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Not that I couldn't believe a couple of electrical whips would be handy, but wouldn't that make it more difficult to do other things? I mean, what if he wants to grab Iron Man by the the throat? Or grab his girl and pull her in while she screams for him to let her go? And you can forget about twiddling your fingers in an evil manner with those things strapped to your hands.
Also, I look forward to the day when somebody in one of these movies doesn't have an arc reactor in their chest. I mean, seriously? Iron Man, whatever the villian from the first movie was, War Machine, and Whiplash? Somebody needs to spill some radioactive chemicals in this universe.
Whoever did the SFX compositing did a terrible job, mainly on the part of his headless body. Could have looked so much better. I could have done it better myself and I haven't even graduated.
I'll say it again, the biggest problem with the Droid and Android in general is that you can't explain what it does in a sentence. However misleading the statement, "it just works" or "there's an app for that" both let you know right away what they do and why you want it.
If we were talking about a movie I'd wanna check out the Droid. If I didn't read Gizmodo I'd say, "hey that's cool" and buy an iPhone because I'd be sure there's an app for that.
iDon't like the ad at all. Nicely done from a production / emotional standpoint, but it tells you nothing concrete about the product that any intelligent buyer would want to know. It highlights what I hate about most iPhone vs. other phone comparisons. Everyone wants to answer that question with their favorite soundbite and be done with it. No, you really need to look at the details and decide what's best for you.
At least Apple's ads focus on important things like the ease of the UI, examples of what some of the best apps do, music and movies, etc. Maybe Verizon should just focus on what the Droid actually DOES, since that seems to be their tagline.
I think the complicated smartphone is hitting their target market exactly. Here's why:
The biggest complaint (well, one of the big complaints) of the iphone was it's "training wheels." The iphone was great in that it opened up a completely new market- the tech crowd. Now the tech crowd wants more in their phone and the iphone doesn't do enough. The whole idea of complicity and feature-rich hardware/software is speaking directly to the people who bought the first million iphones. This is their step up. The first-time-smartphone-buying crowd isn't the market Driod is going for.
Just to be clear, this isn't a "shit all over iphone" comment. I'm just responding to the post above.
It's an interesting campaign, but for those who know both phones it's kinda ridiculous.
But, this is obviously not for the knowledgeable user, so not bad at all.
What they are trying to do is no different from what Apple did for the iPhone though. Giving it a concept, an image that might become attached to it.
My girlfriend recently got an iPhone and I'm going to get a Droid as soon as my contract will let me. She left Verizon to get the iPhone and I'm staying with them.
I'll admit, her iPhone is pretty cool, but I keep telling her that my Droid will be even cooler when I get it (which I mostly do to annoy her, but it might be true), yet she won't believe me...
That's a pretty manly commercial. It seems to me they are going with the macho approach and that the iPhone is for girls or something. It had some cool shots in it, though, but jeez, they're cell phones and if people buy one because of the ad and not for how it works then they deserve to get stuck with it.
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Is it me or do they seem like really silly weapons with a high degree danger for the user?
Just imagine if AfroNinja used 'em.
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Also, I look forward to the day when somebody in one of these movies doesn't have an arc reactor in their chest. I mean, seriously? Iron Man, whatever the villian from the first movie was, War Machine, and Whiplash? Somebody needs to spill some radioactive chemicals in this universe.
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....Well, it's ok. That whole eating-without-vomiting thing was getting old anyways.
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If we were talking about a movie I'd wanna check out the Droid. If I didn't read Gizmodo I'd say, "hey that's cool" and buy an iPhone because I'd be sure there's an app for that.
12/04/09
At least Apple's ads focus on important things like the ease of the UI, examples of what some of the best apps do, music and movies, etc. Maybe Verizon should just focus on what the Droid actually DOES, since that seems to be their tagline.
12/04/09
The biggest complaint (well, one of the big complaints) of the iphone was it's "training wheels." The iphone was great in that it opened up a completely new market- the tech crowd. Now the tech crowd wants more in their phone and the iphone doesn't do enough. The whole idea of complicity and feature-rich hardware/software is speaking directly to the people who bought the first million iphones. This is their step up. The first-time-smartphone-buying crowd isn't the market Driod is going for.
Just to be clear, this isn't a "shit all over iphone" comment. I'm just responding to the post above.
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But, this is obviously not for the knowledgeable user, so not bad at all.
What they are trying to do is no different from what Apple did for the iPhone though. Giving it a concept, an image that might become attached to it.
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I'll admit, her iPhone is pretty cool, but I keep telling her that my Droid will be even cooler when I get it (which I mostly do to annoy her, but it might be true), yet she won't believe me...
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