U.K. Ad Agency says Motorola ATRIX is not the world's fastest smartphone, bans ads
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In responding to the ASA, Motorola said that the claim on the ads did not have to do with processor speed. The Schaumburg based manufacturer added that while the ATRIX has a slower processor than the Galaxy S II, the latter device could not operate the unique computer-like accessories that the ATRIX offers. Motorola said that it never claimed that its phone has the fastest processor but instead was talking about the the features, performance and capabilities of its device.
The U.K. Advertising Standards Agency said that they felt that viewers would be thinking about processing speed when hearing Motorola's claim about the ATRIX being the world's most powerful smartphone, not whether a phone had a dock that turns it into a Laptop computer or a media center. As the ASA said in a statement, "Because the Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 had a faster processor than the ATRIX, we considered the claim "The world's most powerful smartphone" had not been substantiated by comparative evidence and concluded that it was misleading." You can see one of the now banned ads by clicking on the video below.
source: TheTelegraph via AndroidCentral
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12 Comments
1. jroc74 posted on 25 Aug 2011, 00:19 3 0
Ok....wasnt that claim of worlds most powerful smartphone when the Atrix was launched?
2. The_Miz posted on 25 Aug 2011, 00:23 13 2
Wtf? This is got to be the dumbest thing to ban an ad to. And the Atrix is six months old what the hell did they expect?
3. Sniggly posted on 25 Aug 2011, 01:23 7 0
Congratulations, this would be the first time I've thumbed you up, Miz.
5. thatsaGOODone (unregistered) posted on 25 Aug 2011, 01:25 3 2
you didn't mention anything about crapple
4. thatsaGOODone (unregistered) posted on 25 Aug 2011, 01:24 0 0
Arix please step aside and take the bionic with you before you both embarrass yourselves.
7. Azure01 posted on 25 Aug 2011, 02:42 0 0
Wow they should've just said in the U.S. then their would be less crying smh.
8. Irad123 posted on 25 Aug 2011, 02:48 0 0
advertisers are the world's stupidest people...
not only they make dumb ads, they ban one to be politicaly correct?
never mind, we all know the atrix is the second most powerful...
even though I would like to get a system update...
9. jordanx posted on 25 Aug 2011, 15:41 0 0
motorola need to clock the processor to 1.2 to have the adds back , i think that is a good idea
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