Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

I don't understand. The Pro and Diamond are the hottest phones available for sprint but you never see a commercial for them. There are plenty of commercials for the new Rant and the Instinct. Does the Pro sell itself? Maybe it doesn't need commercials. Whaddaya think?

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

no clue but i kinda like it dat way. i hate when everyone has the same phone as you like the razr

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

The Pro and Diamond sell itself to PPC Geeks like us...

The Instinct and Rant are user friendly devices for the average phone user, and appeal to a larger crowd. Some people find our PPC's too confusing.

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

Exactly. Alot of us ppcgeeks are having problems with this phone and we're way more advanced than the general population.

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

Plus, it's CHEAPER. Not everybody wants to spend a few hundred on a phone.

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

i would sell my dogs to buy the latest PPC :D

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

There are two more reasons that I can think of

1. The Instinct and ?Rant are exclusive to Sprint. Why would they want to market the Diamond and TP when you can go to ATT and get one.

2. I remember reading somewhere that Samsung is giving Sprint money to co-market the phone. Maybe HTC doesn't have the same budget as Samsung for advertising

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

The Samsung MDF (market development fund) is over $100 million this year alone. The Rant and the Instinct are considered consumer devices which will get reactionary purchases based upon advertising. The Diamond and Pro are considered Pro-sumer devices that have followings in IT and occult groups that create their own buzz for products.

Any device that has a pre-order thread on ten or more different web sites, probably doesn't need a whole lot of advertising. We line up at the FCC website just waiting for an approval so we can start figuring out how to get a qualified upgrade or discount out of executive care. Why advertisie?

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

Thats a good point right there!

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

USA Today has a daily full color ad for the Sprint Touch Diamond for a while now

Always first page, right hand corner of the Money section

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

The Instink and Rant are only the 10th and 11th best phones on Sprint, crazy!!!
1. Touch Pro
2. Treo 800w
3. Mogul
4. Touch Diamond
5. Touch
6. Blackberry Curve
7. Blackberry Worldphone
8. Treo 755p
9. Palm Centro
10. Instink
11. Rant

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

ah.. not necessarily true... remember the G1 and the storm? the bold? there are plenty of phones that been highly anticipated but still made several commercials.. and i dont even have to get started on the i-phone

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

Two reasons:

1. Windows Mobile phones are still by and large aimed at business users rather than end-user consumers. Ridiculous, I realize, since the Diamond especially is the most consumer oriented WinMo phone I've ever seen, but that's the reality of it.

2. Marketing for business-oriented technology just isn't "popular" these days. The iPhone 3G commercial bragging about how it's works really great for getting work done (talking about their support Exchange server and all that)-- the least showed and least popular of their ads, and yet it's the only one that is honest from beginning to end. Go figure.

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

The best buy mobile flyer which has all carriers, phones and plans, has a full page on the Sprint TP. In the same flyer is an unlocked TP that is not significantly advertised.

Re: Why does sprint boost up the Rant and the Instinct but not the Pro or Diamond?
 

do you want tv ads like the iphone?