Technically, you're right. But in both cases he's carefully choosing his words to make his employer's product sound better.
It's patronising because it implies:
* that I'm not capable of noticing any drawbacks of the product, which he conveniently didn't mention, and
* that I would ever give any serious consideration to a spokesman's supposed opinions of his own company's product.
I would have much more respect for somebody who came out and praised the competition and acknowledged what they got right instead of what they got wrong. It would show much more confidence in his/her own product.
It's patronising because it implies:
* that I'm not capable of noticing any drawbacks of the product, which he conveniently didn't mention, and
* that I would ever give any serious consideration to a spokesman's supposed opinions of his own company's product.
I would have much more respect for somebody who came out and praised the competition and acknowledged what they got right instead of what they got wrong. It would show much more confidence in his/her own product.