Moto gets its shots in: new Droid X ad hits iPhone 4’s antenna issue

Mobile Phones - Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

After Nokia posted their “you can hold our phones any way you want” blog as a jab to Steve Jobs’ “Just don’t hold it that way” email reply, Motorola just posted a full-pager on the New York Times to advertise the upcoming Droid X with their usual “Droid does more” slant and then some. While we’re pretty sure that the whole “does more” thing was created as an answer to the iPhone (or specifically, what it didn’t “do”), there’s a not-so subtle jab along the bottom of the ad that sounds a little more direct.

Specifically, here’s how the last lines go (in case you can’t read the rather low-res photo of the ad above):

“…most importantly, it comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal clear calls. You have a voice. And you deserve to be heard.”

Make no bones about it; that was definitely Moto’s high tech way of saying “neener neener.”

So that’s it. A phone with a 4.3-inch screen, Android 2.2, 8MP cam with flash, HDMI port, 1GHz memory, Flash player support, mobile hotspot capabilities, and a signal that won’t die if you hold it with your left hand. Sounds great.

They better deliver though. We’re pretty sure a lot of neener-neener-ed fans from the Apple camp will be testing the heck out of Moto’s claims (yeah, consumer-based fandom can be pretty fun when things get hot). Stand by for the YouTube clips when the Droid X comes out on July 15th.