Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel featured the iPhone X on Tuesday night’s edition of Lie Witness News, asking people on the streets of Hollywood to hold the handset and give their impressions of Apple’s $1,000 smartphone.
Few realized they in fact held an iPhone 4 from 2010.
The gag segment always reveals how even total ignorance of the facts can’t dampen people’s excitement about appearing on TV. Kimmel sends a film crew to record what is on the mind of random people, getting them to comment thoughtfully on what is essentially fake news. Kimmel’s crew frequently uses iPhone launches for the prank.
This time around, passersby noted how small and futuristic the iPhone appeared. One commented on its amazing camera.
Surely, plenty of people interviewed knew they were handed an older iPhone, but the segment would not be funny without an edit that skews toward the absurd.
One man, who the interviewer noted looked like shaggy rocker Sammy Hagar’s brother, knew right away he was holding an iPhone 4.
Via: Phone Arena
David Pierini is a former newspaper writer and long-time photographer. Considered a luddite by most of his friends, they did not believe him when he broke the news that he would be writing for a technology website. He is fascinated by human nature and would love to cultivate stories about the people driving the tech bus. Reach out to him at [email protected].
4 responses to “iPhone 4 as iPhone X? Some people will believe anything.”
My 12 year old sister knows the difference from the iPhone 4 and the iPhone X..
I think being asked by someone holding a microphone and a cameraman changes people’s IQ level. or not. :-)
It would be funny what people would think if you gave them an Android phone and told them It was an iPhone. That would be interesting.
People just get so excited they are going to on TV so they will believe or say anything they can. But they probably look for a certain person that they feel they can trick.
Giv the people a Note8 & say the iPhone X is an Android