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iCondom virus ad campaign in Russia 1

During all the April Russian geeks were waiting for the iPhone from Apple to be released in Russia.
There were plenty of the signs: big billboards across the Moscow city made in Apple-style with the word “iSoon” in Russian and the date of April, 22st, 2008, itunes-store.ru webdomain with the same ad and many more “good signs” for those who wanted the localized iPhone. All the geek communities had a major buzz on this topic too.
But when the day X had come, it came out that they were all fooled. It turned to be a virus ad campaign by… Contex, the worldwide condom producer. They decided to advertise in this way their new condoms…





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    15 Responses to “iCondom”

    1. you put in description april 22, if you look in all the picture its april 21.

    2. key says:

      What a waste of a fucking post.

    3. shut up key - that’s a great idea!

    4. DungeonB says:

      touch sensitive, haha, but seriously, theys gonna get sued

    5. Mixas says:

      Think - if it was really april 22? The day when the guy who fucked all of russia was born? he is the best ad for use of condoms.

    6. w says:

      ilickballs

    7. [...] iCondom In April Russian geeks were eagerly waiting for the Russian iPhone release. Sadly, big Apple-style billboards in Moscow with the word “iSoon” turned to be a viral ad campaign by Contex condoms. (tags: iphone apple icondom popculture russia) [...]

    8. [...] à une campagne publicitaire massive ressemblant à celles d’Apple comme en témoigne le site English Russian. De nombreux panneaux publicitaires promettant “iSoon” à la date du 21 avril 2008. [...]

    9. [...] Durex profitiert von iPhone Hype Kondomhersteller Durex kapert in Russland die iPhone-Kampagne und zieht Massen in seinen Bann. [...]

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