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UK pulls iPhone 3G ad

UK pulls iPhone 3G ad

Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 22:46, by Brian K.

Categories: Apple Apple iPhone 3G iPhone 3G O2 O2 Bookmark

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So it turns out you can't advertise "all the parts of the internet" when your product does not, in fact, include all the parts of the internet, and the UK Advertising Standards Authority has pulled the iPhone 3G ad which makes that very claim. Mobile Safari is great and all, but much of the internet is based off of Adobe's Flash technology, and well, the iPhone doesn't support that (or Java.) Now how about someone take a look at that "half the price" claim?

via: Smartphone Thoughts

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1. (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:42 0 0

They should pull the add by calling it a phone lol...seems like it can't even do that right

2. (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2008, 00:57 0 0

lol, i second that! good call!

3. ` (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2008, 01:37 0 0

waits for the i phone Stan

4. Simdes (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2008, 05:28 0 0

The ad seems to show the less attractive reasons why someone would buy it... It's a multimedia device, first and foremost. Lol at Tommies.

5. (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2008, 12:39 0 0

i love seeing the iphone bashed! this is the best day ever. now i just want to see all those worthles phones (if u can call it a phone) recalled!

6. (unregistered) posted on 29 Aug 2008, 16:57 0 0

Well in that case shouldn't they also pull all the ads for phones adevertising "Web Browsing"?. Because the iPhone isn't the only device that cannot display Flash files and some Java files. Some of the best phones out there unfortunately cannot display Flash files. This makes no sense to me.

7. (unregistered) posted on 31 Aug 2008, 01:12 0 0

there a difference all the parts of the web and web browsing two way different things

9. (unregistered) posted on 02 Sep 2008, 13:38 0 0

I know right, advertising it can display "all parts of the internet" is very misleading, just like saying they have "the best 3g coverage." Last time i checked they did NOT have the BEST 3g coverage, it was VZW that did.