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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    12/04/09

    In reply to Low-end Motorola La Jolla Won't be the Jewel of the Androids
    My office is in La Jolla, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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.
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    12/04/09

    @dfp3050: Kind of like when many AOL subscribers "outgrew" the service and got real ISPs?
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    12/04/09

    @tech-tard: exactly!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Low-end Motorola La Jolla Won't be the Jewel of the Androids
    Heh, funny. Moto's naming their low-end device after my high-end town ... and they misspell the name just like we do. It's supposed to be "La Joya," stupid gringos!
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    12/04/09

    @Brian: What? No. It's spelled La Jolla. In Spanish the 'j' sounds like and English 'h' and 'll' sounds like a hybrid between an English 'y' and 'j.'
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    01:42 PM

    @PopandLocke: Um, no. La Joya is how you properly spell "the gem" in Spanish. I both live in La Jolla, CA and speak the language. We do it wrong.
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    03:28 PM

    @Brian: Oh, hey, whaddya know. Oops!
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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...
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    Interesting approach, calling the potential customers you're trying to attract wusses.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    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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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    Soon, you'll see ads like:

    -Hi, I'm a iPhone!
    -I'm a Droid

    -sigh-

    Here we go again.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    "the Droid commercials may be going too far in the opposite direction with the whole DROID SMASH aesthetic. But that's just me, and, well, I bought one anyway—what do you guys think?"

    After Selling consumer electronics for a year I agree. People won't buy camera's with more than 3 buttons on them because it scares them. They like the little click wheels and that's about it.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    In the interest of clarity, the video does not depict a clearly identifiable iPhone, but rather a Asylum-esque emulation of the iPhone (not it gets slimmer in the middle). And, like Asylum movies, it's of course designed to make you think of the iPhone, even if they won't come outright and say it.

    That being said....holy crap. I mean, I'm absolutely thrilled that the Droid is getting the attention it is. But am I the only dude here that thought this commercial bordered on sexist? Beauty pageant remark was a little bit up there, but clueless? Seriously? Am I to understand, from this commercial that if you're an iPhone user you don't know where to find maps on Africa and the Iraq and like such as? Gloves off, indeed.

    Naturally, as with all the previous ads I thought were just a little over the top and a lot ridiculous....they will sell Droids.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    That commercial is done just like the Denis Leary Ford truck commercials...

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of ELPARTO ELPARTO
    12/04/09

    @UnderLoK: I was thinking the same thing actually. Was that Denis Leary in this one? I couldn't tell.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    12/04/09

    @ELPARTO: I didn't think it was, I was expecting it to be though.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    Actually that's hilarious. The iphone is already a sort of fey, fairy brand of electronics. It's a victim of its own popularity. Add to that the fact that the actual Apple commercials are out there showing people how to find a nearby pizza place and calculate restaurant tip?

    It's a good time for Droid to be out there, hanging the iPhone with its own marketing bullcrap.

    Besides, it's pretty fair play considering the shitty, cheap shots apple's ad campaigns take at pcs.
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    12/04/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: The only difference is that Apple's commercials are cute and funny so they don't come off as assholes. This commercial didn't even mention the droids best features/advantages (speed?!?). It just called the iPhone names. I can only see this appealing to third graders and people who already have a negative view of apple.
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    12/04/09

    @justinpe: Really? The Apple commercials have been coming off as full of smug assholeness for a long time for me, now.
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    12/04/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: But the Mac vs. PC ads are true. The Droid isn't faster than the iPhone 3GS. The iPhone can also do most of what the Droid can do, and so much more. 1/2 the things you have with the Droid can be gained from jailbreaking (multitasking, open development, etc.) and the other 1/2 I don't care too much about.

    BTW, I own a PC and will probably never buy a Mac.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/04/09

    I just don't think it's a very good commercial. I like the tone and the positioning, but the commercial itself is bad.
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    12/04/09

    @€hЯ!§: "true?"

    Apple has been pretending like no other phones have apps, like you can't watch or make movies in Windows, like only dorks use Windows, and like every experience people have with Windows involves crashing or slowness or confusion. None of those things are even remotely true.
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    12/04/09

    @Crashproof: I don't know what iPhone ads you're watching, but the ones I've seen have never made it seem like other phones don't have some of the apps the iPhone has.

    And as a Windows user, I'm extremely tired of all the freezing and crashes. Hopefully once I upgrade to Windows 7, it will either stop or happen a lot less.
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    12/06/09

    @Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach:
    I was referring to consumers perception of the apple ads as a whole, not your personal opinion. My dad loves the apple commercials, but doesn't care for apple. Just look at the lighting and music they use compared to the Droid's dark and in your face approach.
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    Image of B3ND3R B3ND3R
    12/04/09

    In reply to Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as "Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen"
    Am I watching a Ford commercial voiced-over by Dennis Leary?

    No? Huh. Coulda sworn I've seen this commercial before...
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