Apple taps into 'The IT Crowd' for UK versions of iPhone 6 ads
Apple has just begun airing its first pair of TV ads for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in the U.K. But while they famously feature the voices of Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon in the U.S., the ads are narrated by a different duo following their transatlantic translation.
As noted by Cult of Mac, the U.K. versions of Apple’s “Duo” and “Health” ads for the new iPhones feature the voices of Richard Ayoade and Chris O’Dowd. Watch and listen:
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Ayoade, he of the English accent, and O’Dowd, he of the Irish brogue, co-star in the internationally syndicated British sitcom “The IT Crowd.”
Like Timberlake and Fallon before them, Ayoade and O’Dowd tout the larger screens of and the new Health app in the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in “Duo” and “Health.”
The ads made their debut at Apple’s special media event last month for the new iPhones. They were followed by another pair of ads, titled “Huge” and “Camera,” also featuring the voices of Timberlake and Fallon.
Whether Ayoade and O’Dowd will also rework “Huge” and “Camera” for the U.K. crowd remains to be seen and heard.
See also: People are buying iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units in record numbers, The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are set to arrive in 36 new countries, and Release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus led to record accessory sales.
