iPhone ad is MISLEADING, is BANNED by authorities

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:33:20 -0400, "John B. Coarsey, PE"
<jcoarsey<nospam>@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE
>> TRUTH?
>>
>> http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...e-ad-banned-in
>> -the-uk/
>>
>> Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the
>> first, Applešs TV ads for the device have made it look a little better
>> than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps download almost
>> instantly. Calls are never ever dropped.
>>
>> Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to
>> reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britainšs Advertising Standards
>> Authority has ruled that one of Applešs TV spots misleads consumers and
>> ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K.
>
>Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of them
>wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>


My favorite commercial:

One spouse, one house; Obama 08

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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE
> TRUTH?
>
> http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...e-ad-banned-in
> -the-uk/
>
> Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the
> first, Applešs TV ads for the device have made it look a little better
> than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps download almost
> instantly. Calls are never ever dropped.

Notice the subtle attack on the gPhone in that ad.

> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING
>> THE TRUTH?
>>
>> http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...e-ad-banned-in
>> -the-uk/
>>
>> Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the
>> first, Applešs TV ads for the device have made it look a little
>> better than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps
>> download almost instantly. Calls are never ever dropped.
>>
>> Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to
>> reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britainšs Advertising Standards
>> Authority has ruled that one of Applešs TV spots misleads consumers
>> and ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K.
>
> Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all
> of them wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>
We do get silly about this. Advertising is meant to show off the best
features of what it's selling. What if I bought that Porsche I saw zooming
down the road in the commercial and then found out I can't go 90mph anywhere
in the U.S.? Can I sue?

In the late '50's, MAD magazine did a parody about truth in advertising and
all the disclaimers that would dominate the ads. It was funny then and still
applies now.

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:02:28 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:33:20 -0400, "John B. Coarsey, PE"
>> <jcoarsey<nospam>@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING THE
>> >> TRUTH?
>> >>
>> >> http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...e-ad-banned-in
>> >> -the-uk/
>> >>
>> >> Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the
>> >> first, Applešs TV ads for the device have made it look a little better
>> >> than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps download almost
>> >> instantly. Calls are never ever dropped.
>> >>
>> >> Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to
>> >> reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britainšs Advertising Standards
>> >> Authority has ruled that one of Applešs TV spots misleads consumers and
>> >> ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K.
>> >
>> >Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of them
>> >wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>> >
>>
>>
>> My favorite commercial:
>>
>> One spouse, one house; Obama 08
>
>I haven't seen that iPhone commercial. Can you point me to a link?
>
>I didn't know Obama used an iPhone in his house.


The old guy he's running against doesn't even know the first thing
about computers.


http://www.minnpost.com/community_vo..._for_the_young

Carl wrote:
>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Say it ain't SO! Apple's marketing division <gasp!> is STRETCHING
>>> THE TRUTH?
>>>
>>> http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...e-ad-banned-in
>>> -the-uk/
>>>
>>> Even with its flaws, the iPhone is pretty impressive. But from the
>>> first, Applešs TV ads for the device have made it look a little
>>> better than it is. Maps pop up without any annoying delay. Apps
>>> download almost instantly. Calls are never ever dropped.
>>>
>>> Now a government agency has called the company on it. According to
>>> reports in the Guardian and the BBC, Britainšs Advertising Standards
>>> Authority has ruled that one of Applešs TV spots misleads consumers
>>> and ordered the company to stop airing it in the U.K.
>> Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all
>> of them wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>>
> We do get silly about this. Advertising is meant to show off the best
> features of what it's selling. What if I bought that Porsche I saw zooming
> down the road in the commercial and then found out I can't go 90mph anywhere
> in the U.S.? Can I sue?
>
> In the late '50's, MAD magazine did a parody about truth in advertisingand
> all the disclaimers that would dominate the ads. It was funny then and still
> applies now.
>
>


Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert
depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands. That
Porsche is still capable of what is depicted, it's just not legally
allowed to do that on public roads, hence the fine print "professional
driver, closed course".

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At 27 Aug 2008 15:46:40 -0500 Jer wrote

> Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert
> depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands.


Actually that's not the issue in this case- the hoopla in the UK is from
the ad's implication you can go to "anywhere" on the web, which the
objectors claim is not quite true given the lack of flash and java support.

