Google takes potshots at Jony Ive in Pixel 5a ad about headphone jacks

How do you market an affordable and capable, but somewhat boring phone? That's the question Google had to ask itself before releasing the Pixel 5a in the US and Japan on Thursday. The answer the company settled on was to hire a soft-spoken actor to do their best Jony Ive impersonation and wax poetic about the humble headphone jack. It's a usual approach, but one that highlights a feature that's missing in most modern phones, and in a way that's funny and memorable. "The circle: perfect, simple. ...