Tim Cook gets sacked by Twitter for blurry Super Bowl photo

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Twitter is not impressed with Tim Cook's photography skills.
Twitter is not impressed with Tim Cook's photography skills.
Photo: Tim CookTwitter

Apple didn’t shell out for a super-expensive Super Bowl commercial last night, but CEO Tim Cook still managed to bring tons of attention to the iPhone — just not in the way he intended.

Celebrating the Bronco’s ugly victory over the Panthers last night, Cook tweeted a picture of the post-game festivities from the 20 yard line. It’s a position millions of people would’ve died to be in, but the only thing Twitter seemed to care about was how horribly blurry Tim’s photo turned out, leading to a flood of “shot on iPhone” jokes.

Check out Twitter’s mean reaction to Cook’s photography skills:


https://twitter.com/andykoh_/status/696574550193135616


https://twitter.com/MenaceSlinger/status/696577500319645696








When you’re CEO of the world’s most valuable company, the haters are inevitably gonna hate. But damn, some people act like they’ve never taken a horrible picture in their lives.

Cook redeemed himself two hours later with another photo that was actually in focus:



Update: Tim Cook has now deleted his blurry Super Bowl photo from Twitter.

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