Friday, May 22, 2015
Apple begins airing TV spot for gold iPhone 5s
Similar to the flow of the "plastic perfected" TV ad Apple launched last month for iPhone 5c, the new 5s spot depicts a phone materializing out of a liquid material.
For the iPhone 5s, that material is gold, portrayed from the start in a melting form that takes the shape of the device. The spot pauses to admire the camera and dual element True Tone flash (above) before being outfitted with a gold ring highlighting its Touch ID feature, which is immediately used by a finger to login to the newly formed device.
The spot, first noted by The Verge as appearing in U.S. football broadcasts on Fox, and cobranded by carrier Verizon, is a slightly shorter version of the original video Apple showed at its release.
Apples original spot lacked a similar soundtrack, instead presenting a creepier, orchestral accompaniment to the cracking sounds of molten metal. The video also presented the internals of the Home button and its Touch ID sensor in greater detail, and flipped the phone around to present it alongside the Silver and Space Grey versions.
Liquids and Goldfrapp have been used in ads before
Apples new "liquid" ads are reminiscent of an LG ad for its "Chocolate" phone, which presented the device erupting out of liquid chocolate. LGs 2006-era U.S. Chocolate phone was intentionally styled after Apples iPod and played up its ability to play music.
That ad, coincidentally, featured a different track "Strict Machine" from the same artist, Goldfrapp. Motorola later copied LGs flip version of the Chocolate to launch the Moto CRZR, and also used Goldfrapps "Ohh La La" to promote its ability to play music, although it failed to highlight the lyrics of the song, instead just presenting its catchy beat and chorus.
Both companies were hit hard by the launch of the iPhone, which not only played music like an iPod, but also surfed the web and accessed email like a Macintosh.
Data source: via AppleInsider (By Daniel Eran Dilger)
