Nokia and Ocean Outdoor turn to Twitter to run UK-wide game of #iSpy to promote Lumia 1020

Nokia has begun a UK-wide interactive game of I Spy using Twitter and digital outdoor media to promote its Lumia 1020 smart phone. Beginning this morning (8 February), the mobile phone brand will utilise Ocean Outdoor’s digital network of outdoor screens in order to showcases the photographic capabilities of its Lumia 1020.The game will see Twitter users following the #iSpy hash tag invited to guess the names of notable landmarks and sites featured on Ocean’s screens at Eat Street and Westfield Centre. Live tweets will offer a series of clues to pictured locations, taken using the Nokia zoom function, with players able to use their Twitter accounts through their mobile devices to reply with their guesses.

Zooming in! Remember it starts with P! Tweet a guess with #iSPY for a chance to win a Lumia 1020! pic.twitter.com/0WSZHTHqRS

— Nokia (@nokia) February 8, 2014

Darryl Mckay, global digital marketing manager at Nokia explained: “Our modern take on one of the world’s most popular games is a highly creative and clever way for us to communicate the social functionality and technical innovation of the Nokia 1020. This campaign allows us to put the product in people’s hands at scale, literally showing the zoom.” Head of marketing for Ocean Outdoor, Helen Beacham, added: “It’s a great piece of work which demonstrates the simplicity and ease of using digital outdoor, mobile and social media together to amplify and extend creative campaigns.”Those who guess correctly have the chance of winning a Nokia 1020.