You've Been "Samsunged"!

Two great things happened during yesterday's NFL playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens. First, the Pats won and will return to the Super Bowl. And second, I saw two classic new Samsung Galaxy S II ads I'd never seen before, "Samsunged" and "Urban camping." They're worth watching. You know, if you have a sense of humor.


As with Samsung's other recent ads--which you can relive in their hilarious glory in New Version Of Samsung Ad ... Now With Even More Mocking Of Apple Sycophants and Yes! More Samsung Ads Poking Fun At Apple Lemmings, these two new ads continue hitting Apple lemmings where it hurts, with predictably comedic results.

Of course one thing has changed since the ads first debuted in November 2011: Samsung, not Apple, is now the bigger maker of smart phones. Guess the ads worked. Either that or the perceived self-importance of waiting in line has finally worn thin. 

Either way, enjoy. These new ads are classic.

"Samsunged"
Key quotes: "Ahhh... That looks like last year's phone!" and "We just got Samsunged!"


Urban Camping
Key quotes: "You two look happy. With your phones." "We're not going real camping ... We've got to get in line to get the new phone. So excited."

:)

Update: There's a third new Samsung ad, which I didn't happen to see during the game. But thanks to a number of email replies about this, I present it below:

Type With Your Voice
Key quotes: "My hands are so cold, I can't even blog! ... Can't afford to lose anymore followers." "Samsung again... this keeps happening."

Discuss this Article 11

thalter
on Jan 23, 2012
What? You mean the phone I just bought three months ago won't receive an upgrade to the latest version of Android? I just got Samsunged!
pthurrott
on Jan 23, 2012
Looks like an Apple fan needs a hug.
Pschommer
on Jan 23, 2012
Ads, you say? They're the worst part of an NFL game. Sorry. Me and my TiVo didn't see any of them at regular speed.
Mustang17
on Jan 23, 2012
Love it. I see the chap who now has a Samsung now also has a girlfriend. I spotted a Nokia 800 in a vodaphone ad with Yoda in bar. Its on YouTube.
yoshipod (not verified)
on Jan 23, 2012
These ads were clever and might have been relevant three months ago, but now, not so much. They should revisit this next summer/fall when the iPhone 5 is announced.
Mustang17
on Jan 24, 2012
@Patrick Schommer, Yep, American Football, 1 hour of action squeezed into 3 hours.
pthurrott
on Jan 24, 2012
Put another way, American football (i.e. "football") is about 300x more exciting than European football (i.e. "soccer") which contains about 30 seconds of action per game surrounded by hours of tapping a ball around with feet.
yoshipod (not verified)
on Jan 24, 2012
At least there is one thing that Paul and I can agree on.... Let's go Pats!
Mustang17
on Jan 24, 2012
Never said football or 'soccer' as you call it was exciting, I am not really a fan of it anyway. Though you do need immense skill and talent to play it well, with you your feet... hence the name. Your football is more akin to the game of rugby. I do like 'american football', its just I am not used to the hundreds of ad breaks, and when it comes to the Superbowl its usually on a Sunday/Monday night on the wee small hours so I only see the first half live as I have work to go to. Talking of sports names, you guys got any more countries in your baseball's so-called 'World Series?' Whats it up to now? Two? :o)
BananaJr
on Jan 24, 2012
I just saw Apple's earnings numbers. Samsung has a truckload of lemmings to make fun of now. These results may be the only this of Apple's they can't copy.
Hoomgar
on Jan 25, 2012
Pure gold! :D Especially the late entry! Ha ha!

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