Apple Airs First iPhone 4S TV Ad Featuring Siri

Thursday October 20, 2011 6:13 pm PDT by Arnold Kim

Apple aired the first television advertisement for the iPhone 4S tonight. The new ad highlights Apple's virtual assistant Siri. The ad has not yet appeared on Apple's official YouTube channel, but was captured by MacRumors reader Philip.

Thanks @ozetadev for original video, Replaced with high quality version.

The ad shows many situations where people are talking to their iPhone 4S, asking it specific questions or describing scenarios. At the end, Apple shows Siri responding, and ends with "Say hello to the most amazing iPhone yet."

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Top Rated Comments

ventro

188 months ago

There is no way Steve would have ever allowed something that bad. Looks like a Microsoft commercial.

These posts are going be fun for the next few years...

Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)

iPad2John

188 months ago

I thought it was a great commercial.. It really should show Siri's response to "Where can I hide a body." hilarious!

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

itsvdiddy

188 months ago

epic.

I agree. If you thought those FaceTime commercials each triggered an "I've been in that situation" emotional response...this one triggers tons of them.

This will really open people's eyes to the practical applications of what Siri can really do.

Simplicity at it's finest. Now on to try to see if these work for me too on my iPhone 4s =)

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)