Over the years, Apple has masterfully honed its marketing skills to somehow sell more and more iPhones each year.
Although each iPhone update does come with changes to its hardware, some people just take the company's word for it.
On Wednesday, the company took the covers off of its latest cash cow, the iPhone 5. And as expected, floods of pre-orders came rolling through, nabbing all of Apple's initial supply in less than an hour.
But just how many of these pre-orders are from iPhone 4S owners who no longer appreciate their device? As Jimmy Kimmel puts it, each new Apple iPhone release seems to make current iPhones look worthless and obsolete.
To test just how powerful Apple's new iPhone marketing effects are, Kimmel's team took to the streets of Los Angeles to ask citizens to test out the new iPhone. Only, it was an old iPhone, two generations old to be exact. The iPhone 5 hasn't even shipped out to the masses yet.
Although Kimmel states the test was used with the current iPhone 4S, a closer inspection will reveal it was actually an iPhone 4. (You can tell by the marking located next to the audio jack) Despite holding a piece of two year-old technology, many described the "new" iphone 5 as faster, lighter and even bigger. What's worse is that many of the people interviewed own an iPhone 4S themselves.
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Americans can't even label a world map. Distinguishing between iPhone models........ ya that's not gonna happen.Reply
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darkchazz I laughed my arse off xDReply
That's iSheep for ya
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memadmax Actually, I live in Los Angeles atm(van nuys area) and this video does not surprise me one bit.... In fact, I was wondering where all the homeless people went off to... they prolly cleaned up the place a bit before they made the vid as well....Reply -
emperor piehead i just moved away from Los Angeles area and i used to have a teacher that was an apple freak. This does not surprise me. I'm going to stick with my android.Reply -
alikum trollingfagShow them samsung galaxy s3 and tell them it's the new iphone..They may be sheeps, but they are not blind ... LOLReply -
olaf Not surprised really. Apple caters to people who don't realy want the hassle of tech and just want the benefits, regardless if they are limited by Apple's closed ecosystem. That said no one is disputing people are DUMB, plain and simple and Apple tends to attract 'em.Reply