Apple mocked over ‘impossibly cringe’ skit in wake of iPhone 15 launch

Apple has been brutally mocked for sharing an “impossibly cringe” skit following the revealing of the iPhone 15, which has been panned by many of its loyal fans.

The tech large interrupted its huge annual iPhone launch occasion on Tuesday to disclose a five-minute-long drama that includes CEO Tim Cook.

It reveals ‘Mother Nature’, a personality performed by Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer, berating Apple over its carbon footprint, solely to be informed repeatedly about efforts made to scale back their emissions.

At one level, Mother Nature is staring out of the window onto Apple‘s HQ earlier than Cook stands up from the desk and says: “We’ve innovated and retold almost every part of our process to reduce our impact on the planet, but there is still a lot more work to do.

A woman at the boardroom table then reveals three new Apple Watches and says: “It’s Apple’s very first carbon-neutral product.

The skit ends with Cook promising a quite skeptical-looking Mother Nature that “by 2030, all Apple devices will have a net zero climate impact”.

But 1000’s of individuals have taken to X (previously often known as Twitter) to tear aside the business, with start-up founder and software program engineer Laura Wendel writing: “We’re reaching levels of corporate cringe previously considered to be impossible.”

One X person took to the platform to put in writing: “This ‘Mother Nature’ skit was the cringiest thing I’ve seen in a while. Clearly, Apple is hit by the #WritersStrike as well.”

Another commented: “This was embarrassing to watch. Imagine, this is a company worth trillions. I’d fire everyone in marketing.”

A 3rd particular person stated: “They think it’s funny if they make it obvious but it remains cringe.”

Another viewer, referring to Apple’s late co-founder, chairman, and CEO who died in October 2011, stated: “Imagine Steve Jobs was alive and saw this video.”

The business comes with Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone 15 machine receiving a seemingly disappointing reception from its legion of loyal fans.

The high-end smartphone has the identical 6.1-inch show and video capability because the earlier mannequin, in addition to virtually equivalent battery life.

The large distinction that has obtained followers speaking is the iPhone 15 will now function a brand new, extensively anticipated USB-C charging port.

Apple has already began promoting a USB-C adapter on its web site for $29, which will likely be mandatory for brand new iPhone 15 customers to attach their Lightning charging cables for present iPhones to their new one.

But many followers have been left disenchanted, with one writing on X: “iPhone 15 just looks like the iPhone 14. Apple’s innovation died with Steve Jobs.”

Another wrote: “I’m a diehard Apple fan and iPhone 15 is so bland. I’m skipping and waiting to see iPhone 16.”

Several others made reference to the new USB-C charging port on the iPhone 15, with one writing: “So Apple ditched the iPhone charger and joined the membership.”

Another said: “I’ve had my iPhone 14 Pro max lower than a 12 months and the brand new iPhone 15 is out?

“I’m really about to get a new phone for no reason. I remember they made fun of my C-Type charger, now look at them they have come to join our android charging system.”

A 3rd particular person stated: “Might finally upgrade my iPhone 8. It’s working very fine for me but I’d do anything to finally stop using that dogs**t Lightning cable, worst charger ever invented.”