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I thought she was going to respond by taking a photo of him and then using cleanup to change it to an empty chair.
And you know what?
That would have been a funny reaction. Within the relationship (if made with a smile) and also for the viewer.

But instead, we get dislike and a man who obviously regrets ever having learned about the feature.
That's a commercial.. for Samsung.
 
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Apple's attempt to erase the pen:
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Samsungs attempt at erasing the pen:
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And that's with a simple image. When it gets complex Samsung crushes Apple even further. They really need to step things up.
 
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And that's with a simple image. When it gets complex Samsung crushes Apple even further. They really need to step things up.
That’s why they’re placing the cat in front of a solid-colored wall. I’ve tried the “Clean Up” function multiple times without ever getting a good result. It’s simply another broken and useless gimmick.
 
That’s why they’re placing the cat in front of a solid-colored wall. I’ve tried the “Clean Up” function multiple times without ever getting a good result. It’s simply another broken and useless gimmick.

Yeah its pretty bad. I have a 16 Pro Max and a S25 Ultra and I love comparing the two features just to see how bad Apple's implementation of it. When you see what Samsung does and then what Apple does its pretty eye opening how far behind Apple is here, and that's coming from a complete Apple fan boy.

I mean I can't draw at all but if I draw a watch on the book Samsung does a good job of realizing what I've drawn and placing it where I want it. It's just a really fun feature to play around with a leaps and bound more entertaining than genmoji is....

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Interesting. I've seen this ad for weeks now. So it seems it has just been released in the US today, but has been making the rounds in the rest of the world for days and weeks. If you play close attention to the lips they don't match what is being said. I forgot what is the name of the cat in the original ad, but not Garrett (Max perhaps?). I was trying to find a link to the original ad, but I guess it wasn't published in Youtube, but just shown in streaming platforms.
 
Dumb commercial. They even say two different names for the cat.
That's the joke-- he cares so little about the cat he called it the wrong name. It also backed up her stated suspicion that he hated the cat.

on a side note-- the ai couldn't get the texture of the sofa correct as it didn't understand how perspective of stripes (texture) work.
 
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Remember when they had good looking actors in ads? Yeah, I miss those times. Cat ladies and beta males are the apple user base it seems.

The Clean up feature should be called "Mess up", because this is what it does to photos...it messes them up.
I think they used a Samsung phone in the add, because on those phones this actually works.
I feel like the casting was purposefully creating a vignette of what a quirky family unit would be. Because the energy is dry and the joke is snarky, they cast to fit the scenario and I think it works well.

As for the ai patching of the couch though... that definitely did not work well with the perspective of the couch fabric.
 
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Can Apple finally stop with these embarrassing commercials?

What is this commercial supposed to tell us?
"Hey, you want to know how bad your relationship really is? Use the new iPhone 16 Pro and make a stupid joke. Then you'll know where your problems lie.
And don't worry, to save the situation and prevent an argument, just undo it.
Because if you don't have an iPhone... well, then maybe you'll avoid stupid ideas like that."

Please, can someone explain to me who the target audience for these commercials is?
Ruthless mothers, incompetent employees, hateful partners, blackmailing children... who feels represented or addressed by this?

Remember Apple's Christmas ad in 2013?
A boy who was apparently only looking at his iPhone and then... well, check it out and remember!
That was full of affection, sympathy and had a lovely surprise in the end.
Family togetherness. The iPhone was the focus without dominating the story.

Today, every single ad is practically a warning about Apple's devices and technology.
The competition must be popping the champagne corks after every commercial.

Well, it’s not Christmas, and a 2025 ad would probably be missing half the family since they are estranged due to politics and the house is not decorated because it’s being foreclosed. But hey you do you.
 
Curious why you assume he would be saying the wrong name and not her? (see my previous post about men always being wrong in ads).
Because at that point, I thought the plot was heading towards a he doesn't like her cat theme.

In that context, she would know how to say HER cat's name. And him saying the cat's name wrong further emphasizes that he doesn't like the cat.

It didn't go that way, but whatever.

I didn't read your earlier post, but I would assume the reason men are more often wrong in ads, if that is the case, is because women are more often the TARGET of those particular ads. You always make your target right. That's all.
 
I feel like the casting was purposefully creating a vignette of what a quirky family unit would be. Because the energy is dry and the joke is snarky, they cast to fit the scenario and I think it works well.
Look at all the recent Apple ads. You’ll notice a pattern. Either the mood is strange / cringe or the actors are odd looking.
 
Can Apple finally stop with these embarrassing commercials?

What is this commercial supposed to tell us?
"Hey, you want to know how bad your relationship really is? Use the new iPhone 16 Pro and make a stupid joke. Then you'll know where your problems lie.
And don't worry, to save the situation and prevent an argument, just undo it.
Because if you don't have an iPhone... well, then maybe you'll avoid stupid ideas like that."

Please, can someone explain to me who the target audience for these commercials is?
Ruthless mothers, incompetent employees, hateful partners, blackmailing children... who feels represented or addressed by this?

Remember Apple's Christmas ad in 2013?
A boy who was apparently only looking at his iPhone and then... well, check it out and remember!
That was full of affection, sympathy and had a lovely surprise in the end.
Family togetherness. The iPhone was the focus without dominating the story.

Today, every single ad is practically a warning about Apple's devices and technology.
The competition must be popping the champagne corks after every commercial.

You don’t get it. People love it because it has a cat in it. 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
it is so sad… it is soooooo bad in general that is unusable most of the time and gives soooo por results… it makes some horrible distortions of the people.
 
Apple is spending big bucks to tell me they have an UNDO feature? A feature that nearly all of my Commodore 128 software had?

Whatever happened to the funny Mac PC advertisements Apple used to run? Now those ads were worth watching.
 
This feels off - like the general concept could be a funny commercial, but they did a dour pseudo-serious version of it, and it just doesn't gel. If they were going to go that direction, perhaps they should have committed 100%, and done it in stark black & white, with Dutch angles on everything, with heavily-accented French dialog, and English subtitles.
 
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