Former 'I'm a Mac' Actor Justin Long Joins New Huawei Ad Campaign

[citi]

I love it when he says, " Speaking of Peripherals" and they cut to the clean mac. Now that image would be covered in dongles.

 

[jerry16]

To their credit, it's better then ANY commercial that apple has put out in the last 5 years hands down.

I don't know, the Cookie Monster series was pretty great... still get a kick out of them

 

[truthertech]

The Mac's golden years.....
Could Apple even run commercials like these today?

Actually, they have been running more award winning commercials than ever. Even though they have won awards, the only thing that ultimately matters is are the ads effective and for that there can be no dispute as Apple has now grown into the most valuable company on earth and continues to set records for revenue by taking over markets like contactless payments, Smart Watches, wireless headphones, cell phones, apps, music streaming, tablets, etc.

 

[Wildkraut]

Down with the traitor!

 

[Mausse]

Good for him! And an genius(bar) move from the ad agency. Now they need to make good phones 🙂

 

[macduke]

I wonder who the 2nd top iPhone manufacturer is in the US?😵😛😀

Huawei.

 

[Porco]

Mate 9 has a chair, but it's too cool to sit on that. Mate 9 just goes right ahead and sits on the table.

 

[Nunyabinez]

Trader!!!

(kidding)

I'm sorry, I even tried navigating away, but my OCD won't let go of me.

I think the word you wanted was "Traitor"

 

[FightTheFuture]

Biggest betrayal since the "can you hear me now?" guy.

Difference is that that guy is always going to be typecast.

 

[dannyyankou]

All his tweets say "via Twitter for iPhone", lol

 

[Saipher]

Is it me or the phone was sitting crooked on the table (not perfectly facing forward)? I'm a little OCD so it was really bugging me. . . 🙂

 

[Nunyabinez]

Unfortunately, it looks like they kept some of his "lovable loser" character from dodgeball.

His Mac persona was a laid-back, confident guy. If they were choosing him for some of his association with Apple ads, at least this first one doesn't seem to actually leverage that in any way.

 

[gwaizai]

Logical.
First you copy the iphone, then Apple ads.

 

[Greenmeenie]

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery....um...but this is just lame. Totally lame.

 

[Arran]

Not a particularly engaging ad. I spent more time looking at the furniture.

Nice chairs.

 

[Juicy Box]

Actually, they have been running more award winning commercials than ever. Even though they have won awards, the only thing that ultimately matters is are the ads effective and for that there can be no dispute as Apple has now grown into the most valuable company on earth and continues to set records for revenue by taking over markets like contactless payments, Smart Watches, wireless headphones, cell phones, apps, music streaming, tablets, etc.

Thanks, but you totally missed the point.....

 

[69Mustang]

I'm sorry, I even tried navigating away, but my OCD won't let go of me.

I think the word you wanted was "Traitor"

You weren't the only one. I was pretty triggered 'til my 11 year old pointed out that he could have meant "trader" as in JLong traded Apple for Huawei. I told her oh, okay. {that's totally not what he meant, but she's so cute... and smart... and way, way, waaaaaaaaay less cynical. I'ma fix that last part.🙂}

 

[gwaizai]

Logical.
First you copy the iphone, then Apple's ads.

H**ll, why stop there? Just change your name to "PingGuo" and be done with it.（"apple" in Mandarin.)

 

[LordQ]

That was a really bad ad...

 

[WinstonRumfoord]

http://arthistory.berkeley.edu/people/graduate-students/101116-current

Sounds like a, ummmmm, *nice* course of study with many job prospects on the horizon!

 

[WannaGoMac]

I'm sorry, I even tried navigating away, but my OCD won't let go of me.

I think the word you wanted was "Traitor"

Haha oops damn autocorrect. Thanks!

 

[jazstudio]

To their credit, it's better then ANY commercial that apple has put out in the last 5 years hands down.

That's insane! You obviously haven't seen the latest Earpods or iPhone commercials.

 

[Kabeyun]

I now know how to pronounce "Huawei." Can't imagine how this ad would make someone want to go buy a Wahway.

 

[Arran]

I now know how to pronounce "Huawei." Can't imagine how this ad would make someone want to go buy a Wahway.

I didn't even notice that. I still pronounce it: "Who are we?" 🙂

 

[0lf]

"Hello, I am an iPhone clone..."