"The Wedding" the best ad of 2013 already?

[Simon Tupper]

The public's feeling about it is mixed, but it dragged a lot of attention and I think it did its job perfectly.

One of my Facebook friend who proudly own an iPhone said that this was the best ad so far in 2013 despite the product that it sells.

So I can see what Microsoft is doing here. They finally made an ad that did what it is supposed to do. Their ads for the Surface were just not good enough, it missed everything that could possibly sell the product.

I think it reached something like 3 million views in just 3 days.
Anyway, what do you guys think about it?

 

[Laura Knotek]

I agree with your friend. It's the best ad I've ever seen for any Microsoft product ever.

 

[rickisthick]

i think what microsoft needs to do now that they have every bodies attention, they have to make a follow up ad showing everything the lumia and wp can do, maybe like a "what woulda happened if they all had windows phones ad"

 

[squire777]

Some non tech friends of mine loved it so it looks like MS got an ad right for a change

 

[Simon Tupper]

Its great news, I can feel the 10% market share already.

 

[WanderingTraveler]

What I like most about the ad is that the slogan:
"Don't fight. Switch."
Is a ridiculously good spin off:
"Resistance is futile."

Kinda funny when we could say the same about PC vs. Mac

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Its great news, I can feel the 10% market share already.

I'd aim for 9.99% by the strongest day
Cirno would be proud

 

[stmav]

My wife could care less about such things. And gets tired of hearing me talk about phones. But when she saw this she laughed and said this is good.

 

[ttsoldier]

It's already three million views on youtube. It will definitely get the message across. People who did not know about Windows Phone before will be a little more inquisitive now

 

[Simon Tupper]

I bet the comments are exactly like Microsoft thought they would be

 

[theta_orionis]

For awhile I thought MSFT would be happy to stay in the background and watch Samsung and Apple set each other on fire. That ad made me and my wife (I-phone) laugh out loud! Best one yet!

 

[TechAbstract]

i think what microsoft needs to do now that they have every bodies attention, they have to make a follow up ad showing everything the lumia and wp can do, maybe like a "what woulda happened if they all had windows phones ad"

Let's make a movie out of this. With 30 secs commercial each time.

 

[TonyDedrick]

I found it funny. I still don't think it got across anything special Windows Phone can do.

Although, I think some WP users are just as much rabid fanboys as Samsung/Android and Apple fans. So in that respect, I found it a bit off. But otherwise, a funny ad

 

[Simon Tupper]

I found it funny. I still don't think it got across anything special Windows Phone can do.

Although, I think some WP users are just as much rabid fanboys as Samsung/Android and Apple fans. So in that respect, I found it a bit off. But otherwise, a funny ad

I prefer a funny ad to an ad like apple does... With the white background and the guy that describes normal features as if they were the sickest thing a product can do

 

[stmav]

Maybe it wasn't intended to get anything across except Windows Phone. Get a funny ad that gets people to watch the whole ad, then at the end come in with a tagline "Don't Fight, Switch", then the last thing they see is the phone. Fills all those requirements.

 

[Simon Tupper]

4million views, crazy.

 

[FlashFlare11]

I prefer a funny ad to an ad like apple does... With the white background and the guy that describes normal features as if they were the sickest thing a product can do

I love this Windows Phone ad but I have to admit that Apple's iPhone ads do, in a way, make me want an iPhone.

I hope Microsoft puts out more ads like this one, though!

 

[Simon Tupper]

The only thing I think I would like on the iPhone is more apps otherwise there is too much comprises

 

[WinFan1]

they should have a commercial where everyone has nokia lumias recording an event thats meant to be quiet and have a samsung and apple fan in the background bickering about which is better which then get shushed because of being rude

 

[Bobert_123]

I agree with your friend. It's the best ad I've ever seen for any Microsoft product ever.

Forget that, it's one of the best ads I've ever see. period.