Official Sprint Evo 4G Commercial
Love the execution and idea behind the commercial. You made us wait, but it was worth it. Excellent job, Sprint!
nice! I like it! no splashing on any other carriers, just saying they have a first!
The idea is good, but once again, the average person (NOT COUNTING PEOPLE ON XDA DEVELOPERS!!!!)
Doesn't even know what 4G is, instead of showing the device for more than 2 seconds in the commercial, they are not appealing to the average consumer.
Their advertising is aimed at saying we are the first mobile company with 4G technology, instead of showing their devices to make the average consumer want them.
The iPhone commercials make you want them after seeing them
And now, Good for Motorola they have it down.
The droid is doing it too.
The Droid commercial talks about how fast it is, how many apps their are, in the commerical they show icons of hundreds of apps, they show you how it multitasks, and it shows you what droid does.
But sprint decided not to show off the 1 ghz processor or how fast it it, how large the screen is (compared to other phones) or in general, how fast 4G is, and all the apps you can get.
IMO Sprint's advertising sucks ass.
The pre's advertising from sprint's end sucked.
Think about your average person (remember someone not on phone forums) and think which device would they think is cool.
The iPhone that shows only the device, and all the cool things it does
The Droid, that shows all the apps available, and core features of the OS and the phone (touchscreen and physical KB)
And then the EVO, which shows brickmills, and other old stuff, and then the phone for 2 seconds
Now I know motorola did that with the Droid at first, but with the iPhone release coming up soon, Sprint is not in the same position as Motorola to advertise that way.
They need to show off how cool the DEVICE is ASAP. Before the iPhone and Apple's advertising kills the EVO
I no this is a long post, but Sprint needs to advertise better, because the more they advertise, the more people buy it, the more developers develop for it
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More apps/games for us.
mjz147 said:
The idea is good, but once again, the average person (NOT COUNTING PEOPLE ON XDA DEVELOPERS!!!!)
Doesn't even know what 4G is, instead of showing the device for more than 2 seconds in the commercial, they are not appealing to the average consumer.
Their advertising is aimed at saying we are the first mobile company with 4G technology, instead of showing their devices to make the average consumer want them.
The iPhone commercials make you want them after seeing them
And now, Good for Motorola they have it down.
The droid is doing it too.
The Droid commercial talks about how fast it is, how many apps their are, in the commerical they show icons of hundreds of apps, they show you how it multitasks, and it shows you what droid does.
But sprint decided not to show off the 1 ghz processor or how fast it it, how large the screen is (compared to other phones) or in general, how fast 4G is, and all the apps you can get.
IMO Sprint's advertising sucks ass.
The pre's advertising from sprint's end sucked.
Think about your average person (remember someone not on phone forums) and think which device would they think is cool.
The iPhone that shows only the device, and all the cool things it does
The Droid, that shows all the apps available, and core features of the OS and the phone (touchscreen and physical KB)
And then the EVO, which shows brickmills, and other old stuff, and then the phone for 2 seconds
Now I know motorola did that with the Droid at first, but with the iPhone release coming up soon, Sprint is not in the same position as Motorola to advertise that way.
They need to show off how cool the DEVICE is ASAP. Before the iPhone and Apple's advertising kills the EVO
I no this is a long post, but Sprint needs to advertise better, because the more they advertise, the more people buy it, the more developers develop for it
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More apps/games for us.
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You have to imagine ... these are just 30 second spots. Yeah, Sprint could have used the 30 seconds to talk about all the features of the phone, the problem is ... there are several phones out that sound the same, on paper, as the Evo. You have to do your research before you really start to understand how different it is. If Sprint aired a commercial talking about: 4.3" LCD screen and 1GHz snapdragon processor and Android 2.1 ... a lot of people would simply say, "That sounds just like the HD2 or the Droid Incredible or the Nexus One ... what the hell is so special about THIS phone???". So by making the commercial as they did, Sprint managed to stir up interest in the phone to make people want to Google it and find out more about it. Then they'll really see why it's such an amazing phone.
If they don't show what the phone can do then its fail. They should be copying apples marketing strategy.
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You have to imagine ... these are just 30 second spots. Yeah, Sprint could have used the 30 seconds to talk about all the features of the phone, the problem is ... there are several phones out that sound the same, on paper, as the Evo. You have to do your research before you really start to understand how different it is. If Sprint aired a commercial talking about: 4.3" LCD screen and 1GHz snapdragon processor and Android 2.1 ... a lot of people would simply say, "That sounds just like the HD2 or the Droid Incredible or the Nexus One ... what the hell is so special about THIS phone???". So by making the commercial as they did, Sprint managed to stir up interest in the phone to make people want to Google it and find out more about it. Then they'll really see why it's such an amazing phone.
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No, not at all.
Thats what the droid did.
In this commercial they are advertising Sprint's network, not the EVO. The Evo was showsn and mentioned for 2 seconds.
Again the Droid did that with the ships launching from the sky and people saying what the heck is that, and then saying the Droid in the writing on the screen.
But again, Sprint didn't leave that impression on people, you have to think about the average consumer.
The new iPhone is supposed to be announced 3 days after the EVO release.
Sprint doesn't have the time to advertise this way.
I understand what your saying, but with the iPhone coming so soon, it will be more popular and bigger.
Every non techie adult over 35 that I have encountered thinks my hero, or older touchscreen phones is the iPhone.
Thats how popular it is.
Sprint should have advertised like this a month ago, and then showed the cool features now or a week ago?
you know?
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No, not at all.
Thats what the droid did.
In this commercial they are advertising Sprint's network, not the EVO. The Evo was showsn and mentioned for 2 seconds.
Again the Droid did that with the ships launching from the sky and people saying what the heck is that, and then saying the Droid in the writing on the screen.
But again, Sprint didn't leave that impression on people, you have to think about the average consumer.
The new iPhone is supposed to be announced 3 days after the EVO release.
Sprint doesn't have the time to advertise this way.
I understand what your saying, but with the iPhone coming so soon, it will be more popular and bigger.
Every non techie adult over 35 that I have encountered thinks my hero, or older touchscreen phones is the iPhone.
Thats how popular it is.
Sprint should have advertised like this a month ago, and then showed the cool features now or a week ago?
you know?
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And I get what you're saying as well ... thing is, nobody will be able to topple Apple, regardless of how amazing the commercial is. Sprint could literally steal an Apple commercial and simply replace anything "Apple" with Sprint, and it would still fail against a real Apple product. Not because the Apple is "better" but because Apple has its loyal fanbase.
