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The ad would be entertaining if it were edited down to about 30 seconds. At two minutes, it falls totally flat.

I'm glad they kept the jack, though.

I'm an AirPods-wearing iPhone-loving guy, but I totally lost it at "(whispers) It's a headphone jack..." and lol'ed all over the place. It was long but kept me entertained.

I won't be buying a Pixel, but I can certainly appreciate the fun the marketing team had with this one and I'll take it. :)

This is probably just the long form and they'll have the trimmed down 30 second tv spot version.

Good point.

I don't know much about advertising. Why would they post the video in its current form on YT? It seems likely to be a turn-off to those who would otherwise be enthusiastic about the phone, and fodder for its detractors.

Most likely there will be several shorter spots with one or two of the bullet points. I think it's less confusing than posting every permutation. Perhaps they want a single link with all the views.

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