Several MacDailyNews readers are reporting the airing of a new iPhone ad (the 4th) focusing on Safari’s internet browsing capabilities in detail.
This is not a watered down version of the Internet. Or the mobile version of the Internet. Or the kinda sorta looks like the Internet. It’s just the Internet… [ring] …on your phone.
Apple’s “Watered Down” iPhone ad:
Higher quality versions of Apple’s iPhone “Watered Down” ad can be seen here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad4/
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Steve,” “Fred Mertz,” and “Lori” for the heads up.]
COOL! I’m camping out starting tonight.
Schwinggggggggg!
P.S. AAPL hit another all-time high.
And oh yeah, death to Windows.
Hahaha… Brilliant
Baby Internet needs to be ‘changed’… Where’s Ballmer with the diapers..?
this is really tech porn we are watching in the making here!! can you imagine watching ass parade at the airport? ohh the mobile revolution, hahha
“can you imagine watching ass parade at the airport?”
I can now. Multi-touched by an angel.
Love it! This one drives the point home very, very well.
“Where’s Ballmer with the diapers..?”
He’s road testing them right now.
It’s his astro-naughty fantasy.
So who was expecting anything less?
great spot … it fits in nicely with the previous 3 released the other day …
but, SJ should take a look at this one on YouTube …
Highly creative, and would probably garner a lot of attention as well !
Nice. Now when are they going to give the Macs the same treatment – actually *showing* the Mac experience, rather than just talking about it (as in “Hello, I’m a Mac…”)?
The smug apple background music is annoying. but i still will want one later this month because i am addicted to tech
This is fantastic, actually Nokia uses an derivative of the Safari browser, but of course without touch screen. This is also a huge blow to WAP sites and developers. Apple is truly changing the mobile industry starting June 29th. All I can say is “it’s about time.”
Since I am only able to use Safari on my iPhone – does this mean that I will have to put up with all the friggen ads – since I cannot use PithHelmet or Stand or SAFT or better yet, FIREFOX?
What I really want on this itty bitty screen is all the ads running! It just thrills the sh!t outta me!
NOT even close… actually I would like to see built-in limiting of all of the ads… unless AT&T is not going to charge for data download volume – then I would just like to see ALL of the ads disappear… BUT this is <u>exactly</u> the internet… just like the ads says…
Ba-d-ring! On your phone…
And I love this thing – can’t wait to have one. Just had this one crawling around inside my head.
MDN = actually
I would like to see a different site than the same N.Y. Times that they keep showing. This is one of those “wait and see” kind of things. I am cautiously optimistic about how the sites will format on the phone.
“The smug apple background music is annoying”
Yeah, those goddamn Apple fanboys with their damn melodic Asian chimes and acoustic guitars. So smug!
OK, question. Are these ads being done by Apple or by AT&T???
Or maybe both. Apple designed and AT&T paid for. ???
What do you guys think.??
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“The smug apple background music is annoying.”
How the fsck can music be smug?
That shit is beautiful. Everytime I hear it playing on some television in my house, my ears perk up at attention.
Great Ad.
TBWAChiatDay, Apple’s preferred marketing firm, is doing all the iPhone marketing. This is another victory for Apple in their deal with AT&T, as they use advertising firms.
This is the same company that made the legendary “1984” ad.
(I meant to say “AT&T uses other advertising firms”)
“I would like to see a different site than the same N.Y. Times that they keep showing.”
Yeah, like SuicideGirls, Torrentspy or better yet, MittensRomney.com.
Want to get people camping out for iPhone already? It’s pretty simple to get it going really.
Just get a few buddies together with lawn chairs, a sleeping-bag and such, and hit a mall and take a few snapshots and send them and the story about people starting to camp out for the iPhone launch date to all these Apple-related sites, and there we go.
It will instantly spawn tons of kids with no ambition to start camping out at Apple Stores to ensure they are the first to blow their folks money on an iPhone.
As for me, I think I’ll wait a week or two, then walk in and just get one.
Please notice the Apple symbol (AAPL) on the ticker approximately 6 seconds into the spot…
sa weeeet.
I luv smug.
Keeps the masses away.
I don’t want everyone to have what I have.
I’m really thinking that Jobs is going to announce the Iphone next Tuesday. Just a hunch
@Mikal…
Nice pick up.
yeah, this is definitely NOT the “kinda-sorta-looks-like-the-internet” internet, like on this poser of an iPhone wanna-be (HTC Touch)
http://www.myitablet.com/htc-touch-videos-human-touch-in-action-05748.php
If they really want to sell a lot of these phones, they should change the internet site in the commercial from the New York Times to a free Bukake site.
me… I checked out that iPhone wanna be interface.. ugh.. All I have to say is keep trying, imitators… you’ll only make yourselves look worse.
It’s becoming increasingly clear: There’s the iPhone, and then there’s everything else.
ince I am only able to use Safari on my iPhone – does this mean that I will have to put up with all the friggen ads – since I cannot use PithHelmet or Stand or SAFT or better yet, FIREFOX?
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I’d imagine you could always use RSS feeds to avoid ads.
p.s. here’s another video review of the HTC Touch that shows more clearly just how lame an attempt to copy the iPhone it really is. they just don’t get it, do they?
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/htc_touch/
p.p.s. regarding the HTC Touch, FakeSteve says “We love products like this. Just makes our phone look better.”
MizuInAus, I have heard of people that actually survided the ads…. hang in there man, get a life…
Since I am only able to use Safari on my iPhone – does this mean that I will have to put up with all the friggen ads – since I cannot use PithHelmet or Stand or SAFT or better yet, FIREFOX?
safari blocks ads better than firefox, i dont have any problem with ads at all with safari.
but be my guest and get a fucking blackberry. see how you like that browsing experience.
hum… No “Use requires minimum new 2 year activation plan.” with the AT&T logo. Something new here?
Apple has posted it now:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad4/
I think the point the ad is making is excellent, and that this is generally a good ad. But I don’t like the slightly pregnant pause at the beginning where he says:
This is not a…[pregnant pause]…watered down version…
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And I’m not usually picky about these sorts of things. It just seems odd. Yes, I know it’s done for emphasis, but it somehow doesn’t seem to work.
And I think all of the plucking in the music runs the risk of stepping on the voice over and distracting from it. They should mix the music just a tad lower and eq some of the brightness out of it.
did anyone else notice that the line about a require 2-year agreement has been dropped from the AT&T screen in the new “watered down” ad. What do you guys make of this?
to STEVE:
i was just about to post that. kind of curious. 4 ads, and only one of them doesnt say it. hardly a blunder apple would make. CURIOUS!!! VERY CURIOUS INDEED!
The music was apparently ‘composed’ for the undemanding under-fives.
But why? They couldn’t possibly be a target group for this ad.!
actually. i just saw the “How To” add on comedy central, and at the end there was no “use requires 2 year agreement”. WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?!?!?!!
Ad has been posted on the Apple site:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad4/
I luv the “How to” video and the “Internet” one.
That’s… what I’m talking ’bout!
when on apple’s iphone page with all the ads listed, the page does not load properly in safari, but it’s fine in firefox. i get no pictures in safari for some reason?? Also, the thing about the 2 year contract has now been removed from all the adverts
These ads are freaking brilliant. People at work are talking about it for the first time. It’s definitely having a huge impact. One guy said one of the commercials boggled his mind and that now he and his wife must have one. How and the hell am I going to get one the first day now???? UGH!!!
whey kool
Aaaggh what’s that music?