Samsung has released a new commercial for its Galaxy S II smartphone, stepping up its direct assault on the iPhone by mocking dedicated iPhone fans who wait for hours in long lines for the launch of the latest model despite it looking identical to the previous one.
The ad plays on the excitement of iPhone fans waiting to get their hands on a new model who are then distracted by seeing passersby carrying the Samsung Galaxy S II. The iPhone fans' interest is gradually piqued, although some hold out in their apparently irrational dedication to the iPhone:
iPhone fan: "I could never get a Samsung. I'm creative."
Friend: "Dude, you're a barista."
The ad goes on to tout the Galaxy S II's large screen and 4G data capabilities, concluding with one of the Samsung users saying, "Yeah, it's a Galaxy S II. This phone...is amazing."
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(View all)You mean like the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads?
That made fun of PCs, not people who use PCs.
I'm waiting for the extended edition of the ad....where after seeing the Galaxy S II, the people in line look again and the person on the bench has another new phone.
"Why another new phone?"
"Oh, because the Galaxy S II is already out of date...I need the latest! There's a new Android phone every day and a half.....IT'S GREAT!!!"
-Kevin
You mean like the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads?
As Gruber pointed out at Daring Fireball, http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/23/samsung-galaxy-s-ad (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/11/23/samsung-galaxy-s-ad), the Mac vs. PC ads were able to mostly toe the line between making a buffoon out of PCs and not making a buffoon out of people who USE the PCs. Not always perfectly, but it was something they did pretty well overall.