[MW Forums]

Apple has posted three new television ads promoting the iPhone on its Web site. more

[MacTel]

No women in the ads eh? My wife seemed interested in the iPhone and you would think they'd have one with a woman using it to market to them. Instead, when watching Desparate Housewives, we get some dude talking about visual voicemail (woohoo!). How about the stay-at-home wife that has to juggle the kids and errands as an Apple iPhone commercial?

[MacBrogdon]

did anyone else find this a little reminiscent of the old Mac ads where people told their switch stories?

[adobephile]

Time to get out of the past. New product. New millennium.

[hillstones]

"Stephano" ad is pretty lame as well.

[adobephile]

The whole idea behind "political correctness" is that gender shouldn't matter. These are the first in most likely a series. These are either good actors or good (in front of the camera) people off the street--both fairly few and far between. The women are most likely on the way.
In the mean time, knowledge and wisdom has been often known to propagate cross-gender without too much trouble, unless, of course, it's blocked by various irrational attitudes.

[zensunni]

Any of the new ads mention the new ringtone feature? 'Pay again to make a song you already own into a ringtone!'

[Schneb]

So where's Ellen Feis checking in at the local rehab with her iPhone?

[Adwiz]

Anyone else experience the weird flickering on the video presentation? I've never seen this before on any video, whether QuickTime or Flash-based. I suspect this is a Flash-based video (based on the interface), which is strange enough given that Apple usually promotes its own technologies, but the constant flicker to a white frame was really strange. I'm on a G5 2.0DP with a 6Mbps internet connection. The video loaded quickly enough, but each time it's played, it flickers.

[veggiedude]

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No women in the ads eh?

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No, only white guys.
Got a problem with that?

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[michaelb]

I would buy a $10 movie ticket to see Ellen Feiss in an iPhone commercial!


Alluding to the fact that when the Star Wars prequels trailers appeared, people were buying tickets to movies, sitting down for 5 mins for the trailer, then leaving.