[Jessica Lares]

Another response Siri gave me: "Liam. That guy. Don't get me started."

And, "Liam and I were discussing reincarnation the other day. I wonder what it would be like to come back as a waffle maker."



By the way, you're supposed to ask Siri, "Tell me about Liam" for these. There's also some new Earth Day related "What are you doing?" responses.

 

[C DM]

Another response Siri gave me: "Liam. That guy. Don't get me started."

And, "Liam and I were discussing reincarnation the other day. I wonder what it would be like to come back as a waffle maker."



By the way, you're supposed to ask Siri, "Tell me about Liam" for these. There's also some new Earth Day related "What are you doing?" responses.

Asked via "Who is Liam?" and "Tell me about Liam" multiple times and each time got a different response relating to Liam the robot and Apple and recycling. Seems to be working fine.

 

[Ziggy...]

Anyone else get incredibly annoyed by the "more ads by Apple" pop up on youtube while watching? I find it incredibly distracting, and you can't close it then rewind as it just pops up again.

 

[Ivanovitchk]

http://i.imgur.com/6RVbgCt.png

There's no way this looks like any of the phones on the market right now. Did Apple just tease the iPhone 7/7 pro?

nah, it has a jack

 

[coolfactor]

And the slow but steady decline in the quality of Apple's ads continues.....

Seems that they are whipping these out, eh? I found the video quality in this one to be fuzzy, like it was fake. Weak script, too.

 

[hagar]

Liam is a prototype. So there are currently no Apple robots disassembling iPhones at the moment. Apple clearly stated this. So why is everyone reporting everywhere the opposite? P R O T O T Y P E !

 

[C DM]

Liam is a prototype. So there are no robots disassembling iPhones at the moment. Apple clearly stated this. So why is everyone forgetting this part?

It seems for the purposes of people's comments it doesn't really seem to matter one way or another.

 

[Keirasplace]

So you think it is better to the workers to have no jobs and thus no salaries at all?

Yes, saving them by starving them; they'll be so grateful. Just like the Iraqi and Syrians are "happy" right now.

The good ol' "white savior" complex where you condescendingly pass judgement on other countries/culture/government and even their lives, filtering all of this through your own "cultural filter" till there is only an insipid unrecognizable mess left. Then, you off course sneer at this pap...

 

[Tech198]

my guess was Liam wasn't happy with the response he got..

 

[BeefCake 15]

I clicked play quickly without reading thinking Siri with Liam Neeson

 

[Souponastick270]

No camera bump like the 6/6 plus or 6S/6S plus ?

 

[AbSoluTc]

No camera bump like the 6/6 plus or 6S/6S plus ?

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Not at that angle, no.

 

[mazz0]

I asked Siri about Liam and it came back with the name's origin plus a link to Liam Neeson. Maybe that's the funniest part of all.

I just asked it "how long would it take to get to the nearest star?" and it said "here's the traffic" and opened Maps

Edit: it did it quickly though!

 

[Souponastick270]

Not at that angle, no.

What angle ?! It's dead side on ?! There is no bump at all on this phone in the LIAM demos

How about these shots from the "Loop you in" LIAM video too

 

[C DM]

What angle ?! It's dead side on ?! There is no bump at all on this phone in the LIAM demos

How about these shots from the "Loop you in" LIAM video too

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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/meet-liam-iphone-with-flat-camera.1962364/

(Ultimately, it's just an ad.)