What Do Idiots Call Your Evo?

[AndroidN1Girl]

I've gotten, "Oh is that the new iPhone?" or "Ooh wow the HD2 huh?".....Maybe if Sprint were a little better about its tv marketing, we wouldn't have to field these dumb comments...

 

[jonathan76888]

people askes me , is that the new Iphone from apple, I smile and tell em, I am Catholic!!

 

[Mabster]

It runs android right? I just call it a droid.

A Droid is a phone manufactured by Motorola and was launched in October of 2009. You're doing the Evo an injustice, it most certainly is not a Droid.

 

[laredo7mm]

...You're doing the Evo an injustice...

Such a travesty...

 

[PuRock]

All phones are either old flip phones, an iphone or that "droid" phone. There is nothing else to idiots.

 

[KewlKat007]

Everyone thinks it's an Iphone...I swear..um like no Stranger meet the HTC Evo..it runs Google Android. I make sure I stress the OS.

 

[fizzin_A]

Maybe if Sprint were a little better about its tv marketing, we wouldn't have to field these dumb comments...

It's not like Sprint is out there tearing it up with any sort of effective advertising whatsoever.

Not sure what shows you folks are watching, but I see commercials all the time for the EVO on TNT and FX watching shows like Leverage and Rescue Me. I also see ads all over the Interwebz.

 

[Mabster]

Not sure what shows you folks are watching, but I see commercials all the time for the EVO on TNT and FX watching shows like Leverage and Rescue Me. I also see ads all over the Interwebz.

It wasn't said that they didn't have adverts at all, but that the ones they are running are very ineffective. The Sprint ads look just like every other lame sprint commercial.

I want to see a commercial where the Evo user is letting his iphone buddies wireless teather because they have no coverage.

As far as ads on the interwebs, IDK since I have Firefox set up to never show any ads ever.

 

[RickJ]

The fact that they ask means everything.

The fact that they can't place it means nothing.

It's not like Sprint is out there tearing it up with any sort of effective advertising whatsoever.

How are they supposed to know if you don't tell them? They're not idiots - they're curious, they're uninformed and they're using iconic language that so far to them translates to "better" or "quality product."

How 'bout humbly thanking them for asking, say, yeah, kinda like that, then show a nice app, then name drop?

That - or you can just continue to huff that they're idiots.

You do what you think is best.

HAHA, absolutley true, but it takes all the fun out of this thread. Way to deflate the party balloon J/K of course!

 

[blakethomas]

Like five times already:

Them: "Wow, that's really big."
Me: "That's what she said."

Hilarious every time.

 

[BenChase7]

Whenever Someone Sees My Evo, They Ask If It's A Droid Or iPhone. Sad. Freakin' Idiots. What Do Idiots Call Your Evo?

Wow or Thing

"Wow." Period

or

That "thing" is awesome.

 

[denise1768]

They just say it's huge, but love it.

Apple really does know how to market though. I just saw the commercial the other day for the chat program they use, facetime or whatever it's called LOL, and it really draws you in. Wish sprint would do that.

 

[C_Dub]

"you don't need an iPad, you gotta EVOpad!"

I got a kick out of that when one of my friends said it.

 

[The Dorian]

My mom referred to it as "your 4g". My boss (iPhone user) referred to it as "your HTC".

I call it my Godphone.

 

[backdown]

Everyone goes " Is that a droid?!" and im like..eh,no. Its the Evo, basically its the droid. But i get offended about my technology, so they know im serious when i tell them about it XD

 

[ramonini]

people go to me .. O is that the new Iphone . and I got like No i dont waste money on garbage .. Is an Evo .

 

[EarlyMon]

HAHA, absolutley true, but it takes all the fun out of this thread. Way to deflate the party balloon J/K of course!

http://xkcd.com/662/

 

[luxetical]

People call mine a brick -_-

its so annoying.

 

[cabbie]

@BobbiEden

YWIA

 

[RickJ]

xkcd: iPhone or Droid

Awesome site! Now I know where intellects go for their dose of 'the funnies'!

 

[bvbull200]

I'm not sure I draw the same correlation between one's knowledge of cell-phones and his/her level of intelligence that you do.

If your question is what sort of monikers get assigned to my phone by people who don't know makes/models, I suppose the most frequent is "that 4g phone".

 

[gear.h34d.2012]

xkcd: iPhone or Droid

My God I think I love you. I can't stop laughing.

 

[johnblaze]

I have been amazed at the awareness of the Evo phone. I have been questioned several times "hey is that the new evo?" or "is that the new sprint phone?" etc...not once has someone mis-identified it or asked "what is that?"

 

[EarlyMon]

Probably should have mentioned that with xkcd - you get a second punchline on the mouseover.

xkcd: Laser Scope

XkcdViewer - Android app on AppBrain

 

[Dutch54]

Someone asked me if my phone was the new Ivo