That was also my point, but which form of advertising is more effecient right now??
The droid's current approach
or
This one.
Nothing will kill or become more popular then the iPhone, but the EVO has potential to become a strong rival, and sell alot, but using this form of advertising less than a week away from the next iPhone's announcement will make them sell less phones.
I was at Best buy in december, my brother was getting his hero, and we were waiting for sprint to help us out with an update, for the phone.
Anyways I overheard and saw a 40 yr old woman approach one of the salesman and ask "my daughter told me about a network card, that lets me get internet wherever I am with one little plug"
She was referring to a mobile broadband card or device. He was kind and told her that Sprint, Verizon and AT&T all have them, Her response was which one is the best?
Then he explained about the data capa, meaning 5gb, 2gb, or however much each network had, and she had no idea what he was talking about.
The average consumers want the WOW factor in the 30 seconds they hold the phone, and during the 30 seconds on commercial time, that is why the iPhone kills, and now the Droid is starting to do that too.
I'll give you another example I was in t-mobile checking out the HD2, and some girl wanted to replace her G1 because "when you have contacts open, it shows the persons name and their number right under it" She obviously wanted to hide the number and just display the contacts.
The Point is the average consumers don't do 1/5th of the research people on here do, and with sprint advertising like this, the EVO sales will suffer.
The commercials should mention it's the first 4G phone, but that's not the ONLY thing it should mention! Most consumers aren't in 4G markets yet anyway. Talk about how beautiful the phone is or everything else it can do and how it runs Google's Android OS.
The fact of the matter is Sprint has never really been aggressive on marketing their phones however what they do spend their time and money on is product placement as well as sponsorships. How many public places do you see Sprints logo plastered over it; Movies, Nascar, Hell even on Gaming Consoles. As someone else stated they could list a bunch of features that the Evo has however realistically Verizon has already done that with their Droid commercials and no matter how much I or anyone else prefer the Evo to the Incredible, they are similar phones in specs and features. They could invest tons of money in a me too type commercial just to visually stimulate mindless consumers or they could do what they do best and make a subtle, simple commercial illustrating what does actually make the phone standout. The only other things I could say they could boast about in a commercial would be Qik video calls as well as the hotspot feature. Other than that everything else has been done already. And this is just their "First" as the title states, ad campaigns normally have a couple different commercials highlighting different areas of the product. And while I do agree the average consumers aren't as knowledgeable as most of the people on these forums, they know what 3G is so all they need to see is that 4G and they know 4 is bigger than 3 so it must be better. The rest is up to capturing their curiosity and their search for information regarding the phone. I personally like the commercial it was simple and continues Sprints emphasis on their 4G network.
I do not believe this was "just" a commercial for the EVO, yes it did mention it but this was a sprint network commercial as all of them are. We may see a true EVO commercial but im sure that will be after the release.
IMO they have done a great job making people see where sprint is trying to go, and from the recent numbers for sprint it seems to be working
Umm, that was underwhelming!
everybody knows what an iPhone can do and how to use it from their commercials. All I got out of this is it's the first 4g phone, so what. Just because it's 4g doesn't mean it's good at anything.
they plainly should have multiple commericals that ginder to everyone. its not like sprint doesn't have money for marketing although they did waste a ton of money on the palm pre (woops).
show someone in a tight spot and need to use the phone has a hotspot while doing a video conference with qik, show another commerical for a soccer mom entertaining her kids with a movie, show another commerical for the young crowd on the qik chat and how you can take a picture, upload it to myspace, facebook and send a text message within 10 secs and then re-tweet it...
for goodness sake, just get some advertising out there and stop sitting on your lazy bum. heck get HTC or google reps to show up in a few major cities and demo the phone and the 4g network. just do something that is equivalent to superness of this phone......
i have yet to recieve an email from sprint.com after signing up for updates on the evo... yet again lazyness
How many of us like to be first? First in line, first evo poster, first one with root, first in soccer league, first to skydive out of your buddies, first to get on a new roller coaster, and anything else you can think of.........
We all do, after all we are selfish people! (for the most part)
So I think they drove one point home with this commercial........ we are the FIRST to offer 4g and if you want that the Evo 4g is the way to go.
Now you can't tell me when you hear "first" it doesn't make you listen a little bit more?
EDIT: We are all commenting on a thread that was tittled "FIRST Evo 4g Commercial, note the word First brought you in.
How about this idea y'all.... It was the FIRST commercial. Perhaps???
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"....The campaign, which will also include print, outdoor and digital ads, is centered on the idea of cellphone users wanting to be “first” to use the HTC Evo 4G and thereby benefit from the speed and other benefits of the new handset.
In the digital realm, the idea of being first will be played up with social media elements evocative of Foursquare, the location-based online service. Consumers in 4G markets will be able to playfully compete against each other to complete “4G first” tasks like being the first to upload a video clip using 4G or the first to send a Twitter message in 4G.
The campaign is indicative of the increasing focus on technology features and details by marketers. In some ways, the attention lavished on the technological aspects of products serves the same purpose to differentiate brands as the focus on “secret ingredients” like AT-7 (Dial soap) or Retsyn (Certs mints) in advertising for packaged goods during the 1950s and 1960s.
The Sprint campaign is meant to be “the payoff of what the 4G promise has been” in the previous ads, Mike Goff, vice president for corporate marketing at Sprint in Overland Park, Kan., said in an interview by phone on Wednesday.
“Now, the fact we’ve got the Evo 4G, the first 4G handset, means we are taking it to a new level,” he added...."
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/gee-gee-gee-gee-sprint-celebrates-its-next-innovation/?src=busln
everyone apparently wants Michale Bay to direct spirnts commercials. I like how they are just simple commercials, they aren't trying go puff their chest out, or taking stabs at one anther. Its like name calling and bickering girls. I guarantee (for those of us who aren't on sprint and know nothing about 4g, At&t, and Verizon, and Tmob will be getting this question in the near future. "when are you guys getting 4G" from their costumers.
it's kind of funny someone mentioned sprint should follow apple's advertisting strategy and show the product/features more, considering one of apple's first and one of the most influencial/groundbreaking commercials EVER (the 1984 commercial) doesn't even show the product AT ALL.
the commercial is intriguing because it shows a bunch of technological advances everyone can relate to, and implying the evo is the next in the line of all these familiar devices makes people who might not even know what 4g is ask their friends. i'm not saying this commercial is anywhere near the level of the famous apple ad, but i think it's really good for the average person.
