Oops: Apple's Latest Billboard Features Phallic Design

[MacRumors]

Apple has a new 'Shot on iPhone' billboard design that combines iPhone photography with iPad sketches, but as one Reddit user noticed, the result is decidedly phallic.

The billboard was shared on the Miami subreddit earlier this month, and highlighted by the Miami New Times earlier today. The design features a photo of a shark along with a cartoon scuba diver that has an oversized finger because of the perspective, leading the Miami New Times to wonder "Did Apple Put a Giant Phallic Symbol on I-95?"

The billboard is above Miami's I-95 freeway, and it is around 15 feet in length, so it hasn't escaped the notice of motorists. The cartoon is part of Apple's Shot on iPhone, Drawn on iPad series that features creations from eight artists. Up close, the shark, scuba diver, and octopus combo are clear, but it's a little hard to tell what's going on from further away.

Apple's billboard has been up for over a week, plus the design has been shared on Instagram, so Apple may be planning to ignore those who see more than a simple scuba diver in the drawing.

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[MacUserFella]

First they were advertising Samsung, now they’re advertising dihs?! Sounds like Apple needs a new marketing team

 

[Amazing Iceman]

This happens when you hire Disney artists. They are famous for this kind of designs.

 

[wellander1]

Or is it at&t? Look at the lower right corner.

 

[UpsetTheAppleCart]

Kudos to Apple for ignoring the dirty-minded portion of the population.

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

Maybe Apple is working with Rockstar Games to help release GTA 6 which is based on the real life Miami 😏

 

[kycophpd]

anything can be a phallic design if you're brave enough

 

[Yrmmont]

Some things are exactly what they appear to be and shouldn't be overanalyzed for deeper interpretation.

As Freud said, “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

 

[Rogifan]

What is up with Apple’s advertising lately?

 

[macduke]

"Colonel, you better take a look at this billboard."

"What is it, son?"

"I don't know sir, but it looks like a giant..."

"Dick!"

"Yeah?"

"Take a look out of starboard."

"Oh my god it looks like a huge..."

"Pecker!"

"Oh, where?"

"Wait, that's not a wood pecker, it looks like someone's..."

"Privates! We have reports of an unidentified painted billboard. It has a long, smooth shaft. Complete with..."

"Two balls!" What is that? That looks just like an enormous..."

"Wang! Pay attention."

"I was distracted by that enormous painted..."

"Willie!"

"Yeah?"

"What's that?"

"Well it looks like a giant..."

"Johnson!"

"Yes sir?"

"Call Tim Cook, we've got a code PEN 15!"

 

[axantas]

No, it is a - perspectively - oversized finger with an octopus on it. A single frame of a movie.
Everything else is your own imagination…

 

[richpjr]

Crack marketing team strikes again.

 

[neuropsychguy]

Some things are exactly what they appear to be and shouldn't be overanalyzed for deeper interpretation.

As Freud never said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

 

[hutzi20]

new Emoji with the next iOS release: the scuba finger!

 

[koifish22]

Crack marketing team strikes again.

C*** marketing team.

 

[Agent007]

"Colonel, you better take a look at this billboard."

"What is it, son?"

"I don't know sir, but it looks like a giant..."

"Dick!"

"Yeah?"

"Take a look out of starboard."

"Oh my god it looks like a huge..."

"Pecker!"

"Oh, where?"

"Wait, that's not a wood pecker, it looks like someone's..."

"Privates! We have reports of an unidentified painted billboard. It has a long, smooth shaft. Complete with..."

"Two balls!" What is that? That looks just like an enormous..."

"Wang! Pay attention."

"I was distracted by that enormous painted..."

"Willie!"

"Yeah?"

"What's that?"

"Well it looks like a giant..."

"Johnson!"

"Yes sir?"

"Call Tim Cook, we've got a code PEN 15!

I remember seeing this in theater when I was 12. I was roaring with laughter at this scene - those were some of the last great days when "everyone" went to the movies - cinemas are comparatively dead now.

 

[spaceballl]

I mean if that's not a BBC on a yellow stick with a red rocket tip, I don't know what it is!

 

[klasma]

It’s a pretty bad billboard ad either way. Hard to discern what it’s supposed to represent, and why it should particularly impress anyone.

 

[Killbill2]

They put eyes on it, so it's a character now.

 

[swiftapplefan]

Unrelated, but I think a “Shot on iPhone, Drawn on iPad, Edited on Mac” would be a perfect ad campaign or Apple Event end card.

 

[Spishak]

This needs to be on a billboard in GTA VI

 

[Robert.Walter]

Good.

Times are hard.

Kudos to Apple for pumping up the public boner mojo quotient.

As Shiller would say: “Only Apple can do this.”

 

[tcphoto1]

Seems like they understand the Miami market…

 

[Robert.Walter]

Unrelated, but I think a “Shot on iPhone, Drawn on iPad, Edited on Mac” would be a perfect ad campaign or Apple Event end card.

Consumed on an Apple TV.

 

[Robert.Walter]

I saw that in theatre

I remember seeing this in theater when I was 12. I was roaring with laughter at this scene - those were some of the last great days when "everyone" went to the movies - cinemas are comparatively dead now.

Sounds v much like Austin Powers … one of the funniest long scenes ever in a sublimely great movie.