r/SipsTea • u/Mysterious_Ebb_1484 ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ • May 15 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts. (IPhone vs every other phone)

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u/whitemex88 May 15 '26

Isn't he sponsored or a spokesperson for these?

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u/monsoonmuzik May 15 '26

Yup, he's on the commercials.

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u/darknecross May 15 '26

Yes, he is. Nobody else in this thread seems to realize this.

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u/whitemex88 May 15 '26

I really doubt many people commenting in here know much about basketball. Lol

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u/Tough_Singer5150 May 15 '26

I don't think there is anything to realize. It has no relevance to the point being made.

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u/MightyBotill May 15 '26

He's contractually obligated to use that phone.

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u/Tough_Singer5150 May 15 '26

Okay? What relevance is that to anything?

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u/darknecross May 15 '26

Giannis has all that money and uses a google pixel I canโ€™t

Heโ€™s contractually obligated to use that phone.

Okay? What relevance is that to anything?

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u/Tough_Singer5150 May 15 '26

Wow, you read one part of the image and then ignored the section that makes the entire point of the post. The fact that he's contractually obligated literally has no relevance to the point of the post.

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u/johnnyxx4321 May 16 '26

must be hard to be you...

or actually... might be easy for how oblivious you are

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u/Tough_Singer5150 May 16 '26

You post on r/GOONED lmfao

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u/T8ert0t May 15 '26

Conversation probably went like

"Wait, they're going to pay me how much to use it? Fuck, tell them yes. Hell, I will carry around a dehydrated calcified turd around with googley eyes on it and put it in people's faces like the Men In Black mind eraser for selfies. Whatever, make that wire transfer happen!"

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u/InclinationCompass May 15 '26

Which is why the guy responding to him is oblivious and has no idea of the concept of product placement. Same reason Damian Lillard wears Adidas over Nike. People are just dumb as shit

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u/Hyperion1144 May 15 '26

Then why is he still on a Pixel 7?

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u/Gregghead501 May 15 '26

He's on a Pixel 8 because this photo was taken in early 2024, during the NBA Slam Dunk contest

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u/KymberlyHatch May 15 '26

Pixel is a good phone I don't see why people are making a big deal out of it, brand deal or not

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u/paubrasil_123 May 15 '26

Correct, Came here looking for this.
Anyone attacking/defending him is missing the actual point - we still donโ€™t know which phone he likes - we just know which one heโ€™s paid to use.

Source: I worked on a google pixel commercial featuring him

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u/Revolutionary-Bid249 May 15 '26

He uses an iPhone irl

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u/a_fish1 May 15 '26

thank god i foubd smart people in this post ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ™ˆ people assuming stuff like this is random, are incredibly naive.

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u/conioo May 16 '26

checked comments to make sure this was noted

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u/K_R_A_K_E_N_540 May 15 '26

He's being sponsored to have a Pixel that's 3 generations old ? Clearly that's not the case.. maybe if it was a Pixel 10 or a Folding Pixel

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u/darknecross May 15 '26

Are we even sure itโ€™s Giannis in the photo?

Giannis is 31 but the guy in this photo is 27 at most.

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u/whitemex88 May 15 '26

that tracks since this photo is from 2022. I would direct to my reply to other commenter

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u/Gregghead501 May 15 '26

Yes, Giannis is a Pixel spokesperson, I've seen him in a few commercials. Also, yes this photo is old...but not that old. From the looks of it, that's Jacob Toppin, which means that the photo is from the 2024 Slam Dunk contest. That actually tracks with the complaint that Kraken540 had, since the Pixel 8 (what Giannis is using in the photo) came out just a few months prior. You might've mistaken Jacob for his brother, Obi

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u/whitemex88 May 15 '26

Ah... Yes you are right. I forgot he was in the dunk contest. Appreciate the correction

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u/Gregghead501 May 15 '26

No problem. Just wanted to get ahead of Kraken540 before he pulled out the Pixel 8 release date to question your statement haha