Barista misses out on Samsung GALAXY Note LTE in new Samsung ad
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Suddenly, the fences holding back those on line are kicked away (subliminal message!) and as the Apple iPhone users burst out of the line, a Samsung GALAXY Note LTE falls into each of their hands. "Freedom!," cries one of the converted iPhone users (from the closed iOS system?). There is a rock guitarist, marching band and skateboarders all celebrating the Samsung GALAXY Note as those formerly clutching the iPhone are now taking pictures with the GALAXY Note LTE. And even that guy who was "Sam-sunged" in one of the recent Samsung ads is seen getting blown out of a cannon.
And that leaves our old friend, the barista. As the ad ends, he is left all alone on line for the iPhone saying his parting words, "Now that was over the top."
Was the ad worth waiting for? Let's us know your opinion by dropping your comments in the box below.
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46 Comments
1. k1ng617 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:06 5 1
Honestly didn't show enough of the phone. Not a mention of the 5.3in screen which I think is the larger selling point rather than the stylus.
2. MalakiMills posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:07 1 0
Agreed, Should have focused more on the screen and thinness then just a stylus. Was pretty cool that they brought the lead singer from The Darkness to sing That song though.
17. Lucas777 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:56 1 1
i definitely agree… the people i was watching the game with didnt even know what the commercial was about except something about an iphone… samsung needed to at least put way more brand recognition instead of some pink dude
28. squallz506 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 23:05 1 0
When I saw that pinkish guitarist I was crossing my fingers for a tmobile logo. But alas no news yet...
37. rawdeal posted on 06 Feb 2012, 05:54 0 0
i am using this phone frm 3 mnths n the best part of this phone is its spen(not stylus)...this is no ordinary stylus....u will amazed by the functionalities spen have to offer...
3. vvelez5 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:08 1 1
That "rock guitarist" is Justin Hawkins, front man of The Darkness who made it big in the with that song in the commercial.
I loved that commercial 2nd best one of the day, behind the Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial.
4. jcpwn2004 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:08 5 2
pretty lame commercial...^^^^ agreed no way to tell this phone apart from any other android phone based on the commercial. Really should have emphasized the screen size & stylus more.
5. Mario1017 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:21 4 3
What a waste of 90 seconds and $9 million. They didnt even talk about the phone at all and only showed it for like 20 seconds out of the whole commercial. very bad add.
10. protozeloz posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:34 2 1
Agree. They can still make up with a good TV commercial campaign of the features it has. And show off the SPen a but more
39. Mario1017 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 09:11 0 0
Yea they can, but they blew their biggest chance probably ever
6. solidsnakeduds013 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:27 0 5
I wanted to see a gs3 but there wasn't one... Highly disappointed. I don't need a 5 inch screen what I need is the gs3!!!
9. protozeloz posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:33 11 1
Wait? You actually believed the S3 would appear on a commercial? Even after all the confirmation that the S3 wuldn't show up even in MWC you asking them to make a commercial about a phone they haven't even announced? You read news by any chance?
7. TARDIS posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:29 0 1
I agree with all of you in saying that Samsung should have made the phone itself more of the focus on the commercial rather than how big a deal it is that it's going to be available. I loved it when The Darkness came on though! One of my favorite songs of all time - I believe in thing called looooooooooove!!!!!!!!!!
8. remixfa posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:30 10 3
dude, i fell over laughing when the guitarist fell into the shot. that commercial was awesome. Definitely one of the best of the game.
you guys are missing the point of the commercial. it wasnt about specs... specs dont sell phones to the masses... it was about hype. Samsung said that they want apple's "love", which is hype. The chicks that were watching the show with me all said "i have no idea what that phone was, but i want it now". So it was a very effective commercial.
12. vvelez5 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:37 2 2
Couldn't agree with you more Remixfa. These commercials are made to have staying power. People like us would love to see all the specs but normal consumers aren't interested in that. They want something that catches their eye and makes them come into the stores to check the product out and to purchase it.
13. protozeloz posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:38 0 0
Still think showing up some more features would be awesome . Maybe they follow up with some good TV campaign I've said commercials that talk power do not mean much
16. XiphiasGladius posted on 05 Feb 2012, 21:49 1 1
I'll assume in the follow-up commercial the barista will also be enticed aside from the showing the phone features, thinkin' about it makes my brain day dream again. LOL
19. remixfa posted on 05 Feb 2012, 22:04 3 2
they have plenty of time to release a feature or 2 about the phone. but if they have no hype, only geeks are going to buy it. think about how many of the iphone's physical features are shown off in an iphone ad. next to none. yet, there is hype all around the dumb thing. its "magical", and "if its not an iphone", and "face time". not one of those commercials tell you what an iphone is made of, yet they all helped sell millions of the thing.
We, the geeks of the word want features and specs and benchmarks. Average joe is to stupid to understand, and wants hype. Samsung is taking a page from apple. They are trying to gather the sheep to their pulpit with pomp, flash, humor and hype.
31. E.N. posted on 06 Feb 2012, 01:03 3 3
Dude, this advertisement was clearly a failure. It's probably one of the worst super bowl advertisements that I've seen. I can believe you said that you fell over laughing when you watched this crap. And Apple at least shows their phones for more than, what, two seconds at a time? Usually, the entire commercial is showing off features.
34. chadrick0814 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 01:50 4 0
An iPhone can't provide 30 seconds worth of features.
