okay, well, i WAS going to give them credit for making a mostly original commercial...until the end. the last audible note displays the brand logo, JUST LIKE APPLE. pathetic. yes, this comes from an iPhone lover and Apple fan, but more than that, a creative thinker/designer.
That phone exit to the left at the end and then HTC appearing is a perfect replica of the iPhone ad layouts. Not to mention that cute, heart warming jingle... sounds like the iPhones...
An Apple ripoff? Yeah, because I didn't have an HTC Cingular 8125 in February 2006 which performs essentially everything that the iPhone can. You probably think the iPod was an original idea too.
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B.B. @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:05PM
Wow, whaddaya know? It looks just like an iPhone commercial!
Yet another pathetic Apple rip-off.
I swear I'd drop dead if these factories ever came out with anything original.
Forrest @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:13PM
Sigh...it's a God damned phone! How the hell are you supposed to show it off unless you hold the fucking thing up on the screen?
News flash assholes: Not EVERYTHING is a fucking Apple ripoff. A lot of us don't give two shits about Apple.
Phoenix @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:16PM
God man. It's different
Ok, the hand sweep at the end is similar, but as the commenter above said, it's impossible to show it off any other way
Unlike the iPhone ads, this isn't just the phone doing random stuff with a guy talking, there's actually some creativity.
slackercow @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:20PM
i kinda hope you drop dead anyway
nostalgika @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:26PM
ODM
"Original Design Manufacturer"
now drop dead
Jakob Henner @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:28PM
I give a fuck about Apple, love my iPhone ;)
But agree, it's just preposterous to call everything with a touch screen and a small border an iPhone clone.
stankychicken @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:41PM
@ forrest
LOL thank you!! 10 points to you sir.
captainpease @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:43PM
okay, well, i WAS going to give them credit for making a mostly original commercial...until the end. the last audible note displays the brand logo, JUST LIKE APPLE. pathetic. yes, this comes from an iPhone lover and Apple fan, but more than that, a creative thinker/designer.
Kelly Nair @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:18PM
This is as much an Apple commercial knockoff as Apple's is an HP knockoff.
Darren @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:51PM
iPhony device, iPhony commercial. But what other hand could HTC possibly play?
And just in time for iPhone 2.0, too.
Bassir @ Apr 22nd 2008 6:55PM
It was perfect until the last transition effect and chord ruined it. That's what gave it away as an iPhone-style commercial.
Matt @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:49PM
Yeah, the way it ended was so Apple, but it was still a good creative commercial.
From Montreal, Canada @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:02PM
That phone exit to the left at the end and then HTC appearing is a perfect replica of the iPhone ad layouts. Not to mention that cute, heart warming jingle... sounds like the iPhones...
OK. Now you can bash me.
Kevin @ Apr 23rd 2008 2:35AM
An Apple ripoff? Yeah, because I didn't have an HTC Cingular 8125 in February 2006 which performs essentially everything that the iPhone can. You probably think the iPod was an original idea too.
Tarandon @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:15AM
Now i thought right from the beginning of the commercial that it was an apple rip off, with the piano in the background and the overall relaxed mood.