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Verizon Comes Out Swinging, Strands iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
Posted 11/08/2009 at 6:24:51pm | by David W. Martin

AT&T is suing Verizon over its "There's a map for That" ad campaign, but that hasn't stopped Verizon from using the same Verizon vs. AT&T image map of 3G coverage in the U.S. in new holiday advertising. The latest advertisement, Verizon Misfit Toys, puts the iPhone at the center of a conversation between some toys on the Island of Misfit Toys.

 

 

After finding the first ad we checked the Verizon Wireless YouTube account and discovered two more.

Verizon Elves features an assembly line of elves gift wrapping netbooks and other devices which include 3G wireless. The Elves imply that the good kids receive a gift from Verizon Wireless and the bad kids get one from AT&T. You should note that the Elf is stuffing what looks like a white colored iPhone into the gift box for the bad kid.

 

 

In Verizon Blue Christmas a man is seen traveling home for Christmas and he experiences problems connecting to the AT&T network using what appears to be a white colored iPhone.

 

 

We've got to hand it to Verizon -- the ads are definitely amusing, but since some of us are having a better experience with AT&T after they rolled out 3G network enhancements cute ads are not likely to make us want to make the switch to Verizon. In any event, if you get a gift purchased from either Apple, AT&T, or Verizon this year, whatever you get will be better than switches and a lump of coal.

 

COMMENTS
avatarVerizon

The new android phones came out this weekend from Verizon. I can say that even thou I want the iPhone so bad, the change to AT&T was not an option. I can say that the Droid phone is good enough to give the Apple a run for its money. But I can't wait to see what they cook up to blow past it. Just hope the next one will work with Verizon.

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