Apple has debuted a new TV ad for their flagship iPhone 4S smartphone on U.S. broadcast and cable networks. The ad features Santa Claus using the iPhone 4S’s signature feature, its Siri personal assistant.
In the ad, Santa asks, “How do I get to Charlie Grant’s house?” Siri gives Santa the directions.
Santa asks, “Is it cold in Santa Fe tonight? Raleigh? Cleveland, tonight?” Siri gives Old Saint Nick the temps.
“Find that email with the ‘Naughty or Nice List,'” Mr. Kringle instructs Siri in the next scene.
As Santa eats a Christmas cookie, Siri says, “New message from Mrs. Claus, ‘Go easy on the cookies.'” The big guy chuckles. And keeps eating.
Back in his sleigh, Father Christmas asks, “How does the rest of my day look?” Siri responds, “You have 3.7 billion appointments.”
The spot ends on a black sky with light snow and a white Apple logo.
MacDailyNews Take: And Apple’s iPhone wins yet another Christmas.
I’d give him extra cookies.
This is less imaginary than some of the stupid ‘droid commercials I’ve seen…
huzzah!
…and less stupid than some of the imaginary ‘droid commercials…
Epiphany: Carrier IQ is how santa finds out if you’re naughty or nice! 😀
I actually laughed at the end…3.7 billion appointments.
I wonder if Jobs had anything to do with signing Santa up for the ad. That’s a pretty good get.
Simply brilliant….get your point across and ignore Samsuck
You guys got it all wrong, Santa is real; its the ‘Tablet’ market is imaginary 🙂
Samsung holiday 2011 ad campaign:
LuLZ APpelZ r faGz. kekeke
Apple holiday 2011 campaign:
Merry Christmas. p.s. Santa really loves using Siri.
Hopefully he has the naughty girls at the bottom of the list (else no one ‘good’ would get a visit from him…)
14 F is not very cold if you are from really cold country.
True, but Siri is from Menlo Park California, so that’s really cold to her.
In Minneapolis MN it was 45F today and we have no snow on the ground. Go figure!
It’s not Christmas Eve yet.
That belongs in the Apple marketing hall of fame. One of the very best I’ve ever seen. So delightful and entertaining, it’s a commercial I can actually look forward to seeing.
I call foul!
That is unless Santa has equipped the sled with a really good wifi hot spot.
I find that Siri gives me the cold shoulder if I don’t have a firm wifi connection.
Maybe your connection needs two see Alice….
(THEN you can get Siri-us)
Alrighty, then.
Mel prefers Viagra over Cialis and FTB has found the 3G spot.
Time to smoke…..
Your apparently need Viagra, AppleJack. It will firm that connection right up! And Siri will appreciate it, too.
most times my Siri use is over 3G.
you must have a spotty WiFi signal..
As Christmassy as the Coca Cola ads!
That was a terrific ad. Yup, a classy techno version of the old Coke classics
Cute!
I tried putting 3.7 billion appointments on my iPhone, but it ran out of memory at 1.3 billion. Gonna sue Apple for false advertising.