Finally - they listened. After Cingular discontinued my insurance plan because I had too many water damage claims, I asked why can't they just come up with a waterproof, droppable phone for all the klutzes out there? Well - here it is folks, Made for Marie - the Verizon Gzone.
I'm also true fan of Verizon's point of purchase display marketing. The phone is placed inside a fish bowl with a live goldfish. A sign tells customers in the store to "CALL THE FISH". Apparently the fish responds very favorably to the Verizon Ringtone and starts to swiggle swagger around.
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Dear Verizon Lover,
This is a fantastic advancement in the history of cellular phone development. Think of all those poor college kids who get drunk on a regular basis and drop their cell phones in the toilet; Now they may still use them after the dipping and do all the drunk calling they must!- might inhibit people from spontaneous ear nibbling for hygene reasons though.
And I must agree with you on the point of purchase advertising as being funny and memorable, none the less Im afraid I will have to call PITA on this one....Or maybe I should call the Fish to see how she/he trully feels about this..
I actually saw the immediate after-effects of Marie dropping her cell phone in a toilet...so I'll go ahead and say she definitely breaks the mold of those "poor drunk college kids" who do the same! :)
I haven't seen that display yet, but it looks amazing in the picture and I can imagine it could be quite fun for the goldfish. I'm pretty impressed by whoever came up with it.
And talking about bubles, I just ran across this article where Dr.pepper is puting a band in a buble for everyone to watch while they write music. I still think that the fish is cuter but can he/she sing?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042407dnbusdrpepper.11dcd40.html
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