Verizon Looking for a Piece of Apple's Pie with Droid Phone

Over the last few weeks, Verizon has rolled out a sequence of advertisements blasting Apple and the iPhone and plugging the forthcoming release of a new smart telephone called the Droid. The iDroid commercials, which have aired during NFL games and the MLB playoffs, question the value of Apple's top selling phone. iDon't have a genuine keyboard. IDon't run simultaneous apps. IDon't take night shots. IDon't permit open development, reads copy posted on the iDroid site.

IDon't customise. IDon't run widgets. IDon't have interchangeable batteries. Everything iDon't, Droid does. The target the Apple iPhone could not be more clear.

And to judge by the volume of searches today and yesterday for the term iDroid, the campaign is taking hold. Here's one blogger's take on the iDroid spots : No visible of the 2nd copy of the Droid and not even a projected date for when it's coming.

Essentially it is a warning to Apple from Verizon. Hey, this is what we got and we are giving you time to make enhancements to the iPhone before the Android two comes out. According to early reports, the Droid, which draws power from Verizon Wireless, will include a full standard keyboard, a 5-megapixel electronic camera, an interchangeable battery, and a touchscreen. Back in June, Sprint took similar aim at the iPhone, displaying an announcement targeting people who purchased an iPhone in June 2007. As Creativity editor Chris Gaylord spotted at the time, the ad appeared to hearken back to the '80s Sega commercial Genesis does what Nintendon't.

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[Untamedcelica]

badass commercial

[flicklefish]

Uh oh... looks like Verizon got themselves something serious this time. Can't wait for this phone!

[Son37Lumiere]

@clarkie00714

Haha, you're actually responding to a year old post? Fast forward to now and the iPhone still has a shitty little 3.5" screen. Who cares about its resolution, at that size it makes no difference.

[clarkie00714]

@glitchfinder94 they just did hahaha

[clarkie00714]

@chenghoman just did lol

[clarkie00714]

@Son37Lumiere hahaha the droid has a 3.7in screen with 480X854 resolution, the iphone 4 has 3.5in screen and 940x640 resolution so yea the screen is bigger by .2 of on inch congrats and with that shitty resolution im sure it makes all the difference

[clarkie00714]

@Thatradomguy its the largest carrier in the u.s for a reason

[kingraider7]

i dont think this comertial it true any more lol you think apple is domp they dont go all out on there stuff they have there so advance ther just saving it to get peoples money does no what buisness is all bout?

[Thatradomguy]

Verizion sucks nuff said

[Heezy2090]

now that is good marketing

[setheroon1]

what screen "looks like crap"? the droids screen has way better screen res than almost any other phone available. other than the hd2 or sonn coming passion/dragon