Microsoft’s First Nokia Lumia Ad is All About Making Things Colorful

Ads for phones these days are a big deal, what with all the competition going on. Apple, for example, has recently released a new ad for the iPhone 5s featuring the Pixies, in spite of the phone having been out for quite some time. Samsung does its own part, not missing any chance to send some dissing Apple’s way. But what about Microsoft?

Now that the deal between Microsoft and Nokia is all but set in stone, the company released its first Nokia Lumia ad, and boy, does it make your eyes pop.
Titled “Not Like Everybody Else”, the ad focuses on the colorful aspects of Nokia phones. The scenes are nicely played out, with the background being as drab and uncolorful as it can possibly be; and, of course, we see this lone wolf, this Nokia phone owner who wears eye-popping gear (red and yellow), not to mention his yellow Nokia phone.
Of course, everyone stops and stares at him.

I don’t know if you’ve read The Giver by Lois Lowry, but this Nokia Lumia ad certainly reminded me of that story.
While this new ad may not be nearly enough to boost the sales of Nokia phones and increase the allure of the Windows Phone platform, it just might be a step in the right direction. Touting your phones as devices that make users “not like everybody else” is a smart move in these times. After all, people want to highlight how they stand out from the rest of the crowd, and with all the Android phones and iPhones seen everywhere, new Nokia Lumias (though we know the name Nokia will be dropped at some point) just might be the difference that some people will want.
Here’s the new Nokia Lumia ad.
What do you think? Will ads along these lines attract more users?
[Images via TNW & thailumia]

This Woman Spent $15,000 to Look Good in Selfies

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever spent a huge amount of money on? A gigantic TV? A video game system? A motorcycle? Diamond jewelry? While “expensive” is a bit of a relative term anymore, I think most of us would agree that $15,000 isn’t exactly pocket change. (Unless your last name is Buffet or Gates). And while I could see spending $15,000 (and upwards) on a vehicle or some necessity like that, I can’t imagine spending that much to look good in pictures I take of myself.
Yet that’s exactly what a 38-year-old woman from Los Angeles did. Triana Lavey, who works as a talent manager, recently shelled out $15,000 so she would look better when taking selfies. The $15,000 paid for a chin implant, a nose job, and some fat grafting. She also gets regularly budgeted Botox injections to her face. I realize selfies are slowly taking over social media, but are they really worth that much? Ms. Lavey would at least say so.

I care about my own appearance, don’t get me wrong, but there’s no way in this world I’d spend that much money just so I’d look good in a selfie. That makes me wonder – what’s the big deal with selfies anyway? Why do we have to take a picture of ourselves anywhere and everywhere we roam? I’m just as guilty as everyone else, and I have absolutely no idea why. It almost seems that we, as a culture, are falling a little too in love with ourselves, walking somewhere along the same path as Narcissus. Hopefully someone will save us before we all wither from staring too long at ourselves.
What do you think? Could you imagine spending that much to look better in selfies? Let us know in the comments section below!
[Image via ABCNews]
SOURCE: http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/women-spends-15000-plastic-surgery-look-better-selfies/#!Geaq7