Fake Lines for Polish iPhone Launch

Terry Olaes

Terry Olaes

I Used to be the [H] News Guy
2FA
Joined
Nov 27, 2006
Messages
4,646
Interesting marketing technique. In Poland, mobile operator Orange paid actors to line up in front of Apple stores to “drum up interest in the iPhone.” These fake queues are in front of 20 stores around the country. Note - the pic is not from Poland. I couldn't find a picture of a fake Polish line so I made my own using a stock image from the 3G launch in the US. :D
 
That is the Chicago AT&T store located at something like 30 E Chicago Ave... I know that is where I got my 3g and my GF's :)

 
Like the Polish need to worry about buying iPhones. They have other things to worry about financially (I am polish btw).
 
^^^ QFT

People in Europe when they spend their money, they want to get their moneys worth. When they spend $$$ they want a fully functional product with no limitations.
 
Term-X said:
Like the Polish need to worry about buying iPhones. They have other things to worry about financially (I am polish btw).
Click to expand...


I'm Polish too but, I'm born and raised in the US. When I visit there, it seems that people aren't materialistic at all. Credit cards and impulse buying seem to be nonexistant there. Marketing seems to push the "consume and toss" ethos in the US. Out there, with only 4 TV channels (unless you have satellite), marketing seems to have little impact. Even the well-off don't spend their money like we do in the US. I really doubt that companies like Apple (who rely on people constantly buying new updated products) will thrive in Europe like they do in the US.



On a sidenote, I remember reading a cell-phone related story on Wired and one of the commentors being from Asia (I think Japan). He said that Apple hired people to stand in line there too...
 
The U.S should really look @ their European brethren for social and lifestyle examples. Because if this country wants to sustain itself or the world for that matter we'll have to adopt some of their characteristics.
 
told ya from the beginning that this was only a marketing strategy from apple :)
 
D4hPr0 said:
^^^ QFT

People in Europe when they spend their money, they want to get their moneys worth. When they spend $$$ they want a fully functional product with no limitations.
Click to expand...

And yet, judging by the "sold out" signs, the iPhone has been selling just fine here :p
 
iakona said:
The U.S should really look @ their European brethren for social and lifestyle examples. Because if this country wants to sustain itself or the world for that matter we'll have to adopt some of their characteristics.
Click to expand...
rofl, fail. No thanks on the socialism.
 
MartinX said:
And yet, judging by the "sold out" signs, the iPhone has been selling just fine here :p
Click to expand...

I could release a product and only make 4 and put up sold out signs to try and drive interest.

Its not that hard and in this country tactics like that are some of the most successful.
 
haha, not quite. It's very easy to distinguish between what socialism is and what isn't. Perhaps you should take a closer look at their society and style of governing.
 
86DRIFTER said:
Only in Poland.
Click to expand...

Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if Apple has done similar things in other countries. You can say what you want about Apple products, but they sure know how to market them.

Apple's marketing is also the main reason why, to the general public, OSX is the greatest OS ever and Vista "crashes all the time" and "doesn't work with your printer". :rolleyes:
 
That doesn't mean anything about the mindset and style of governing. Thanks for the customary Wikipedia link.
 
They didn't have to pay people in the US to do this because Apple has already suckered in a whole population of people to drool and salivate everytime Steve Jobs takes a shit. :D

I wonder when they will realize he cares nothing for them and only for himself, poor souls.
 
w1retap said:
That doesn't mean anything about the mindset and style of governing. Thanks for the customary Wikipedia link.
Click to expand...

What do you know about the "mindset" and "style of governing" in Poland? Have you visited the country or lived there? Have you followed the development of the EU and the transition of communist regimes into free markets and democracies? Do you think a goverment with a "communist mindset" would cooperate with the US and place anti missile interceptors and US Patriot missiles in the country? Would such a goverment have the country join the Western Alliance?

Here's another Wikipedia link for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Platform

Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO), is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative Polish political party. Since the 2007 general election, it is the largest party in Sejm.
Click to expand...

That truly sounds like a communist style of governing :eek:
 
JimmiG said:
What do you know about the "mindset" and "style of governing" in Poland? Have you visited the country or lived there? Have you followed the development of the EU and the transition of communist regimes into free markets and democracies? Do you think a goverment with a "communist mindset" would cooperate with the US and place anti missile interceptors and US Patriot missiles in the country? Would such a goverment have the country join the Western Alliance?

Here's another Wikipedia link for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Platform



That truly sounds like a communist style of governing :eek:
Click to expand...
Thank you for more Wikipedia info.. zzz

I have family from there, and one of my best friends moved to the US from there several years ago. You need not look further than where they have been in the past 20 years, and where they are going today and to the future.

