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Shocker: iPhone 3G Faster, Stronger, Better in Ad Than In Real Life [It's All An Illusion]
Gizmodo —
Hey, did you know that advertising misleads you? Like, products might not perform as exceptionally, look as hot or taste as yummy as they do in slickly produced ads? The iPhone 3G not cruising the internets as briskly as Apple's ads depict might be a big bucket of "duh," but this comparison video shows just how stark the contrast is—while Apple never promises your real world experience will be the same, it is sorta misleading. Like, it would trick my mom, and that's not cool. [YouTube - Thanks Robert!]
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Shocker: iPhone 3G Sometimes Faster, Stronger, Better in Ad Than In Real Life [It's All An Illusion]
Gizmodo —
Hey, did you know that advertising misleads you? Like, products might not perform as exceptionally, look as hot or taste as yummy as they do in slickly produced ads? The iPhone 3G not cruising the internets as briskly as Apple's ads depict might be a big bucket of "duh," but this comparison video shows just how stark the contrast is—while Apple never promises your real world experience will be the same. Like, it would trick my mom, and that's not cool. Although your mileage may vary depending on network congestion and area. And in our review, we did find the 3G to be just as fast as advertised, as did many others. ...
Found Footage: Misleading iPhone ads?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Cult of Mac, Found Footage, iPhone A slight kerfuffle has kicked up in the last few days about whether Apple's iPhone 3G advertising is too misleading. 37Signals raised the complaint that a recent iPhone 3G ad (YouTube link) set up false expectations, as it shows an iPhone loading a web page, finding a location on Google Maps, and downloading an attachment at lightning speed. Now comes this nice side by side demonstration video as embedded above. What do you think? Is this false advertising on Apple's part, or should everyone just know that TV ads ...
iPhone 3G - real speed versus the TV dream
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Oh looky-look - some bright spark has created a comparison video they claim illustrates the difference between the kind of 'Net access speeds promised for the iPhone 3G in advertising and the real world speeds people get.
So take a look and share your thoughts, people... ...
iPhone 3G Not Actually As Fast As Advertised. Tears Shed
Touch Podium —
Okay, what’s the big deal here, folks?
Apple/iPhone blogs across the web have been sharing a video as of late, showing exactly how much slower the iPhone 3G’s loading is in comparison to what they’ve advertised on the tv spots.
Here, have a look for yourself. I know you want to:
You mean to tell me that Apple’s iPhone 3G commercial is in fact a hoax? The new iPhone 3G can’t actually load an entire web page in 1.5 seconds? Awwe man! I was hoping that Apple’s 3G connectivity would be better than 3G connectivity on any other cellphone!..
Duh, come on guys! Don’t play stupid. You do ...
Here's What iPhone 3G Owners Are Complaining About
Silicon Alley Insider —
Not all of us have bought iPhone 2.0s yet. So sometimes it's hard to figure out whether the carping we've been hearing has been from disappointed fanboys who expected the phone to come with a jetpack, or from clear-eyed consumers pointing out real flaws.
But this video makes us think that maybe some of the complaints are legit (Note to Apple fanatics -- we know this clip is more than a week old. This is for the rest of us). For instance: If the new phone isn't notably faster than the old one, what's the point of paying more for 3G access?
SAI senior editor Dan Frommer agrees: He ...
iPhone 3G Owners Are Using Less Internet Than AT&T Expected: Blame Crappy Service (AAPL, T)
Silicon Alley Insider —
Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 3G is supposedly twice as fast as the old one, and its new App Store opens up all kinds of neat new mobile Internet services like baseball video and free streaming radio. Yet AT&T; says iPhone 3G users are using less bandwidth than they anticipated.
The carrier expected a 5x growth in data consumption over the old iPhone, but it's been closer to a 3x jump, AT&T; (T) CTO John Donovan said this morning at a Goldman Sachs investor conference, Moconews notes.
Not surprising to us: In our experience, AT&T;'s 3G service for the iPhone has been anything but impressive -- so slow and unreliable that we've ...
Hey, Apple and Steve Jobs, Really, What's With The Deceptive Advertising?
SuperSite Blog —
LOL. Talk about not being on the ball. You’re just now wondering what’s up with Apple’s deceptive advertising? Geesh. AT&T 3G iPhone users are using much less bandwidth than AT&T expected because AT&T's 3G iPhone service is so crappy. Dan recently got a software update from Apple that improved the 3G service, which suggests that the problem was Apple's problem. But his phone is still slow. So it's time Apple responded to the advertisment below (from August). The ad appears to demonstrate a 3G iPhone that has never been seen in the wild and bears no resemblance to the 3G iPhones Apple is minting money ...
Apple forced to drop iPhone ad in the UK
SuperSite Blog —
So I got a bunch of email about this this morning, and it’s certainly noteworthy. I’m an iPhone user and I have to say, I really love the device despite some obvious flaws, but it’s also about a million times better than the competition, so it’s unclear what my problem is. Anyway, in usual Apple fashion, the company has exaggerated its product’s capabilities. But this time, finally, someone called them on it. An Apple iPhone advert has been banned by the advertising standards watchdog for exaggerating the phone's speed. The advert boasted the new 3G model was "really fast" and showed it loading internet pages ...
iPhone Ad Banned in UK for False Advertising
Gearlog —
Note to Apple: people in the UK don't take too kindly to false advertising. Yet another one of the company's iPhone ads has come under fire for making inflated claims. Focused on the phone's 3G speed boosts, the commercial features the handset flying through the Web at a breakneck pace.
The Advertising Standards Authority fielded 17 complaints about the ads--not exactly a deluge of concern (though perhaps some users attempted to e-mail them from a first generation handset), but enough to get the commercial banned in the country.
The Guardian points to the above video, created by Robert Reed, with a real ...
Apple forced to drop deceptive television ad in UK
The Apple Core —
November 26th, 2008 Apple forced to drop deceptive television ad in UK Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 6:55 am Categories: iPhone , 3G Tags: Apple iPhone , Advertisement , Apple Inc. , TV , 3G , Cellular Phones , Wireless , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Jason D. O'Grady Remember the kerfuffle over Apple’s “3G” television ad for the iPhone? In it the company demonstrates the speed of the iPhone on AT&T’s 3G network. As it turns out the ad was edited to exaggerate the speed of the iPhone 3G and the speed shown is impossible to replicate in the real world. The ...
Good for Great Britain, For Defending Truth In Advertising
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek —
Good for Great Britain, For Defending Truth In Advertising Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 26 Yes, I know: the ideal of “Truth In Advertising” is achieved so rarely that most of us don’t bother to expect it. That’s probably why I haven’t thought to be outraged by those snappy iPhone ads, in which a disembodied finger jumps from websites to Google maps to e-mail to phone calls at an impossibly fast clip (all within a 30-second spot). How impossiby fast? Check out this analysis by blogger Rob Reed ...
iPhone 3G Ad Gets Banned in the UK for Being Too Fast [Apple]
Gizmodo —
After banning an Apple iPhone ad earlier this year, the British Advertising Standards Authority has pulled out another one that glossed over how "really really" fast the new iPhone 3G is. As the demo shows, "really fast" is not as fast as Apple shows in their ad. In fact, as any iPhone user knows, any similarities between reality and those iPhone ads is a coincidence, which is exactly why it got banned in the UK. Shouldn't these ads be banned here for being completely misleading too? [PC Pro]
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