[jayson9]

Originally Posted by cheekydevil1234

Sorry guys but only in America, it seems you guys walk out in the street, walk into a tree that has been there for 50 years and sue the person that owns the land for the tree hurting you. Remember the woman in McDonalds in the USA, she sued because her coffee was too hot that spilt on her, last time i check coffee was hot, stupidity should not be rewarded and everyone knows you don't believe TV. Am I the only one that gets sick to death of all this suing? Oh actually this screen is to bright and has given me a headache, modmyi you should not have used these dazzling whites in your page, where is my lawyer?

And in Europe, if you run over a chicken, you pay for all of the "supposed" chicks and their future generations that the chicken could have had? Not sure Europe has anything on the USA..... other than a few more centuries of the same.

Originally Posted by dale1v

Enzyte don't have an innovative touchscreen interface.

And having a symptomatic 4 hour hard-on doesn't sound like a real problem either.......

[Jay316]

This is where I put my "Marketing" hat on. Marketing is about getting customers to believe that by buying the product (in this case the iPhone 3G) they will be buying the benefit of faster internet capabilities. Admittedly Apple have over exaggerated their claims to the point of failing to get EVERYBODY who owns a phone to get an iPhone (I also question why you'd need 3 iPhones, get some variety) but anyway. Apple need to rethink their marketing and advertising strategy and stop living off the "twice as fast" slogan. Here's a better one "Need a phone can you can watch videos, play music, check email and surf the net, buy an iPhone", need a phone that does all this AND has MMS and fully functioning Bluetooth, buy an N96. Lol maybe the second part should be Nokia's slogan.

[Happy Noodle Boy]

Originally Posted by dale1v

Still her fault, lol. That's what hot coffee does, scald.

Actually, on this case it really, really was McDonalds fault. They were keeping the coffee 30-40 degrees hotter than the safety standard. Hot coffee scalds, yeah but she got hurt pretty bad.

[Dizz]

Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy

Actually, on this case it really, really was McDonalds fault. They were keeping the coffee 30-40 degrees hotter than the safety standard. Hot coffee scalds, yeah but she got hurt pretty bad.

Yeah dude seriously, she had third degree burns. No coffee should be that hot that it'll leave third degree burns on you.

[Landslideclothing]

It is obvious that Apple used a phone connected to wi-fi during commercial shoots. That's why everything was so fast. but dropped call issues are due to towers around the area, some places are too remote and may not have enough towers to support their community.
I don't agree with everything Apple does, but not even Apple agrees with everything they do, there are too many chiefs making decisions.

[hollow0]

Originally Posted by domenicp

With respect to 3G speeds in the ads, its no different than claims made by ISPs about their speeds. ISPs post actual bandwidth claims that never seem to be reached. A lawsuit against certain ISPs has more validity than the one against Apple on this one.

AMEN TO THAT!!! THAT IS SOOOOOOO TRUE! Apple should use that as an example in their case!

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Originally Posted by jayson9

And having a symptomatic 4 hour hard-on doesn't sound like a real problem either.......

Unless you're the kids I read about who took Viagra in school...

[keatonec]

honestly if the commercial showed that I'd wasn't supper fast. That it took 3-5 secs to load a web page or a location the map app would you buy it? No. This is stupid. I can't even beleive that we are talking about this. It's ridiculos. There are comercials all over tv that make their products look way better than they actually are. It's a funny thing called good advertising. You don't want to make an ad that just shows what your product can do, you show what it could do if you had the perfect connection and verything was working great.

This guy who is sueing is a retard and I hope he doesn't get sh*t.

[khaoticsquirrel]

misleading is the name of the game in marketing. whoever can fool the most people into buying their product over their opponents are "the best." i'm pretty sure if apple knows that their ads are ******** and they are intentionally airing them to entice/trick people to buy their product, that is false advertisement and very suable.

[jayson9]

Originally Posted by Napoleon_PhoneApart

Unless you're the kids I read about who took Viagra in school...

I guess everybody wants to be a porn star.... kids included.

Sometimes, you can't help the one that will try anything to be like others. You just got to go along and hope they don't "over extend" themselves.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Originally Posted by jayson9

I guess everybody wants to be a porn star.... kids included.

Sometimes, you can't help the one that will try anything to be like others. You just got to go along and hope they don't "over extend" themselves.

And hope the teacher doesn't call you up to the blackboard to work out a problem...

[kwall]

Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy

This is like trying to sue a fast food shop for not serving you a meal that looks like the ones from commercials. You know the ones I'm talking about, the ones with oh so delicious perfectly cooked meat, perfect melted slices of cheeze, the right amount of fresh tomatoes and lettuce and just enough mayonnaise to finish it up. Actual meals NEVER look like that. Do I care? No.

The phone still rocks, and as a previous 2G user, the 3G is faster, louder, and better.

Stupid.

Come to think of it, I can't think of a single commercial where the device/product in question ever plays exactly as it's shown.

movie commercials!! they show the movie and its exact rofl

[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by cricketlang

good luck to anyone trying to fight apple on this one. some woman already did this....EPIC FAIL

This sort of attitude is what gives Apple their power... we allow them to be untouchable...

Is it a little ridiculous that people are suing for this reason? Sure... I mean who REALLY believed it word for word. That being said, companies are responsible for DELIVERING what they advertise. If they don;t deliver, they are at fault...

Originally Posted by keatonec

honestly if the commercial showed that I'd wasn't supper fast. That it took 3-5 secs to load a web page or a location the map app would you buy it? No. This is stupid. I can't even beleive that we are talking about this. It's ridiculos. There are comercials all over tv that make their products look way better than they actually are. It's a funny thing called good advertising. You don't want to make an ad that just shows what your product can do, you show what it could do if you had the perfect connection and verything was working great.

This guy who is sueing is a retard and I hope he doesn't get sh*t.

So you are saying you wouldn't buy the phone if they showed it in a commercial operating in a real setting? You buy things based on commercials knowing that what you get is less than what is on the commercial but as long as the commercial is awesome the product is worth getting? I shed a tear for you just now...

[dsg]

AHHH

Apple are becoming micro$oft

[McQuackers]

Wow....did people REALLY expect the iPhone 3G to be literally twice as fast? Would they have made such a fuss if it turned out to be only 1.9x as fast?

Which ad is more appealing to you?
Twice as fast. Half the price.
or
Really fast. Half the Price.

The synergy between the Twice/Half (multiples of 2...if you count 1/2 as a multiple of 2, but you see where I'm going sticklers.) makes the ad flow more smoothly.

I'd call Apple underhanded if 3G speed was only 1.1-1.3x faster than the Edge network speed, but 1.5x and up is forgivable.

Now this part is just personal preference, but a better slogan may have been
"50% faster. 50% cheaper." or maybe another word that doesn't carry the stigma of cheap.