I love phallic ads. Thank you apple. Let’s put some toxic testosterone back in the game 😇
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Oops: Apple's Latest Billboard Features Phallic Design
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Suddenly the yearly camera improvements make a lot more sense. Gotta have the newest camera so it looks bigger when Shot on iPhone.
“…and sometimes it’s a big brown d***” — George Carlin, speaking about the Clinton-Lewinsky affair.
Macrumors needs to check their facts. It's an ad by AT&T. 🙄
This is clearly harmless. It's not Apple's fault if someone with a dirty mind misinterprets this image. This can happen with anything.
It's getting to the point where everything invites criticism. You can't be afraid of some types of criticism or else you never do anything. Apple should keep this billboard up as planned.
It's getting to the point where everything invites criticism. You can't be afraid of some types of criticism or else you never do anything. Apple should keep this billboard up as planned.
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They totally knew what it looked like. Good for them. Plus, people are talking about it and that's what matters in advertising.
Yeah, I think you're right. Apple never puts carriers' names on their own ads.
You're telling that an artist, someone with an eye for these things, has drawn this frame (it wasn't animated while they were drawing), looked at it and said "yep, everything fine here, not a single penis in sight, let's send it to Apple".
They put AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Boost (their official carrier partners in the US) in the corner of their billboard advertisements.
It's an iPhone ad by AT&T which is an Apple partner. Perhaps someone else can elaborate but I would be shocked if Apple allows AT&T, Verizon or any entity to publish content referencing iPhone (in official Apple typeface, no less) without strict guidelines and/or final approval.
Yes they do. They do it all the time for these kind of ads. You just haven't noticed it until now.
At this point, I think it’s an inside job. I can’t imagine all these mistakes happening when there’s a reputable marketing department that actually knows what it’s doing.
No. It's an iPhone ad made by Apple. It's a phone, so they partner with local cell carriers and include their logo. I don't understand why people here haven't noticed that they've been doing this forever. Google image search "iphone billboard" and you'll see many examples.
time to clean house in apple’s marketing dept. dick or not this ad still sucks.
A Reddit user who is firmly in touch with his inner 12 year old.
Pretty sure I saw a similar drawing in the past 3 Disney movies I saw.
Is that an octopus on your finger or are you just happy to see me?
They don’t seem to have a marketing team, just like they don’t have a leader right now - it’s a rudderless ship.