Nokia’s unveiling of its latest Windows Phones this week underwhelmed the market, lacking key details such as price and launch date.

Now, the company is admitting that a video touting an image stabilization feature was faked, apparently unbeknownst to top executives.

The video purported to show footage shot from the Nokia Lumia 920, with the optical image stabilization technology turned off and on as a man rode alongside a woman on a bike. But a fleeting reflection in one scene revealed that the footage was actually being shot from a van using a camera that was clearly not a phone, as noted by PocketNow and The Verge.

Nokia has issued an apology and amended the video to note that the demonstration was simulated. The New York Times reports that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has turned the matter over to the company’s chief ethics officer to investigate the situation.

The company says in a blog post, “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.”

“Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but we should have posted a disclaimer stating this was a representation of OIS only. This was not shot with a Lumia 920. At least, not yet. We apologize for the confusion we created.”

Bottom line, not a great week for Nokia, which means it wasn’t a great week for Microsoft’s Windows Phone, either.

Here’s the video with the simulated video, with a real video of the stabilization technology below that.

Updated with text of Nokia apology and video of actual stabilization technology. Via PCMag.

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