Terrible....
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A tiny bit of offtopic: iPhone users may be suffering from "Stockholm Syndrome"
I hope I will be forgiven for a bit of an off-topic here, but since there is much, much comparison between iPhone and Nexus, and selling models of both phones differ so much, here it is:
Analyst Says iPhone Users Experiencing Stockholm Syndrome
A bizarre report from Strand Consult, an analyst firm in Denmark, has likened the relationship iPhone users have with their iPhone to Stockholm Syndrome:
When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome – a term that was invented by psychologists after a hostage drama in Stockholm. Here hostages reacted to the psychological pressure they were experiencing, by defending the people that had held them hostage for 6 days.
….Below is a selection of some of the arguments that various hard-core iPhone fanatics have been using since the iPhone initially launched:
1. The first iPhone was not a 3G phone: What do you need 3G for? You can easily use the iPhone without using a 3G network and anyway, 3G is not particularly widespread, so this is not a problem.
2. The phone cannot send MMS: There is no need to send MMSs, hardly anybody sends MMSs.
3. You cannot forward a SMS: This is a function that hardly anybody uses and was therefore not included in the first iPhones.
4. The phone has a poor camera: The built-in camera is perfectly adequate and the iPhone takes fantastic photos with its camera.
The report lists 20 iPhone flaws and purported defenses by iPhone owners and comes to the conclusion that the real reason for the popularity of the iPhone is because the people that bought one will go to great lengths to justify their purchase, even lying to others:
In reality the iPhone is surrounded by a multitude of people, media and companies that are happy to bend the truth to defend the product they have purchased from Apple.
Personally, I find the whole idea that that the iPhone is holding me against my will preposterous. I mean, sure, I signed a two-year contract that I really didn’t want, but it’s not like I’m stuck in some kind of walled garden or anything. In a real hostage situation, the hostage taker would control what you see and hear, and it’s not like that with Apple, right? And there’s no one demanding money, like, say $175, to free me from the iPhone or the two-year contract. Nope, I love my captor, I mean, my iPhone.
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Original: http://artoftheiphone.com/2009/12/13/analyst-says-iphone-users-experiencing-stockholm-syndrome/
DISCLAIMER: This is for laughs and giggles only, by reading this you agree that you are not an apple fanboy and will take this article not as means to defend The Sacred Apple, but as a funny anecdote. Chronic flamers need not bother.
This is actually pretty funny. The only outdated part is the one about the 2-year contract (I think they sell them off-contract now?).
I like to think that Steve Jobs was a shepherd in a past life.
lol, Good one...like the disclaimer
galaxys said:
lol, Good one...like the disclaimer
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Yup, anyone not following it will be BANNED!
spidermonkeyrob said:
I like to think that Steve Jobs was a shepherd in a past life.
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Lol good one there
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Yup, anyone not following it will be BANNED!
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Jose, glad 2 C U visiting the N1 gang where the action is
I just got done reading the article from the link. This reminds me of this arguement I had with an iphone user on youtube. I was explaining how the N1 was a better phone overall to him and this was one of his responses to one of my comments. I remember it like it was yesterday. The guy was an asshole too.
"Why would I need a voice-to-text feature when I can type XXX words every minute???"
*sarcasm* I would love to see this guy work his fingers that fast as his car is driving off a cliff. Dont text and drive kids.
i've seen HTC/Android/WM users that are no better.
whenever someone is willing to shun a device just because it runs XXX OS or is built by XXX company without giving it a fair try needs to pull their head out of the sand.
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The only outdated part is the one about the 2-year contract (I think they sell them off-contract now?).
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Yeah, locked for $700.
This article touched on SO many good points about how Apple has changed their tune on tons of different features. My favorites include...
-MMS, not needed because you can use email (but the email client will resize your images to VGA/MMS quality anyway, fixed in 4.0).
-Apps/App Store, web apps are the future!
-Multitasking, unnecessary and excluded to improve stability, then push notifications were satisfactory, now multitasking is being added in 4.0.
-3G, drains way too much battery life so it's not needed...until we release another phone to sell you next year.
But my favorite of them all? PRICE. The original 8gb, EDGE-only iPhone sold for $599 on a two-year contract.
crazy talk said:
i've seen HTC/Android/WM users that are no better.
whenever someone is willing to shun a device just because it runs XXX OS or is built by XXX company without giving it a fair try needs to pull their head out of the sand.
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...unless they're talking about Windows Mobile. Really, I don't care what your background is. 6.5 and below is absolute garbage, lest HTC and everyone else wouldn't be trying to cover it with different UI layers, nor Microsoft ditching the framework altogether for Windows Phone 7.
We are all fan boys to a certain extent. I'm sure many of you (including me) will defend the nexus against some other device. We might have different limits, but the behavior is the same in every one of us.
Lets be realistic, we love our devices no matter what choice we made.
The rest its just pure exaggeration and if you start believing in psychologists your life is going down the hill.
Yeah, I do the same with my Nexus One :
For some reason I can't send MMS, but hey, who needs MMS anyway ?
Games definitely sucks compared to what you have on an iPhone... but you don't buy a phone to play games, do you ?
Sound quality sucks... but I have a DAP so i don't listen to music on my Nexus One.
The screen is almost unusable in direct sunlight... but I almost always use it indoors.
The truth is, once you bought an expensive device, either you don't like it and you return it, or you like it enough to keep it and you start convincing yourself that it doesn't have any flaws, or that its flaws are not really important.
And I do like my N1 more than enough to forget its flaws =)
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The rest its just pure exaggeration and if you start believing in psychologists your life is going down the hill.
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You'd better believe the psychologists, at least some of them might know your nature more than you know yourself. Here is one that explains this point, for example:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html
So the point is that we should have less choice so we can be happy with the only thing we have? "Yeah, right!"
This doesn't make any sense to me. While he might be right, i do believe in being able to choose.
Come on guys, we all know Apple rules. Just check out this latest article from Gizmodo (lol):
http://gizmodo.com/5545711/dear-steve-has-google-leapfrogged-apple
Dear Steve, Has Google Leapfrogged Apple?
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Here's what Steve Jobs thinks of our thoughts of Google leapfrogging Apple:
Dear Steve,
Have you read this Gizmodo article? What are your thoughts on it? Do you believe Google is surpassing you guys or do you believe something different? What do you plan on doing if Google is surpassing Apple?
Any thoughts?
Sincerely,
Brian
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Steve Jobs wrote:
Not a chance.
