Malcolm Owen
Apple has released a new video for the Apple Watch Series 4 highlighting the freedom the cellular model provides to its users without requiring a nearby iPhone, by showing a runner whisked into the air and transported to the middle of a lake.
Published early on Wednesday to Apple's YouTube channel for the United Kingdom, the video titled "Flight" starts with a runner on the side of the road following a path given by her Apple Watch. She is taken to a woodland and up a hill, before being carried into the sky by the wind.
Following a period of airborne acrobatics, the fitness enthusiast is dropped into water, which turns out to be the middle of a lake surrounded by mountains and trees. The actor receives then declines an incoming call on the Apple Watch before surveying the view, and starts swimming to shore.
The tagline of the ad spot is "The freedom of cellular," referencing the ability of the cellular-equipped Apple Watch variants to take calls wherever there is cellular service.
According to Creative Review, the spot was directed by Jonathan Glazer, and features champion skydiver and America's Got Talent contestant Inka Tiitto.
The commercial is the latest in a string of videos for the Apple Watch, which typically focuses on the fitness credentials for the device. In 2018 Apple produced a trio of ads challenging users to "Close your Rings" on the Apple Watch by exercising throughout the day, while another featured a man running into clones of himself as part of a campaign titled "There's a better you in you."
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OK, that's a cool spot. I'm thinking it's gotta be one of those skydive training wind silos, but still bloody cool af.
That was timely!
Last Friday I took my grandson to a late evening trampoline park where kids bounce around wearing day-glo t-shirts under black lights. Normally the parents just leave them there -- but since he couldn't keep his phone with him (Small pockets), I spent the next 2 hours watching day-glo kids bouncing around to the beat of Thump-Thump rap music at 100+ decibels or so...
This morning I ordered him a Series3 with LTE from B&H (at $100 off). (Thank You AppleInsider!)
Now, he can leave his phone at home and still be able to call home if there's a problem.
But, like the commercial, he and his Apple Watch will soon be tumbling and flying through the air!
In a world of dull, lifeless, me too commercials, I really love this one.....looks like something Mary Wells Lawrence might have conceived. BRAVO