Consumer Report calls KIN ad “creepy”, Consumer Reports called old

April 15, 2010 | By Surur

Consumer Reports have taken the unusual step of reporting on the advertising of a phone, in this case the KIN, and it is not to complain about consumers being misled, but rather at seeing the disturbing sight of a male nipple.

This horrendous sight has put the consumer product review company in a spin, suggesting Microsoft is intent on corrupting the youth with this villainous sight.

They complain:

The video, on a promotional site for the new phones, includes a downright creepy sequence in which a young man is shown putting a Kin under his shirt and apparently snapping a picture of one of his naked breasts. The breast is then shown on the phone’s screen, just before the guy apparently sends it to someone. Next we see the face of a young woman, seemingly the recipient, with an amused expression on her face.

Thank god we have Consumer Reports thinking of the children for once. They have already announced their next target is Spring Break.

Via CNET.com

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http://www.facebook.com/J88NYR Jonny Rose

Oh my god, do we really need someone to tell us how we feel about an advert… fuck off.
http://www.facebook.com/wutscheroli Oliver Wutscher

This can only happen in the US.. hilarious
http://twitter.com/mearsfan25 @mearsfan25

I happen to agree with CR… I could see these phones becoming the sexting phones… how big of a stretch would it have been for the girl to take the photo under her shirt and send it to the guy… depending on her age, that could be illegal..

netboy

that is like saying we should ban gun, cus gun kills?
what you do with cellphone is YOUR business!

msft

Haha. Edward Sharpe ftw
netboy

it' time for those c.r editors to retired! the Kin is targeted at teens, so you got to make a commercial thinking like a kid!
NuShrike

Since it's the Sidekick replacement.. Paris Hilton will probably do something silly with it again.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=746307628 Ricardo Dawkins

The same theme as the failed "Welcome to the Social" ads back in 2006 for the sorry original Zune.
They don't get it.

Chris

Good point.

PedrodelaRiva

This kind of things can only happen in the US.
Someone who tells you if an Ad is good or not and finally conclude that you should be very chocked by a poor little nipple.
Definitely pathetic and laughable. Ah Ah Ah.