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The "leapfrogged Apple" article is actually pretty good; check it out here:
http://gizmodo.com/5543794/google-is-leapfrogging-apple
The only thing worse than the supposed Apply fanbois (which to be honest I don't really notice) are the Apple hatebois. I really don't understand what all the hate towards the iPhone (and now iPad) is about. I think it's a pretty good product, personally.
I'd much rather see people with iPhones than BlackBerry's. Nothing annoys me more than being "out of the loop" because everyone I know uses BBM almost exclusively for communications. If RIM made phones that I actually wanted to use it wouldn't be such a problem, but as it stands they lock everyone in with services like that and then produce lackluster consumer products. Rumor has it that iPhone OS 4 will have iChat functionality built in, which likely means native Google Talk support!
Google Talk good, BBM bad.
Re: A tiny bit of offtopic: iPhone users may be suffering from "Stockholm Syndrome"
Omg, the wars to defend the Sacred Apple have started =)
It's just a funny article. You don't see nexus fans flame over Onion News' video of "google whispering ads to your ear". If you can't take the sarcasm, maybe there is a reason why you're so defensive =)
The wars to defend the Sacred Apple have started? Someone says they think a product is decent and to you its a declaration of war? I think that's the problem. There seems to be no middle ground any more. You either have to agree to hate Apple, or risk being branded a mindless drone caught in Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.
Anyway, I realize the blog post has a joking tone. I was just pointing out that I think iPhones are nice. Not awesome like a Nexus One, but still nice.
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Anyway, I realize the blog post has a joking tone. I was just pointing out that I think iPhones are nice. Not awesome like a Nexus One, but still nice.
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Yeah, I agree =) I guess that puts me in the middle ground.
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Jose, glad 2 C U visiting the N1 gang where the action is
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Nice to see you too! I m getting a Desire in the end of the month but my love for windows mobile will never end.
to everyone else;
I like the I-phone very much,but hate when a company wants to tell me what is best for me or what i can or cannot do.In short i hate arrogant people.
Also,it really tick me of whend people that have an iphone as their first touch device BELIVE that only the I-Phone has such technology or was the first to have it!
anyway,
peace and love guys.
faria said:
Also,it really tick me of whend people that have an iphone as their first touch device BELIVE that only the I-Phone has such technology or was the first to have it!
anyway,
peace and love guys.
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Yeah, I think you hit the spot there. It may actually have nothing to do with the device itself, it's the attitude and the ignorance. You'd think that spending $500+ for a phone, people would research and educate themselves a bit about the alternatives, pros and cons.. yet iphone users (I'm sorry, it's true) very often do not. The reasons for that are a separate topic. Mostly, the salesguy at AT&T (or coworker/friend/media) just told them it's the best, so it must be the best.
It'd be hard to find nexus one user who didn't make any research before buying it. Maybe that's why they didn't sell as many . I betcha vast majority of nexus users know all about Nexus' pros and cons.
Imo, that is the main reason for all this fighting. iPhone itself just got caught in the middle.
source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...ones_outsell_iPhone_2_to_1_says_research_firm
now that is music to my ears
Take that apple!
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Apple is getting the same treatement as before, they open the market and gets beaten by the "open" side!
Android FTW!
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source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...ones_outsell_iPhone_2_to_1_says_research_firm
now that is music to my ears
Take that apple!
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Analysts explained the Android boom by pointing out the plethora of manufacturers that equip their smartphones with Google's mobile operating system, and highlighting their availability on all the major U.S. carriers.
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It was bound to happen sooner or later.
why does it makes you so happy? i just dont get it
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why does it makes you so happy? i just dont get it
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Because everybody wants to make sure that they bought the best smartphone of the universe, therefore they need constant reassurances like this, so that there is no need for any fear or envy.
BTT:
Well, Android vs. iPhone marketshare doesn't say anything really. I mean, Apple is competing with four iOS devices against (insert number here) Android devices. And now there are only 3GS and 4 available at high prices, whereas Android devices are much more affordable.
So this news makes the same sense as saying that BMW has a much higher market share than Porsche.
but did you know that apple had their highest revenue last quarter?
but it includes all their products, with the highest percentage from IPAD.
their iphone sales also is of high numbers.
they just have really good marketing that people(with no technical experience mostly) tend to buy them forgetting their flaws.
not that our phones don't...
as was stated by XQC, selling more android phones than iphones is surely because there are a lot more manufacturers that offer it to the public.
of course, I really would want to see apple's sales decline in the near future...
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but did you know that apple had their highest revenue last quarter?
but it includes all their products, with the highest percentage from IPAD.
their iphone sales also is of high numbers.
they just have really good marketing that people(with no technical experience mostly) tend to buy them forgetting their flaws.
not that our phones don't...
as was stated by XQC, selling more android phones than iphones is surely because there are a lot more manufacturers that offer it to the public.
of course, I really would want to see apple's sales decline in the near future...
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That doesn't mean much.. It actually turns out that RIM had it's biggest earnings too, as well as many other companies. In fact, RIM reckons Apple used earlier figures from other companies during their bragging, which is why they appeared so awesome. in comparison to other companies.
It's more likely iPhone sales are slowing down at the moment, and Apple simply gained bigger profits per device during that period.
The reality is,
Well to be fair apple only has 1/2 iphones out vs 10bilion android phones, and they're just so much more profitable because their current customers would probably still buy the new iphone even if it was $1000. They just have such a high retention rate, and keep getting new customers who want apple because their products look nice, and they have been told it's easier to use.
They get incredible word of mouth advertising from their customers.
And i mean, every company use weird numbers for their competition, but it seems very clear to me that apple is very dirty with this (i.e: device activation vs android...)
I an happy because apple slowing down and android rise means I can choose from many manufacturers.
Also apple is distorting consumer which has to be stopped. Their success is due to extensive advertisement which portrayed apple product users as trendy and cool. That's cheap way to sell product. Also they focus more on looks than quality which will degrade quality of the product and consumer's expectation overall. For example nano has one of the worst sound quality yet it is dominating mp3. As more nano is being sold, consumers care less about sound quality which in fact is the most important for mp3... And quality of mp3 in general has gone down for all mp3. Same applies to phone. People are happily buying phone that drops call.... People are starting not to care what's important and are just trying to be cool....
These were what apple was doing over past few years. I an very happy to see that it is finally ending..
