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Apple Ad Banned in Britain, Black Friday Sales Have Begun

UK Bans Another Apple iPhone 3G Commercial

While not the first time, another iPhone 3G commercial has been banned from ever airing in Britain because of misleading claims about network speed and performance. Back in August the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of the UK pulled an Apple iPhone 3G add claiming it “over-hyped the Internet capabilities of the smart phone.” Similarly, UK’s ASU has pulled this one as well. Apple UK has defended their commercial by claiming the commercial to be “relative rather than absolute in nature,” while explaining that they had “clearly positioned the content of the ad as a comparison of the new 3G iPhone with its 2G predecessor.”

“Apple also added that “the average viewer was a mobile phone user and would have understood that a device’s performance varied due to several factors.” Plus, they included the disclaimer “network performance will vary by location,” which the company said underlined the potential for performance variations.” (via paidContent.org)

Black Friday Deals Have Begun

MacRumors explains how to sift through the mountain of Black Friday deals and rebates. Apple has not officially begun offering discounted products, though historically not much more than a $100 discount has been given on a few certain models.

MacMall has announced their Black Friday sale which will runs from now until midnight P.T. on Friday, November 28th. Last year’s MacMall sale delivered some of the largest discounts available online. This year, however, MacMall faces stiff competition from BestBuy who is offering a number of $100-$150 instant discounts on Macs. This compares favorably to MacMall which tends to combine both instant discounts and rebates.