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- theghoul, on 06/27/2009, -2/+98"Hi I'm an iPhone"
"..and I'm a Pre" - hroo772, on 06/26/2009, -51/+124Is anybody else not impressed with this ad?
- MaxMWood, on 06/26/2009, -12/+74I have an iPhone and I think the ad has a point.
- ptsuk, on 06/27/2009, -2/+44Everyone I know who has AT&T says their coverage absolutely blows.
- inactive, on 06/27/2009, -8/+42I'll most likely be getting a Pre just because it's a better deal over the life of the contract.
- DephexTwin, on 06/27/2009, -0/+33"Since when has it become acceptable to bash another product in an advertisement?"
Well, at least 25 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYP1Tjgt1Ao - badqat, on 06/26/2009, -18/+48Mentioning a competitor by name...not good. Yep, it was good timing...I'd say many of them bought 3G S-es.
- pstroll, on 06/27/2009, -6/+35Everyone I know who relies on digg comments for accurate information absolutely blows.
- udjet, on 06/27/2009, -1/+29Everyone I know who has at&t says their coverage blows.
- ptsuk, on 06/27/2009, -2/+30Everyone I know who has T-Mobile says their coverage absolutely blows.
- AdmiralAcbar, on 06/26/2009, -5/+32On the other hand, it's Sprint...
- drgmdp, on 06/27/2009, -2/+29it's funny because that's what apple always do
- ptsuk, on 06/27/2009, -6/+29Everyone I know who has Verizon says their coverage absolutely blows.
- purple, on 06/27/2009, -1/+21Who the hell uses slang for premature ejaculation?
- robdiggity, on 06/27/2009, -0/+17Everyone I know absolutely blows.
- ptsuk, on 06/27/2009, -1/+18You certainly don't understand a pissing match do you?
- ptsuk, on 06/27/2009, -7/+23Everyone I know who has Verizon says their coverage absolutely blows.
- blackinthmiddle, on 06/27/2009, -1/+16What's the lesson here? No cell phone provider is perfect. Pick the one that will give you the best coverage where you frequent.
- cfisavant, on 06/27/2009, -2/+17The iPhone is like a car saying it requires premium shell gasoline to run
- DjDriftX, on 06/27/2009, -2/+16so then you would end up saving even more.
- lolwatermelon, on 06/27/2009, -1/+14"umm, if you use the iphone you have to get the unlimited plan, you have no choice..."
Odd, I have a 450 minute plan. And on this month's bill I used 9. - azureskies88, on 06/27/2009, -5/+18If you've studied advertising (I mean, it only takes about 10 minutes or so), you'd know that mentioning a competitor, for the sake of comparison, is effective when the competitor holds a large market share and you hold a relatively small share of the market. It is most effective when you basically want to say, "Product X sucks. My product doesn't." An unusual twist on comparative advertising is Microsoft's current campaign against Apple. However, in this context, the traditionally effective approach is valid.
- wastern, on 06/27/2009, -5/+17nope. plus that $1200 statement is only relevant if you get an unlimited plan. Talking is probably what I do the least on my phone
- azureskies88, on 06/27/2009, -0/+12Since always? If you are advertising, that typically means that you have competitors. The whole point of advertising is to distinguish your product from your competitors', which is basically what this advertisement is doing. A product's performance does not occur in a bubble. There are external factors, such as competitors' products...I don't see what doesn't make sense.
- timusca, on 06/27/2009, -4/+15It's more like a rain cloud.
- kinseyincanada, on 06/27/2009, -0/+10meh, that blackberry one with the bullet going threw the apple was much better.
- inactive, on 06/27/2009, -0/+10I see your college employed a marketing professor who hasn't done any marketing since the Mad Men days.
- mdlestat, on 06/27/2009, -6/+15Are you seriously willing to pay $50 a month more money for an iPhone that is AS competitive in most areas, and LESS competitive in some others? Go for it-- AT&T and apple are counting on it.
Apple fanboys/girls are sometimes buying a self-created, and marketing-department-pushed image--not a phone. Truth is, you wet yourself when Apple came out with a phone ONLY because you were already an Apple fan. Well good for you-- I feel 'ya-- and I'd have done the same thing. But please-- you act like an iPhone will make your bed for you, and the Pre is only worthy of wiping your ass with.
I seriously considered an iPhone--no BS-- one of my best friends has one, and she raves about it to me constantly. I've used it.
My contract WAS up, and I looked VERY strongly at going the iPhone route-- it is ***** cool, but I despise AT&T--locally and nationwide-- and the ridiculous policies and charges they jack you for end up making this ***** a popularity contest decision.
