Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

#1

Post by pmikal » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 3:04 PM UTC

Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads
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Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

#2

Post by rbranson » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 3:55 PM UTC

Isn't this obvious to anyone seeing the ads? I don't think people skiing are actually going to fly out of my TV when I see those ads, or that a humanoid rabbit is actually going to try to steal my Trix.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

#3

Post by MarcusA » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:00 PM UTC

Also, none of my friends are as attractive as the models used on the Facetime page. Stop faking my friends. Apple, please fix this.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

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Post by pchristensen » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:08 PM UTC

I also posted this on the article:

No one that sees these videos or ads on the web will be using a 300dpi screen so they need to overcompensate. A more interesting comparison will be what resolution they show in their print ads.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

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Post by redstripe » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:23 PM UTC

MarcusA wrote: post #3

Also, none of my friends are as attractive as the models used on the Facetime page. Stop faking my friends. Apple, please fix this.

As a side note, doesn't the guy talking to the woman with the baby look like a younger and chubbier steve jobs? You know iClone is coming soon. Everyone will get a hot model. Hell with Microsoft, I'm switching for sure when that happens.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

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Post by rudyfink » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:26 PM UTC

rbranson wrote: post #2

Isn't this obvious to anyone seeing the ads? I don't think people skiing are actually going to fly out of my TV when I see those ads, or that a humanoid rabbit is actually going to try to steal my Trix.

I think a better example would be do people think they will experience similar changes to the people in the before and after photographs (beauty/weight loss/dental) or do they believe the examples of computer speed/performance improvement (download times or computing performance) products.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

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Post by goatforce5 » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:36 PM UTC

redstripe wrote: post #5

MarcusA wrote: post #3

Also, none of my friends are as attractive as the models used on the Facetime page. Stop faking my friends. Apple, please fix this.

As a side note, doesn't the guy talking to the woman with the baby look like a younger and chubbier steve jobs? You know iClone is coming soon. Everyone will get a hot model. Hell with Microsoft, I'm switching for sure when that happens.

I'm thinking that Jonathan Ives is turning in to Steve Jobs.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

#8

Post by SandB0x » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:40 PM UTC

I liked the old adverts that tried to show you how sharp DVDs were...on VHS.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

#9

Post by not_an_alien » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:46 PM UTC

Adding to that the fact that their clever semantics is making it sound better than it is (claiming '4x more pixels' - which is true, but it's just 2x the resolution)...

It's the best mobile device screen out there, hands down. They really don't need to do that.

Re: Apple faking 489 to 815 PPI on iPhone 4 ads

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Post by graywh » Tue, Jun 08, 2010, 4:57 PM UTC

SandB0x wrote: post #8

I liked the old adverts that tried to show you how sharp DVDs were...on VHS.

I seem to recall current ads doing the same thing comparing digital cable to analog....