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Uh, that's not very good... Google Nexus One phone sold just 20,000 its first week. -- (link)

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Jan 13 '10, 05:57

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link (www.businessinsider.com)

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Probably not so much the quality of the phone but that the market's been saturated. -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 06:23 3
- True. I think a lot of people who wanted that kind of phone already have an iPhone or an HTC. Since software are now upgradeable, there's less - Guigue Jan 13, 06:34 2
  - It also may be that some people are cautiously waiting to see what Apple does with the next iPhone. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:37
  - Plus, T-Mobile. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:36
I was thinking last week when listening to an NPR TotN tech segment on this phone that it sounded rather underwhelming. Even the tech guy reporting on - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:02 8
- It's groundbreaking in the fact that Google is selling it "unlocked" and not specifically tied to a carrier. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:06 7
  - Not so much. Nokia and other mfg have been doing this for a long time -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:27 2
    - I thought I read the goal of the Google online store is to have deals with the major carriers for their phones. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:39 1
      - Phones are rarely exclusive to 1 carrier. Most lower-end models are available at many. The iPhone is exclusive in the US, but not everywhere - Guigue Jan 13, 06:41
  - And without the T-Mobile contract it costs like $500? Not the time for numbers like that, IMHO. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:15 3
    - Have you priced an unlocked phone lately? That's pretty standard -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:30 2
      - Most people don't buy their phones that way. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 06:31 1
        
        True, but it's not some new paradigm or ground breaking effort -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:58
That's what happens when you start selling a phone that's unsubsidized for everybody who already has a phone contract. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 05:59 4
- It's $180 if you go directly with T-Mobile, which seems the only logical choice since it's the only network that the 3G works on, iirc. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:00 3
  - Yeah, but existing T-mobile users can't get that, only user's who aren't already with them. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 06:01 2
    - From what I've read, existin T-mobile users not limited by contract can get a new line for the $180, then switch their number to it after it's up and - oblique Jan 13, 06:04 1
      - That seems needlessly complicated. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:13

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