The FOX TV show of Glee is a very popular production amongst the current teenage generation, mainly because of the themes that are involved/portrayed, and the various covers of Top-40 music hits that the characters perform throughout the show as well. With this show being so popular, and having an average of ten million viewers, it is a great medium to subtly insert product placement.
During last night’s (11/29/2011) episode of “I Kissed a Girl,” the pessimistic coach Sue Sylvester (played by Jane Lynch) mentioned “My iPhone 5 is vibrating. It’s a new feature of the iPhone 5. They vibrate!” With this in mind, I have heard from various iPhone users that existing iPhones already have a vibrate feature; however, with the latest iOS 5 update, what was probably intended to be communicated by Sue is that the latest iOS update and iPhone 5 will have “custom vibration options.” These customized vibrations can also be utilized on the iPhone 4(S) (if you have iOS 5) as shown in the YouTube video below.
Even with the mixed-up iPhone feature mention, the Twitter community has reacted…
@MarkDykeman
Mark DykemanDid Apple just score iPhone 5 product placement on Glee? Weird…
18 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
@jamesgutierrez
James S. GutierrezOnly Sue Sylvester could get an iPhone 5 while the rest of us will have to make do with the iPhone 4S! #GLEE 18 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto
@beccathebee
Becca CrissCross 😀OMG I WANT THAT IPHONE 5 WITH VIBRATING AS A SPECIAL FEATURE! #Glee 11 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto
To see what other “possible” features the iPhone 5 will be include, be sure to check out the following rumor articles under the iPhone 5 tag.
Speaking of Glee and product placement, did anyone else see the new Google Plus commercial (shown below)?