I am sensing apple's draconian era coming down and era where users can voice and innovate is coming. These all makes me happy
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this is because the fruit yet to show its true color!
lets see what happen in 2011 with this:
http://www.examiner.com/iphone-games-in-long-island/apple-ordeing-25-million-verizon-iphones
lifeisjustgreat said:
this is because the fruit yet to show its true color!
lets see what happen in 2011 with this:
http://www.examiner.com/iphone-games-in-long-island/apple-ordeing-25-million-verizon-iphones
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This doesn't explain how android dominate in other country than us.
World best ufc champion can not win a fight against 5 people. Even kindergartners can figure that out.
Btw apple is not worlds best champion in any way. Just used that analogy to prove a point.
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BTT:
Well, Android vs. iPhone marketshare doesn't say anything really. I mean, Apple is competing with four iOS devices against (insert number here) Android devices. And now there are only 3GS and 4 available at high prices, whereas Android devices are much more affordable.
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Exactly - the news posted in the first post mean... nothing or at least nothing good for Android-based smartphones, because Apple holds 1/3 of the market whilst 2/3 belongs to the number of other brands.
This is the reason they had the best revenue ever.
Anyway I can't understand one thing. Why people still want to pay huge amount of money for Apple devices (average price of iPhone 4 16GB is 1.3-1.5 times higher than SGS 16GB).
I know that owning a device with beaten apple logo makes people dignified, maybe that's it...
I am an open adversary of Apple because of their policies - as far as I can remember you need a MacOS-family system to develop applications for iOS.
Android apps may be developed under any OS.
Correct me if I am wrong.
To square up I would hardcode a 'feature' for the Eclipse ADT plugin to make it not working with MacOS versions of Eclipse
Sincerely,
Android Dev
ca7846 said:
This doesn't explain how android dominate in other country than us.
World best ufc champion can not win a fight against 5 people. Even kindergartners can figure that out.
Btw apple is not worlds best champion in any way. Just used that analogy to prove a point.
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other than US, which country android has domination ? at least not here in my country as i see all are fruits around. many still do not know what android is.
btw, i am in singapore.
Sweet! but it was inevitable to begin with...
ca7846 said:
I an happy because apple slowing down and android rise means I can choose from many manufacturers.
Also apple is distorting consumer which has to be stopped. Their success is due to extensive advertisement which portrayed apple product users as trendy and cool. That's cheap way to sell product. Also they focus more on looks than quality which will degrade quality of the product and consumer's expectation overall. For example nano has one of the worst sound quality yet it is dominating mp3. As more nano is being sold, consumers care less about sound quality which in fact is the most important for mp3... And quality of mp3 in general has gone down for all mp3. Same applies to phone. People are happily buying phone that drops call.... People are starting not to care what's important and are just trying to be cool....
These were what apple was doing over past few years. I an very happy to see that it is finally ending..
I am sensing apple's draconian era coming down and era where users can voice and innovate is coming. These all makes me happy
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Apple is the first and only company to use marketing to portray their products as "trendy or cool"
Also a lot of people buy apple products because many of them buy Apple products because *gasp* they like the products, the iPhone 4 is a very good product, the antenna issue is not as big a deal as some people want it to be.
The sound quality of an nano is more than good enough for most people, most people can't (and don't want to) tell the difference between two different mp3 players. Their quality control when it comes to interface has been way higher than android (though android is catching up).
Despite what android fan-boys want to believe they have been an incredibly innovative company over the last few years and the high controls they have over their products does have it's advantages (disadvantages as well of course).
nothing to do with that really.
it's just sad to see all your family and friends want to buy an iphone just because it's an iphone
it's like you see your friends being brainwashed and you can't do crap about it, to stop them from being sheeps taken to the cull
many times i ask my customers or friends "why do you need to buy an iphone?"
the typical answer is "i don't know, it's cool" ....
then another relevant question to bring out the light
"what are you going to do with the iphone" typical answer "duh, what do you use a phone for? make phone calls, and listen to music"
then i go "that's my point, any phone can do that now in days, why does it needs to be an iphone?" ... their answer again "i dunno"
i give that to apple, they have a very good marketing team, that knows how to brainwash people without them even knowing it... sigh... -_-
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Because everybody wants to make sure that they bought the best smartphone of the universe, therefore they need constant reassurances like this, so that there is no need for any fear or envy.
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TNStrangelove said:
Apple is the first and only company to use marketing to portray their products as "trendy or cool"
Also a lot of people buy apple products because many of them buy Apple products because *gasp* they like the products, the iPhone 4 is a very good product, the antenna issue is not as big a deal as some people want it to be.
The sound quality of an nano is more than good enough for most people, most people can't (and don't want to) tell the difference between two different mp3 players. Their quality control when it comes to interface has been way higher than android (though android is catching up).
Despite what android fan-boys want to believe they have been an incredibly innovative company over the last few years and the high controls they have over their products does have it's advantages (disadvantages as well of course).
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Thanks for your reply. You have just confirmed my argument about apple's distortion by being a prime example.
How a phone is good quality if it can't make call? What is the PHONE? What you are saying is that "hey that car got a good design both exterior and interior, nice wheels, spacious room. It's a good quality even though it can't run." Yes it might not happen to everybody. However, would you purchase that car if you had the prior knowledge that the car have a chance that it might not run? You did for iphone...
This is apple's distortion. They are good at interface and some cool features, I admit that. Users are clouded by these features, and design so they start not to care about what's really important. The phone has to be able to make a phone call. A phone having a slight chance of not able to make a phone call is simply unacceptable. Just as car with malfunctioning engine is not acceptable.
I have other arguments about nano and extensive advertisement, but they are irrelevant to this forum so I will stop here.
BTW I am not an android fan boy. I am just anti-apple. I am using android because I am not distorted by apple.
for a good laugh heres the Android vs Iphone cartoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcryQUuDwM
* i absolutely despise iphones with a passion, the only apple product i currently hold is an ipod nano. I bought it because of formfactor (slim) specifications. Which is also the reason i bought the SGS, cause there both slim.
Well, it surely is good to see people not blinded by the fruit!
I too despise the iDevice with a passion, but the main reason I like that Android outsells iPhone is because it will bring more apps, more developpers, more choice, more for us!
AllGamer said:
nothing to do with that really.
it's just sad to see all your family and friends want to buy an iphone just because it's an iphone
it's like you see your friends being brainwashed and you can't do crap about it, to stop them from being sheeps taken to the cull
many times i ask my customers or friends "why do you need to buy an iphone?"
the typical answer is "i don't know, it's cool" ....
then another relevant question to bring out the light
"what are you going to do with the iphone" typical answer "duh, what do you use a phone for? make phone calls, and listen to music"
then i go "that's my point, any phone can do that now in days, why does it needs to be an iphone?" ... their answer again "i dunno"
i give that to apple, they have a very good marketing team, that knows how to brainwash people without them even knowing it... sigh... -_-
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and this is not a brainwash?
i often ask people why they want android... you know the answers right?
