Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up. (Vol 2)

[AlexRS2782]

Funding Circle with the CGI singing baby. I think they're a few years behind the curve on that trend / craze.

Plus, as mentioned countless times on here, the increasing number (and length) of all the gambling ads that are tied into / promoting / encouraging you to bet on Euro 2020 and the various other big sports events due over the next couple of weeks including Ascot, Wimbledon, American Golf, etc.

One of them earlier going on about how they're removing their withdrawal restrictions during events so you can cash out winnings. Then the T&C's briefly pop up saying it's only possible once you agree to rewager a percentage of any winnings a minimum of 10 to 30 times first on other bets / casino games, etc

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Saturday 12th June 01:39

[rwindmill]

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

[rider73]

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

its the same every year for mobiles though - lets face it, more technology in your phone than the entire 1950/60/70/70s space program, and we hardly use any of it, instead we take pics telling people where we are, look at pics , send emojis and troll.

[bristolracer]

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

[Bluedot]

bristolracer said:

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

Completely agree although I'm not sure if I'm just old now or that getting the latest shiny mobile just isn't important anymore.
I think, like you say, a lot is to do with the latter, that nothing on new phones really makes much difference to me.
There was a time that a year old phone was wildly out of date, I remember when two year contracts came in and you were like 'wait, what, have a mobile for two years??!'

[R56Cooper]

Bluedot said:

bristolracer said:

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

Completely agree although I'm not sure if I'm just old now or that getting the latest shiny mobile just isn't important anymore.
I think, like you say, a lot is to do with the latter, that nothing on new phones really makes much difference to me.
There was a time that a year old phone was wildly out of date, I remember when two year contracts came in and you were like 'wait, what, have a mobile for two years??!'

Yep agreed. Back in the early 2000s phones were coming on in leaps and bounds and every new model had fresh innovations.

We've now reached the plateau. Personally I'm over the moon with my new Samsung A51 - £200ish quid, fantastic camera and great screen. Spunking £1k plus on the latest flagship just wouldn't be worth it.

[mfmman]

Galbani Mozzarella! Awful, awful, awful

Bearable just about when it was bookending Come Dine with me, which my wife watches but I could tune out from.

Now it's on the radio and Youtube as well. I like mozzarella but this has made me vow never to by the brand

[HARTLEYHARE1]

Anything around ITV

The worst channel of cheap shyte beyond reason

[anonymous-user]

Omaze. The ad to raffle a £3m house in Devon (plus anAston Martin if you buy before Sunday).

1. The woman found it is really irritating with her little girl voice.
2. The pretence that it’s for charity. £100k. to Childline. OK better than nothing but if the prize is £3m, that must be expecting to raise at least £5m.

[AlexRS2782]

Having watched Nadal / Djokovic earlier on i'm now nominating the intro / outro stings for the French Open tennis that feature the gurning beardy in his Audi S3.

[Nickp82]

mfmman said:

Galbani Mozzarella! Awful, awful, awful

Bearable just about when it was bookending Come Dine with me, which my wife watches but I could tune out from.

Now it's on the radio and Youtube as well. I like mozzarella but this has made me vow never to by the brand

Agree, it’s not in any way hard to pronounce which just makes the ads even more irritating.

[Philbar]

The all electric Citroen. With the fking overrated fkwits from Goggle Box or whatever.. just fk off even if I was in the market to buy a new EV I'd purposely avoid Citroen for using those tts!

[Morningside]

Diet Coke. Why does it sound slightly out of tune or played back fractionally too slow.

[Saleen836]

The annoying advert for the SumUp card reader.... ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

[anonymous-user]

bristolracer said:

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

I believe it’s called a ‘product wall’. Toothbrushes; razors; washing tablets; tea-bags (do they even make pyramid tea-bags any more?); phones etc.

[98elise]

bristolracer said:

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

Agreed. My first smartphone was a Galaxy S2 which I had for about 4 years. I only upgraded because the memory was too small for later generation apps. I upgraded to the S7 Edge which I still have. The S7 came with fingerprint recognition which is a feature I use all the time, but beyond that there really isn't anything else I want in a phone.

[Abbott]

98elise said:

bristolracer said:

rwindmill said:

Halmyre said:

That folding mobile phone ad. No I don't fking want it.

Problem is, there are a sh*t-load of vapid, self-image obsessed numptys out there who are falling over themselves to spend thousands on a phone that, in the end, does no more than the phone they currently have, other than fold in half.

How long will the excitement and interest from that feature last??

Problem with phones is the lack of innovation. We were spoiled with massive advances,but the last few years has just been the same thing slightly improved,better camera, better screen but we are all carrying exactly the same flat slab with a screen format as we had 10 years ago.
Even apple are struggling with innovation, having to introduce a line of lesser budget phones as the justification for their flagship models is marginal.
The phone has found its form, in the same way that the camera did,or TVs or hifi did, go to a shop and all products look much the same
So having spent a few billion making this thing they got to flog it now and need to reach out to their discerning customers

Agreed. My first smartphone was a Galaxy S2 which I had for about 4 years. I only upgraded because the memory was too small for later generation apps. I upgraded to the S7 Edge which I still have. The S7 came with fingerprint recognition which is a feature I use all the time, but beyond that there really isn't anything else I want in a phone.

It is all in the master plan


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrpsA98DhCI

[Bluedot]

LG

My ears are bleeding after hearing the singing on it.

[Frimley111R]

21st Century Man said:

The Dominos yodelling is cretinous for sure, but the worst bit for me is the now obligatory for seemingly all adverts "We've got this".

+ 1

[anonymous-user]

Frimley111R said:

21st Century Man said:

The Dominos yodelling is cretinous for sure, but the worst bit for me is the now obligatory for seemingly all adverts "We've got this".

+ 1

The yodelling is moronic on a whole new level. I just can’t imagine a meeting where someone would come up with that idea and other (grown up) Human beings, would say “ yeh, that’s great!”
Maybe why I don’t work in advertising.