UK Watchdog Nixes iPhone Ad by ‘All Parts of the Web’ Claim


Less than a week after a representative for Orange in Poland revealed that actors were paid to stand in line the night the iPhone launched there, another kerfuffle has arisen by Apple-related marketing, that date in the UK. The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority

has pulled an iPhone commercial after it received complaints from two viewers that the ad was misleading. “[Apple is] having two issues — one probably more critical than the other,” said Mary Beth Kemp, a Forrester Research analyst.

Original post by Walaika Haskins

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