1) it's not apple
2) it's "open"
LOL.
of-course android is outselling ios.
apple never try to dominate the market.
apple does make some good things and all this smartphone touchscreen market is pretty much invented by apple.
Why do manufacturers pump out so many phones, with none making a real name for themselves? It seems like if HTC released maybe three phones, and every network could have them, they would get some momentum, and a franchise product; a "Name" for themselves. Because no manufacturer does this, I don't think there will ever be an Android to stand up sales wise with the iPhone.
Imo, back in June, HTC should have used the Evo name and ran with it:
Evo
Evo Compact (the Incredible)
Evo Shift
Then once a year or even bi-yearly, the whole line is updated for all carriers with sequential numbers added to the end, ala apple. Does this not seem like a better model? It must not be I assume, because it's not what is being done... but I feel like with the Evo and Incredible being such great phones they would really gain significant traction had they had similar names, and been available on all networks... Instead there is Evo, Incredible, Atria, Thunderbolt, Pyramid, etc. Really confusing.
well..
verizon is trying that with the "droid" name... notice how many have that? they have put a lot of branding to that brandname... "droid"
TMobile has the brand "mytouch"
rumor is ..
sprint will work with the "EVO" branding. EVO and EVO Shift.
Yeah, thats true, and I guess I might would add the shift to my above lineup, so they have a keyboard model... but what I meant, and i just realized I didn't make it obvious in my post was, why do they send basically the same phone with a slightly altered design and different name to different carriers, as opposed to releasing one line up to all?
Edit: So from rereading what you said, it seems like the carrier has a big say in what the name of the phone is? Or is it up to the manufacturer?
i would guess.. that the carriers have a large say in the names.
why would they make a few changes? again this is my guess.
it is a marketing thing... for PRICE specials....
if all 4 carriers had the exact same phone... then they loose some "identity". think of Yukon, Suburban, Escalade, Tahoe.
also..if one carrier has one on sale then the others will have to match the price. If not then the customers might feel a little cheated.
if different name or slight look change, the no longer have to match the price. Most dont know that they are the same; again look at the SUV example i gave.
Think about when Walmart has a Samsung LCD tv on sale.. it is model XY2100. Best Buy has the same samsung LCD XY2100B. they have the exact same specs, but the Best Buy has a chrome panel. Sorry no price match.
I 2nd this big time.
I'm in complete agreement with this OP, and in fact was thinking the exact same thing the other day.
Android has such a confusing and fragmented ecosystem that's it's not funny. I believe this is a result of the "young & wild" thinking behind the business model of the original Open Handset Alliance that Google helped form during Anrdroid's inception. Google came forth with a set of rules, but were perhaps a little too loose on their requirements. They made a set of hardware parameters that Android phones "should" utilize. And in a desperate attempt to become relevant during the iphone craze of the last few years, said "have at it, go build some Androids".
I understand the thinking behind such a model, as not everyone needs, or can afford a high end device i.e., Evo, Incredible, Droid X etc. Some people want to spend $100 or less and have a data enabled phone without giant touch screens, and 5+ MP camera functions. They just want to text, and download ringtones etc, as this is economically viable.
This model has some major pitfalls however, being that; 1) With marketing ploys like Verizon's "Droid", & 2) A new low end Android phone coming out every month -
Android as a whole becomes more and more anonymous and confusing to the average consumer. A lot of people are already walking around asking, "What the hell is Android anyway?" They know they want a smart phone, or maybe even the ubiquitous iPhone like all of their friends and family have... They hear about Android, and how cool and open it is, then go to purchase one from ATT, Sprint, Verizon, US Cellular, Tmobile, Etc... WTF, who to go with, and now, which phone! Wait, what do you mean I can only get the Galaxy Captivate on ATT? Why can I only get the Evo on Sprint, and the G2 on TMO?
Not a very fluid purchase, and then to find out that your precious phone won't be receiving the latest OS updates becomes the nail in the coffin.
This is the biggest thing I've noticed about Android since purchasing my Evo in June. If I didn't have some technical know how, and the support of XDA, my Evo would be near obsolete already. However, I am not the "average" consumer, I love to hack things. Most people want a good phone that will last a year or two, and not have to feel buyer's remorse every few months when a better and faster device hits the shelves.
You could make the same argument about Apple devices with their yearly refresh, and most technology for that matter but I feel the impact of this phenomenon may be greatest with Android... It's almost as if the marketing gurus at all the big telco's want to cram as much of this stuff out into the public, before we realize what's going on, and don't want it anymore.
I love Android, and my Evo is a good phone (not great), but I clearly see behind their marketing fluff, and their poorly disguised ecosystem if you can call it that.
Don't even get me started on the failure that is the Android Market.... Ugh...
What a messy, clusterf¨©k. An unorganized, unregulated, bloated piece of $Free.99 garbage. Google seems to actually encourage "free w/ads" apps over developers making GOOD apps, and getting paid for them!
Not to mention the lack of security, repetition, and licensing infringement that runs rampant throughout. This may seem off topic, but it all ties in to the lack of standardization that plagues Google, and Android as a whole.
If I were Google's CEO, I would clamp down fast in a clear and concise manner with Motorola, HTC and LG etc, and call for better hardware standardization, less marketing fluff, and actually give Devs a reason to want to get involved with the Android market. One way of doing this would be to stop selling old hardware (read, crappy) repackaged in a new phone.
Granted, Android sales are huge right now, but if they stay on this rocky path, the Big G may soon find themselves in a sales plateau, if not on their way to a canyon. They set out to be different, which is good, but sometimes different ends up being strange.
to cater to everyones needs
Most people I know usually refer HTC brand as the Cadillac of phones.
And @Mitch...like apple dont have 1000's of pointless and useless apps and without a option to refund.
Touche' Phatman,
I wasn't trying to rant or complain, so sorry if I did. I've had a mixed experience with my phone, (and it shows.)
Touch>Touch Pro>Touch Pro 2
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This is just unbelievable the crappy new device Sprint announced. Major fail. It is amazing, every tech site forum on the internet is all over this, criticizing it. I have never seen a new product hated so fast. Makes ya wonder if Sprint does any type of focus group testing before releasing a new product, because no one is gonna buy this turd. They will be giving this phone away in Happy Meals soon.
