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12/04/09
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.
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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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12/04/09
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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-Hi, I'm a iPhone!
-I'm a Droid
-sigh-
Here we go again.
12/04/09
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.
12/04/09
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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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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BTW, I own a PC and will probably never buy a Mac.
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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.
12/04/09
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.
12/06/09
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.
12/04/09
No? Huh. Coulda sworn I've seen this commercial before...