The iPhone is awesome. So is the Pre. The Pre costs a hell of a lot less to own, and does most of the same *****--and a lot of it it does better. Deal with that--
Quit making this into something it's not-- if you can't even acknowledge--even for the sake of argument--that the Pre is a very serious competitor, then you can pat yourself on the head, and sit back on your smug little couch. Apple is counting on your uncritical thinking-- it's allowed them to charge obscenely high prices for the exact same hardware that is found all over the electronic world in hundreds of other devices. Their UI is great--but it's "A" UI, not "THE"-- at least, not any more. It's not worth $50 cash every month anymore--
So far, I like this Pre-- it is young, and I expect Palm to pull it's head out of it's ass and let the app community run with the platform FREELY so it can grow as the users want it to (as opposed to how Palm tells them it wants them to)--but I sincerely feel it is on par with Apple's best, and believe it deserves to be respected and considered as such. - kaosethema, on 06/27/2009, -0/+9Everyone absolutely blows.
- inactive, on 06/27/2009, -3/+12"Yeah... that's a bit of a lie.
The $1200 savings is comparing their "simply everything" plan to equivalent iphone services."
So....how is that a lie again? You just stated right their that they where correct. They never stated which plan it was being compared to. FYI though even with the lowest equivalent plan you will still save at least some 200+ $'s. - wastern, on 06/27/2009, -0/+8@udjet
you have to get unlimited data, not voice. I get 400 minutes a month (free nights and weekends). If somehow I go over it I have 2500 rollover minutes sitting there as a nice buffer - dn11, on 06/27/2009, -0/+8only in theory.
- Charlotte_Web, on 06/27/2009, -0/+8I hope the Pre does really well in the marketplace. Apple needs some stiff competition to keep them innovative.
- TDDebug, on 06/27/2009, -0/+7Isn't it sad that people have to say they're not fanboys in order for people to actually read what they said?
- PDeath, on 06/27/2009, -0/+7AT&T should really slash its plan prices. For cheap asses like me the Pre is a clear winner. I love my Pre, but what I really love is is that after the discount I get through the company my father works for I pay only $55 a month for unlimited 4G data, unlimited MMS and SMS, 450 minutes, free nights and weekends and mobile to mobile, and GPS. God I hope they enable tethering.
- inactive, on 06/27/2009, -1/+8No idea but it all evens out. You guys get screwed on video game prices and releases, and bandwidth caps.
- ctishman, on 06/27/2009, -0/+7I absolutely blow. Ring me up.
- linagee, on 06/27/2009, -2/+8You totally missed the point. It ATE apple. As in for lunch.
- sebey, on 06/27/2009, -0/+6Please stay with us Apple! Please!
- kanojo1969, on 06/27/2009, -2/+8Here's something I realised the other day and I don't understand. The iPhone is available in the US from a single carrier, right?
Here in Australia it's legitimately available on FIVE different carriers. They all have 4 or 5 plans, most of which give you a phone for free. I can get a free phone on a 24-month contract for as little as $49 a month, although you better only use the thing a couple of minutes a day.
AU$49 is about US$40.
You guys are getting royally screwed. Why did they let every carrier in Australia sell the thing? - Whackly, on 06/27/2009, -5/+11yeah... cause putting an "i" in front of everything makes so much more sense.
- donsnyc, on 06/27/2009, -2/+7I believe the Pre should be going after the blackberry crowd, not the iPhone crowd.
- eyepennies, on 06/27/2009, -0/+5Because the 1st gen Pre is directly competing with the 3rd gen iPhone. That's why.
That's like asking, "Why would you compare the 2nd gen xBox with the 3rd gen PS?!" - mohsenxp, on 06/27/2009, -0/+5You know...when that advert becomes true that's when we know we have real competition for the iPhone.
- Animan351, on 06/27/2009, -1/+5Yes. But this add very much gives the impression that the Pre has 4g capabilities and comes off as deceitful advertising to me. I am currently waiting for sprint to get a good android phone (said to be by years end ) before I sign into an account with them because they have the cheapest plans and is the only cell provider where I live that has 3G coverage. I really wanted the Pre to be great, but after checking it out on release day it just wasn't the phone for me. I hope it does great though because I really want them to stay in business, but not if they keep trying to deceive people as this add looks pretty blatant in trying to make it seem like 4g is more wide spread than it is right now and that the Pre comes with it.
- blackinthmiddle, on 06/27/2009, -0/+4My wife and I have a family 850 minute package that we had long before the iPhone ever came out. I literally have 5000+ rollover minute. Come to think of it, I wonder if I can drop down to a 450 minute family plan and save? I'll call AT&T right now!
- idoj, on 06/27/2009, -0/+4"Do you think the common consumer knows what "running multiple applications"'
People in the market for a smartphone would. - indy3eb, on 06/27/2009, -0/+4I hate my Blackberry Storm...
Did I add to the conversation? - mrBitch, on 06/27/2009, -0/+4I agree, but Palm are not really coming out with all guns blazing on the Pre, unless Palm thinks it's smart to put the only device that can compete with the iPhone locked down to only one network in only one country in the world...
- inactive, on 06/27/2009, -1/+5"the palm pre isn't made with 4 g and they have 4 g almost nowhere to begin with."
That IS true although their 4g network will be in a lot of major cities by years end with 100 million people having access to it by then. While AT&T won't have ***** till 2011. So Apple better enjoy staying with AT&T as the iphone will be ***** by the end of 2010 when sprint/verizon will most likely have dual 3g/4g phone's. While AT&T won't have *****. -
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