They just rip this a new one;
http://gizmodo.com/#!5754281/kyoceras-double+headed-echo-is-nothing-more-than-mutant
Nothing positive in this thread, pretty scathing reviews;
http://www.androidcentral.com/hands-kyocera-echo
Another set of hilarious comments in the forum section at bottom;
http://www.phonedog.com/2011/02/07/k...t-this-spring/
I hope Sprint management is aware of the horse thrashing this craptastic device is getting reviewed as. They are out of touch with what the majority are looking for, news to confirm there will be an EVO 2 this Summer or sooner, or a CMDA Nexus phone, or a high end WinMo7 phone by HTC.
i agree!
I think we all are waiting for HTC to save us from this dS phone kids play.
And To bless us with a Evo 2 This summer!!
Sad thing is that like most corporate, they'll still try to force push that phone (mass advertising, etc...) to blind themselves of the truth: their new phone is a total fail.
With the money they'll put in the mass ads, they could use it to buy paper bags and put them on sprint's execs heads for making such terrible decisions.
Really Sprint? While Verizon is unleashing the iPhone your big reveal is an extra screen? Don't get me wrong, I have no desire for an iPhone, but why are you better than Verizon exactly?
I have been defending Sprint for a while now, but I may just give up if they continue to kick themselves in the balls at every turn.
Plus..lol at this from the Gizmodo review:
"Kyocera is pushing as a pseudo-tablet. It's rectangular, yes, and uses electricity, but beyond this it has virtually no commonality with an actual tablet."
Sent from my device.
OK, so after about a week with my Xoom, i've been plagued with the question, "is that an I pad?" When I pronounce that it is definately not an I pad they ask me what it is. So I go on to explain the specs, both that of the I pad 1 & 2 and of my Xoom, I don't think one person that asked me understood a word of what I was saying. Nearly all of them ended up saying "so they are the same thing." I'm sure most of you can understand my frustration. So I end up resolving by kindly saying, yes they are both tablet computers and in that fact alone they are similar.
This leads me to believe that Apple sells most of their devices to people that look at the xoom and the ipad, see the price, and buy the I pad because its cheaper. Or maybe its just because ios is pretty much fool proof.
This is what worries me, are we becoming the minority? The small group of us that understand openness and what is worth a buck.
I understand the I pad itself is an amazing piece of equipment, but what the people I talk to don't understand is it is built on phone os. If they took ios out of the iPhone and stuck it in a macbook, I bet some people would still buy it, and not only that, I bet they would come online and rant about how amazing it is.
Honestly, is that really a question that needs asking? Apple peeps used to say "Our hardware is so superior to a PC... now it IS a PC.... then they said software is king... and they go and install windows on their mac also... For the last few years, Mac gets hacked the quickest at the conventions... most Mac people I ask don't run antivirus since they think their Mac is virus etc proof...
Mac / ios are for people who don't have time to learn the intricacies of a superior product or better way to do things.
You sir are spot on!
I don't think people like that should have a choice between tablets. To me it sounds like they should stay with the silly little closed source Apple products. It is a much safer and wiser choice for them. An open source OS like Android is no place for someone who thinks that a Xoom and an iPad are the same exact product. It's really funny though because this happens to me a lot so I can relate. Me being a tech expert, I run into this thing a lot.
And in my opinion, us computer techies are actually becoming more and more uncommon. The common person has no idea that you can even root/jailbreak a device, in fact... the less you know, the better off they are. Ofcourse that is just an example, but a good one indeed. It's pretty bad that most of the world relies on such things as iTunes because they cannot figure out how to drag and drop music onto an mp3 player. It's really messed up that people are not tech saavy enough to do the simplest things or understand basic tech knowledge, but hey... that's where us computer guys come in. We show up to save the day, and make all the money. +1 for all the techno nerds out there!
Android user for life!
They don't market to "idiots" per se, but they market to the general consumer products that "just work", with no extra setup or maintenance required. This is why they have prospered with 95% of the general consumer that buys these products.
Its easy for us at XDA to say that the iPad has its shortcomings, but to the random person who just wants it to work and doesn't want to tinker and mess with it the iPad/iPhone/iPod are perfect for them.
I love android and love tweaking/messing with it, but my girlfriend just wants to turn on her iPhone (or her computer, a Mac Mini, for that matter) and have everything work easily, no questions asked. Know what I mean? I wish I could recommend Android to more people, but unfortunately I really can't given the minimum level of aptitude to really take advantage of it.
They don't market to idiots. They market to people who want things simple and polished. And I wouldn't be so quick to shrug off the closed ecosystem until Android gets a:
Music store
Video store
Video rental
Netflix
Wide swath of high quality games
Android has yet to prove that an open ecosystem can bring in major developers and content providers. I hope this changes in the near future. Until then its clearly a better choice for 95% of the population to just go the Apple iPad route.
I totally get the "it just works" hypothesis... Until it just doesn't work. Want to see some serious joe and jen sixpack RAGE? Go to an apple store and watch them take in their broken macbook. Want to see some real android nerd RAGE? You won't. They fix it themselves or swap it out for one that does.
Brains are beling replaced by 'idiot-proof' devices... Watch a classic movie for a glimpse into our future if isheep and moron trash keep having babies: Idiocracy
Bukem75 said:
I totally get the "it just works" hypothesis... Until it just doesn't work. Want to see some serious joe and jen sixpack RAGE? Go to an apple store and watch them take in their broken macbook. Want to see some real android nerd RAGE? You won't. They fix it themselves or swap it out for one that does.
Brains are beling replaced by 'idiot-proof' devices... Watch a classic movie for a glimpse into our future if isheep and moron trash keep having babies: Idiocracy
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LOL. I dont understand the animosity towards Apple. They have created an amazing ecosystem around their mobile offerings. They make EXTREMELY high quality hardware throughout their entire lineup, to the point where no other OEM comes even close to matching them. They demand a premium for their products in more cases (somehow the Xoom is the one demanding the premium now), because of the quality of their devices and their software.
As for your "rage" comment, i doubt it. Apple offers a one year warranty on their macbook where you can walk into the Apple store and hand it to them and they will either fix it on the spot or send it to be repaired. No other OEM does it this hassle free. Also they sell Applecare which most "idiots" as you describe them probably would have purchased, extending the warranty to 2-3 years. This covers everything. Also, these idiots, if they have a question with a program or how to get their new ipod to work with their macbook, can just take it all to the store and someone will talk them through it nice and slow.
