Comments on: This Droid Ad Can’t Be About the iPhone. Right?

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:49:21 +0000

* Line 2 “who only today” is what I meant to say. :)

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:42:25 +0000

Great advertisement. I think the number of phone skins, screen protectors and cases sold for the iPhone probably justify what they’re saying. I say that a 3GS user, who only say was sat trying to organise my home screen, wishing I had the HTC hero like ‘profiles. Anyway – the thing is fragile and picks up scratches like the underside of a CD. Show me anyone’s iPhone that has been in their pocket daily for a few months (without a case) and it will look horrible. Search the Apple forums for Hairline scratch to see how many people are distraught that their phone has such an imperfection.
The iPhone is like an ornament. You either put up with it, or get another phone. No big deal.

By: John Dingler

John Dingler — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:36:38 +0000

If Sadaam’s Scud missile is the metaphor for the Droid, and his Scuds never hit their targets because of bad navigation capabilities, then we can only conclude that the Droid will not hit its target audience because it has bad navigation capabilities. Therefore, Google’s ad is likely to discourage the target demographic from purchasing it. Oh, maybe they want to give it away for free.

By: ViNo

ViNo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:30 +0000

I’m in Korea, rented a LG mobile phone and then I realized why my iPhone is so indispensable. The LG slider phone is a jumble of buttons – none of which makes any ergonomic sense. After a couple of try’s at an SMS and looking up the addressbook, I was ready to throw the phone. Yes, thank god for the iPhone or else we would still be using the Razr, the Treo, the Handsprings and the G1′s! If being pretty means that its indispensable, I’ll take pretty any day.
ViNo

By: JakeB

JakeB — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:31:34 +0000

Not having seen the Droid, I assumed it would be some cool heavy-duty metal tool-looking thing — which would have been kinda neat. Instead it turns out to look a lot more like a 1970 mobile phone. It has the groovy aesthetics of Digital’s mid-70s products, and doesn’t look tough or functional at all.

And for all the hype, I ask you: Motorola vs. Apple. Who exactly is “digitally clueless”? Seen Motorola’s other phones? Watched them botch and jettison their semiconductor business? Does anybody think Motorola has a clue?

By: R2D2

R2D2 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:29:59 +0000

What’s amusing is that Apple’s comeback to the first set of Droid ads was to go for a feature and capability comparison showing how multitasking can mean different things. On the other hand all Motorola looks as if it can’t provide even a single differentiating feature that the average consumer would even care about! That to me is the real issue with the Droid. It’s had years to study the iPhone and what the drivers were to adoption yet all they can do is this? A little faster, though by what measure, multitasking, a better camera, a newer technology screen? That’s it? That’s innovation!?!?! In two years? Anyone want to wager if Apple can overcome each of these, if it so desired, in less than 6 months? All I can say is that if this is the best Motorola can do THANK GAWD for Apple entering the smartphone market or we’d all be using Treos.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:03:50 +0000

@John — I believe you would be correct, this is probably why the Palm Pixi is not selling. What man wants to tell his friends he’s got a Pixi?

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:33:09 +0000

anybody else notice that it was a table saw and not a circular saw? just sayin

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:01:46 +0000

Verizon is telling the 50% female market that they don’t need them. Telling the general consumer market they can keep their good looking iPhone, we only like this ugly one. And being a buddy to the 14 – 23 year old true misfits they’re targeting with these silly ads.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:25:57 +0000

Freudian slip?

“making his commercial made someone feel good.”