The original post I was quoting when I made my original comment suggested we should look at what Poland is doing for our own advice. Well, that would be incorrect because Poland is just now starting to move in the same direction as the US, and what the US has been for over 100 years. Many of the people there still have the mindset of socialists, in fact because they are. New parties are just now starting to emerge that give the new generation of people a choice to become a more well rounded society of economic freedom and personal liberty.
 
That's why they are called transitional economies. Of course it takes time for these countries to transform completely from a rigid, centrally planned economy to free markets. People who lost their jobs or got much worse one after 1989 will of course be unhappy and may look back on the communist era with some nostalgia (and why shouldn't they? Older people in any country will have fond memories of "the good old days" even if they meant communism). But to say that Poland and other former eastern bloc countries are heading back towards socialism or even that they have a "socialist mindset" is just wrong. They're more right-wing than many social democracies like Sweden where I live (just a stone's throw from Poland, the former GDR etc.).
 
Term-X said:
Like the Polish need to worry about buying iPhones. They have other things to worry about financially (I am polish btw).
Click to expand...

not even financially....them russians are fixin to turn it into a parking lot. missile defense can't defend tanks rolling in.....
 
JimmiG said:
That's why they are called transitional economies. Of course it takes time for these countries to transform completely from a rigid, centrally planned economy to free markets. People who lost their jobs or got much worse one after 1989 will of course be unhappy and may look back on the communist era with some nostalgia (and why shouldn't they? Older people in any country will have fond memories of "the good old days" even if they meant communism). But to say that Poland and other former eastern bloc countries are heading back towards socialism or even that they have a "socialist mindset" is just wrong. They're more right-wing than many social democracies like Sweden where I live (just a stone's throw from Poland, the former GDR etc.).
Click to expand...
I guess you don't understand what the American view of socialism is, or at least a center-right American view of socialism. It doesn't have to adhere strictly to the European defition of something to be correct. I'd be willing to venture your definition of right wing or conservative is far different than what it is in the US as well.
 
markt435 said:
not even financially....them russians are fixin to turn it into a parking lot. missile defense can't defend tanks rolling in.....
Click to expand...
There are many different types of missles. I'd beg to differ on that one. :cool:
 
MartinX said:
And yet, judging by the "sold out" signs, the iPhone has been selling just fine here :p
Click to expand...


Too bad most people buy the iPhone not because its an outstanding device, but because its the cool thing to do. A buddy of mine bought one for him and one for his wife because she saw one of her friends using it. They bitch about the phone everyday and Im pretty sure he switched back to his Nokia.

People in the US dont seem to care about companies telling them how to use their device or the quality, as long as its cool they will buy it.

In Europe money doesnt come easy, but when someone does have the money to buy a phone for that much, they will most likely buy something else.

My cousin runs a cellular store in Poland and he told me that the only thing that people like in the iPhone is the screen. He has people asking him about the Nokia N96 or the Nokia Tube everyday, but no one cares for the iPhone.

He said that a lot of people do research before they buy a phone like this and all they hear is how buggy it is.

And like someone mentioned before. Steve could make the biggest POS device and make a commercial and people would still buy it.

Think of all the Apple commercials throughout the years. People actually believed those. When they released the commercial stating that the Apple G3(not sure) was the first 64 bit processor I had my friends arguing with me to no end. Even though AMD was first.

I had the iPhone for 3 days when it first came out. I fell for it too....once I had a chance to play with a bit I switched back to my N95 8GB. I miss the screen from the iPhone though and thats it.
 
markt435 said:
not even financially....them russians are fixin to turn it into a parking lot. missile defense can't defend tanks rolling in.....
Click to expand...

That'd never happen... Poland is a member of NATO and EU. If Russian military even sneezed in Poland, all of Russia's neighbors would push them back to Siberia. Poland is very well respected and cared for by its neighbors. I have dual-citizenship with US/Poland and can live, work and study anywhere from England to Italy without even applying for a permit.

I'm not sure about the other military branches (I served in the Army) but, the US has major army bases in Italy and Germany. The Vincenza base is home to a large airborne division. The German base is home to a Special Forces battalion. Since this missle deal is tied to the US defending Poland (and vice versa) as its own territory, the Russians would basically start an instant world war with most of the world against them. Also, our QRF (quick reaction forces) like the Ranger, 82nd Airborne, etc. are designed to deploy anywhere in the world (tank, artillery support and all) within 12 hours.

Actually, Poland has a pretty well respected army also. Their GROM forces work with our Delta Force and British SAS on a regular basis.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top