When someone asks me if my Nexus is the same as an iPhone I ask them "is a Mustang the same thing as a Camaro?" They are the same class of car (or phone) but are different brands and do things a little differently then one another.
I called them average joe and jen sixpack. Never called them idiots. Please, show me the error of my way and aide me on the road to recovery by quoting where I said they are idiots.
Apple is a small niche computer company. Their mobile/mp3 side is what is profitible. Honestly, they would have been bankrupt in the 90s if they had not given all those computers to schools in the 80s. Great strategy.
As for computers breaking, generally most break in the first month or so after they have a true burn-in or else they last for a long time. The year replacement thing is nice, but not really a selling point to me... Hell, even BB does this.
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Also, these idiots, if they have a question with a program or how to get their new ipod to work with their macbook, can just take it all to the store and someone will talk them through it nice and slow.
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So after you rant a bit on me for calling them idiots, you go and do it... and then say the apple dude will talk them through it... nice and slow... like what? Morons? lol
muyoso said:
LOL. I dont understand the animosity towards Apple. They have created an amazing ecosystem around their mobile offerings. They make EXTREMELY high quality hardware throughout their entire lineup, to the point where no other OEM comes even close to matching them. They demand a premium for their products in more cases (somehow the Xoom is the one demanding the premium now), because of the quality of their devices and their software.
As for your "rage" comment, i doubt it. Apple offers a one year warranty on their macbook where you can walk into the Apple store and hand it to them and they will either fix it on the spot or send it to be repaired. No other OEM does it this hassle free. Also they sell Applecare which most "idiots" as you describe them probably would have purchased, extending the warranty to 2-3 years. This covers everything. Also, these idiots, if they have a question with a program or how to get their new ipod to work with their macbook, can just take it all to the store and someone will talk them through it nice and slow.
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My good sir,
You are right, please allow me to rephrase this. Does Apple market to the ignorant population? Defined in this way:
Ignorant: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"
Which really i know is a sold answer. But my points being that they market to the people that are unaware that buying from them, because they are stupid proof products, is allowingApple to do whatever they want. I don't have a problem with their products or most of their bussinesss strategy, but more and more they are straight starting to piss me off. And what bothers me are these idiots walking around acting like everything's not changing in big company's favor. You think Apple has created an amazing ecosystem cause you can turn on your iPhone and get your movies and your music and whatever. But they are destroying the ecosystem that should be between apple and the developers using their system. They are greedy, and the ignorant people they are generating all all this bull**** to go on.
I am not here to offend apple buyers, I have a jsilbroken iPhone and its awesome.
I am here however to discuss the fact that Apple is creating a land full of people that are introduced to idiot proof technology and banks off them.
listen; if you don't own one, Don't knock it
Post reposed. I.d.k. why.
justabrake said:
listen; if you don't own one, Don't knock it
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I do own several Apple products, which is what helped me draw my concluson.
th0r615 said:
When someone asks me if my Nexus is the same as an iPhone I ask them "is a Mustang the same thing as a Camaro?" They are the same class of car (or phone) but are different brands and do things a little differently then one another.
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Wait, I don't get it. The answer is yes, they are both dumpy American made "sports" cars.
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I called them average joe and jen sixpack. Never called them idiots. Please, show me the error of my way and aide me on the road to recovery by quoting where I said they are idiots.
Apple is a small niche computer company. Their mobile/mp3 side is what is profitible. Honestly, they would have been bankrupt in the 90s if they had not given all those computers to schools in the 80s. Great strategy.
As for computers breaking, generally most break in the first month or so after they have a true burn-in or else they last for a long time. The year replacement thing is nice, but not really a selling point to me... Hell, even BB does this.
So after you rant a bit on me for calling them idiots, you go and do it... and then say the apple dude will talk them through it... nice and slow... like what? Morons? lol
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Oh, I'm sorry, you called them "moron trash" and not "idiots".
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Oh, I'm sorry, you called them "moron trash" and not "idiots".
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Where'd you get the word trash from? Come on now.
RadDudeTommy said:
My good sir,
You are right, please allow me to rephrase this. Does Apple market to the ignorant population? Defined in this way:
Ignorant: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"
Which really i know is a sold answer. But my points being that they market to the people that are unaware that buying from them, because they are stupid proof products, is allowingApple to do whatever they want. I don't have a problem with their products or most of their bussinesss strategy, but more and more they are straight starting to piss me off. And what bothers me are these idiots walking around acting like everything's not changing in big company's favor. You think Apple has created an amazing ecosystem cause you can turn on your iPhone and get your movies and your music and whatever. But they are destroying the ecosystem that should be between apple and the developers using their system. They are greedy, and the ignorant people they are generating all all this bull**** to go on.
I am not here to offend apple buyers, I have a jsilbroken iPhone and its awesome.
I am here however to discuss the fact that Apple is creating a land full of people that are introduced to idiot proof technology and banks off them.
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People are willing to trade a lack of choice and openness for an ecosystem that just works and is really nearly flawlessly executed. They are willing to give up being able to flash roms for a device that has a couple thousand quality games, the ability to buy music from itunes, rent movies from itunes, watch netflix and have every app under the sun made for them first. If Apple oversteps their bounds, like they seem to be doing with the 30% subscription thing, people will abandon their platform. Until they do that, frankly they simply have the better ecosystem/devices until Android can make up some of that functionality differential.
RadDudeTommy said:
Where'd you get the word trash from? Come on now.
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can you read your post? This is the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11869842&postcount=6
Brains are beling replaced by 'idiot-proof' devices... Watch a classic movie for a glimpse into our future if isheep and moron trash keep having babies: Idiocracy
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I made it big for you to see and i bolded it and made it red.
muyoso said:
Oh, I'm sorry, you called them "moron trash" and not "idiots".
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Watch a classic movie for a glimpse into our future if isheep and moron trash keep having babies: Idiocracy
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Two totally separate groups of people. 1: isheep & 2: moron trash. I am guessing you have not watched the movie Idiocracy. Have a laugh. It's great.
Feel free to correct yourself again.
Once more for dramatic effect:
He's a Mac
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HE is moron trash:
i dont ssee why tthis had to get so fueled. I originally started with, does apple market to idiots? If you take a close look at that question, it does not insinuate that Apple is an idiot or that people that buy Apple is an idiot. It is a question towards their marketing and strategy.
Also no oone in this thread was offending any specific body of people.
Then here you come and just stir up a debate that was not there.