Nokia Apologizes For Faking Lumia 920 PureView Ad [Video]

Nokia’s new PureView Lumia 920 shoots absolutely amazing video. Well, that’s the way it looks in a new ad.

But it turns out that Nokia didn’t actually shot the video with Lumia 920.

According to The Verge, the new Nokia ad features a man taking a video with the Lumia 920 while riding his bike. The ad was supposed to demonstrate the camera’s great optical image stabilization. And the video in the ad does look great.

But, if you watch the ad closely, you can see the reflection of a camera van riding next to the bikes. So, yes, the video shows great video of two people riding their bikes using optical image stabilization. But, no, the video doesn’t actually show the capabilities of the PureView Lumia 920.

Nokia issued an apology on its website, writing:

“In an effort to demonstrate the benefits of optical image stabilization (which eliminates blurry images and improves pictures shot in low light conditions), we produced a video that simulates what we will be able to deliver with OIS…. We should have posted a disclaimer stating this was a representation of OIS only. This was not shot with a Lumia 920… We apologize for the confusion we created.”

Nokia also posted a video showing the difference between what was seen in the video and what would have been seen if it was filmed with the Lumia 920.

Here’s the video.

Here’s a video of the faked ad. Scroll to the 30 second mark to see the reflection of the camera van.