Comments on: HTC Is Quietly Brilliant & YOU Commercials

By: Presto117

Presto117 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:51:10 +0000

this shouldn’t have HTC’s name on the end of it, i could care less about HTC, i want ANDROID’S name on the end of it! Verizon’s the only company that even bothers to kind of mention Android, and it’s a start! If Android were better advertised in commercials and even more so on the phones (just a super tiny android logo on the front of the box of the phone or something), it would sell more i bet. People would go “oh, that Android things looks cool and this phone has it! i’ll get this”

By: Matt Wicker

Matt Wicker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:45:00 +0000

@Mindo – Come on man. If you’re going to have a discussion, it helps to have your facts straight.
1) “Against all odds”? What were these crazy odds apple was against? An uncluttered and not especially cutthroat smart phone market?
2) “biggest piece of the pie”? Seriously, where do you get your figures? Nokia has the biggest piece of the cellphone market pie, and Apple definitely does not have dominant market share in the smart phone market.
3) Are you seriously claiming Google ripped of Apple’s iPhone OS? Android OS is different from the ground up (see system with customization, much higher compatibility/adaptability requirements to different hardware bases).
4) How would a deal with Sprint insure the “money’s in the bank”? Last time I checked, Sprint is always in 3rd or 4th in the big 4 network rankings in terms of coverage and user base, and would therefore be a *gasp* riskier partner! And on top of that, all of HTC’s androids have been introduced into an increasingly competitive market (Sorry I didn’t specify a specific model, because you are seemingly trying to knock the G1, but then you talk about Sprint, which would be the wrong network for that one my friend . . .) So, do you mean T-Mo?
Next time, can we play nice and perhaps talk about fact instead of accusing people of being “fanboys”, and subsequently exposing yourself as one?

By: mindo

mindo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:59 +0000

Seriously people, think about it. Against all odds, Apple enters the mobile industry and reinvents it as we know it and walks away with the biggest piece of the smartphone pie. HTC on the other hand has been making handsets for years, has Apples model to go by which is huge because they are not “inventing” or risking anything. Then they are backed by google and given the OS which was much easier to create for google because Apple did all the hard work, google just made it better. Then sprint or whatever crap carrier gives them the exclusive, so basically ensures the money’s in the bank at this point. And all they could come up with was the G1? Their answer to the iPhone was the G1? Plain and simple it sucks.

Telling me that it rocks makes you sound like Vista fanboys talking up their pos with false numbers from MS.

By: Kyanro

Kyanro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:48:01 +0000

I feel like they are taunting me!! Wheres my HTC Android on AT&T?? Hope the rumors are true.

By: OutstandingO

OutstandingO — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:38:46 +0000

@BeansOnToast – Some would argue that the reason the iPhone is so successful is because its part of the Apple machine; which has done a world class job since the conception of the iPod selling chic over substance. How many millions of these phones were sold in the first quarter of its release without half of the market push we see now for the phone.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:30:11 +0000

Good ads but I’d like to see more hints about app possibilities with at least one hint about gaming. Also, HTC’s Android phones are UGLY, unlike the upcoming Snapdragon-based Android phones from Acer and Sony-Erricson

By: mindo_hater

mindo_hater — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:11:55 +0000

mindo = idiot

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:58:19 +0000

Love the commercial! It is truly brilliant how they target soo many markets in just 30 seconds.. I think in 30 seconds they hit the nail on the head with not targeting one specific group like what I usually see in ads.

By: Beanz0nToast

Beanz0nToast — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:50:26 +0000

I think it’s a great introduction into the brand but I hate commercials that don’t actually show you the phone. The reason the iPhone is so successful is because they promote what the phone can do and show it to you and make the average (mainly not the people on cell phone blog sites) think that only that phone can do it.

By: QuantumRand

QuantumRand — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:20:51 +0000

@Jeff
The ad just made me think of the Android ads thus far. My comment wasn’t for this ad directly. This is an Android site after all…

By: zukini

zukini — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:09:37 +0000

@Rob its the european hero in Europe for the end frames.

I think its time for some “Android inside” marketing too.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:19:39 +0000

It’s interesting that they chose the Sprint Hero for the commercial.

By: Groot

Groot — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:19:02 +0000

@john
There will be a Android campaign Verizon is going to run this, but not only with HTC devices : http://www.droiddoes.com

This will be build up from here…

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:58:56 +0000

“HTC single handedly set Android back 2 years because of the useless and unanimously hated G1, who are they kidding? HTC sucks”

Huh?! What the hell are you talking about? I still have my G1 and I love it. Everybody I know who has one loves it. It’s starting to show it’s age a bit now, but as far as I’m concerned, until the Droid officially hits the market, it’s still the most interesting Android phone out there (because I want a physical keyboard). I look at it just the opposite way as you… the G1 was the first true Android device which kicked off the whole thing and got it started. I still impress people with some of the things my G1 can do. Your statement was out of line.

By: John

John — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:35 +0000

Personally, I really like them. Both of them, I see them as more of a story playing out, I like that approach. It’s more personal, much more personal than iphone’s commercials.

I do think that android itself should be represented in a commercial somewhere. Everyone is starting to know, HTC Hero, Moto Cliq, ect. But do most people know it’s Android behind the scenes?