Windows Phone spotted in non-phone ads

[Gorki247]

I've been seeing more ads recently where a windows phone is used. These are not phone ads, but mainly ads for services that are also available on WP and uses the phone, sometimes alongside other devices, to show this.

For instance, NatWest's 'Pay Your Contacts' ad - Main character uses Lumia 900 to pay people with WP7 and Android devices
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwRvniu3Qo0

Autotrader - Guy uses a Lumia 900 to sell car, with buyer searching on Android tablet
The Seller - Auto Trader TV Ad 2013 - YouTube

Not sure if the manufactures pay for their device to be features or if it's the advertising company trying to genuinely show some of the devices their service is available on. Either way it's good to see WP in more mainstream ads possibly attracting a wider audience, don't you think?

Has anyone seen any other ads like this?

 

[Curtieson]

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Pretty sure Wendy's has one too. I do not think Nokia is paying for their device to be used in this one (I HOPE)...I mean, it is just black and nearly impossible to tell except for the placement of the flash.
Wendy's Grilled Chicken Flatbread - Outtakes! - YouTube

 

[Cheewii Poon]

Yeah, if Nokia paid them to do this they would have given them a flashier coloured device.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

[Your 1st link is now broken]

Pretty sure Wendy's has one too. I do not think Nokia is paying for their device to be used in this one (I HOPE)...I mean, it is just black and nearly impossible to tell except for the placement of the flash.
Wendy's Grilled Chicken Flatbread - Outtakes! - YouTube

WTF did I just watch? LOL

 

[eric12341]

WTF did I just watch? LOL

The Spanish language ad was alot more brief than that and it showed at least the windows key. Good to see WP alot more prominent now. It's no wonder we're in 3rd place.

 

[Curtieson]

WTF did I just watch? LOL

The Spanish language ad was alot more brief than that and it showed at least the windows key. Good to see WP alot more prominent now. It's no wonder we're in 3rd place.

The typical one on American TV isn't that long either...that was an extended / "outtake" version made for YouTube. I had the same "haha!! but seriously, they are crazy, get them help" reaction.

You really think ANYONE knows those are Windows Phones besides us insane dedicated followers?

 

[DJRedLine]

If anyone from UK watches 'Hollyoaks' then majority of the cast use Lumia devices with various models. There are also posters placed in scenes such as bus stops etc.

 

[Flavio76]

Brazilian sitcoms are also showing off the Lumias.

take a look, it is portuguese, but pictures tell all!!!

Nokia na TV: Grazi Massafera usa um Lumia 920 amarelo na novela Flor do Caribe da TV Globo

Nokia na TV: Novas apari??es do Lumia 920 na novela das 6 da TV Globo

here is a Video

http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo...ne-gonzalo-sobre-falhas-em-seu-plano/2555261/

 

[Curtieson]

Brazilian sitcoms are also showing off the Lumias.

take a look, it is portuguese, but pictures tell all!!!

Pictures do translate easily, haha.

See, and those are YELLOW...I could certainly understand Nokia chipping in to sponsor those placements! They stand out and are the signature color, the black ones in the commercials just blend in.

 

[Dadstar0410]

I've been seeing more ads recently where a windows phone is used. These are not phone ads, but mainly ads for services that are also available on WP and uses the phone, sometimes alongside other devices, to show this.

For instance, NatWest's 'Pay Your Contacts' ad - Main character uses Lumia 900 to pay people with WP7 and Android devices
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwRvniu3Qo0

Autotrader - Guy uses a Lumia 900 to sell car, with buyer searching on Android tablet
The Seller - Auto Trader TV Ad 2013 - YouTube

Not sure if the manufactures pay for their device to be features or if it's the advertising company trying to genuinely show some of the devices their service is available on. Either way it's good to see WP in more mainstream ads possibly attracting a wider audience, don't you think?

Has anyone seen any other ads like this?

It's a 920 in the AutoTrader one. 0:08 shows the Windows Phone 8 home button.

 

[walter1832]

I could have sworn that I saw a lumia on ABC's Modern Family

 

[lisainsf]

they were using windows 8 tablets and I believe some of the phones on Dallas

 

[shlomo80]

Acronym appears to be a Lumia shop

[video=vimeo;50626032]http://vimeo.com/50626032[/video]

And I doubt they're getting paid for it

 

[berty6294]

I could have sworn that I saw a lumia on ABC's Modern Family

I've seen them on there as well (and the nvidea project shield). Also Gus from Psych uses one!

 

[Djal Tropoje]

RITA ORA - Shine Ya Light Official Video Clip,Full HD+LYRICS - YouTube
The very first seconds

 

[Dadstar0410]

RITA ORA - Shine Ya Light Official Video Clip,Full HD+LYRICS - YouTube
The very first seconds

Hahaha literally THE first second