Personally, I have no problem with the ad- it's an ad. It's no more
misleading than that fresh juicy hamburger on a McDonald's commercial that
bore no more than a passing resemblance to the sloppy dried-out Big Mac I
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Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 27 Aug 2008 15:46:40 -0500 Jer wrote
>
>> Actually, that doesn't apply at all. The iPhone issue is the advert
>> depicts a device performing far better than it does in real hands.
>
>
> Actually that's not the issue in this case- the hoopla in the UK is
> from the ad's implication you can go to "anywhere" on the web, which
> the objectors claim is not quite true given the lack of flash and
> java support.
>
> Personally, I have no problem with the ad- it's an ad. It's no more
> misleading than that fresh juicy hamburger on a McDonald's commercial
> that bore no more than a passing resemblance to the sloppy dried-out
> Big Mac I wrestled from it's cardboard box last week.
>
Exactly. The guy nit-picked my Porsche analogy, missing the point entirely,
but the Big Mac one seems more impenetrable.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:57:36 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >> >Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of
>> >> >them
>> >> >wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My favorite commercial:
>> >>
>> >> One spouse, one house; Obama 08
>> >
>> >I haven't seen that iPhone commercial. Can you point me to a link?
>> >
>> >I didn't know Obama used an iPhone in his house.
>>
>>
>> The old guy he's running against doesn't even know the first thing
>> about computers.
>
>Who gives a ****?
>
>Just shut the **** up. If you want to talk politics, go somewhere else.
>Go somewhere where it's APPROPRIATE to talk politics.
>
>Jesus Christ. Not everything in the world is a political conversation.


I always know when I'm spot on correct, as I'm reply by someone that
cuts out the relevant URL, overs no logical answer, buts lots of
childish insults.

http://www.minnpost.com/community_vo..._for_the_young

John McCain doesn't know thing one about computers, let alone an
iPhone. Worse than when Bush didn't know what a Segway was.

At 28 Aug 2008 00:02:47 -0400 Carl wrote:

> Exactly. The guy nit-picked my Porsche analogy, missing the point entirely,

> but the Big Mac one seems more impenetrable.

....as was the bun on the Big Mac! (Insert Rim-shot!)

Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote in news:g950id$4cr$1
@aioe.org:

> sloppy dried-out Big Mac I
> wrestled from it's cardboard box last week.
>
>

You mean the one with NO GAP between the bun halves....like mine.

I always point to the one I want and say, "I want one that looks exactly
like the picture." Try that at Arby's some time. They have flat
sandwiches for $10!

Ron <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
news:[email protected]:


>
>
> I always know when I'm spot on correct,

You've NEVER been spot on correct.

On 8/28/08 6:09 AM, in article [email protected],
"Ron" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:57:36 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Misleading commercials, imagine that. Wow if they start banning all of
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> wouldn't Tv be much nicer to watch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My favorite commercial:
>>>>>
>>>>> One spouse, one house; Obama 08
>>>>
>>>> I haven't seen that iPhone commercial. Can you point me to a link?
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know Obama used an iPhone in his house.
>>>
>>>
>>> The old guy he's running against doesn't even know the first thing
>>> about computers.
>>
>> Who gives a ****?
>>
>> Just shut the **** up. If you want to talk politics, go somewhere else.
>> Go somewhere where it's APPROPRIATE to talk politics.
>>
>> Jesus Christ. Not everything in the world is a political conversation.
>
>
> I always know when I'm spot on correct, as I'm reply by someone that
> cuts out the relevant URL, overs no logical answer, buts lots of
> childish insults.
>
> http://www.minnpost.com/community_vo...on_mccain_comp
> uters_arent_just_for_the_young
>
> John McCain doesn't know thing one about computers, let alone an
> iPhone. Worse than when Bush didn't know what a Segway was.
Elmo was right. Get the **** ouuta here with all that bull****, asshole!

On 8/28/08 6:20 PM, in article [email protected], "The Bob"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Ron <[email protected]> amazed us all with the following in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>
>>
>>
>> I always know when I'm spot on correct,
>
> You've NEVER been spot on correct.
The only spot he makes are those in his panties.