Slow Nexus One Sales
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LCW
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Don't forget Google foolishly announcing upcoming availability on VZW... the VZ fanbois certainly are waiting now... Some may have jumped ship to T-Mo, but no chance with the premature announcement...
Big mistake to release it on a single carrier to start out. Should have been released across the board of US carriers IMHO.
LCW
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ideally, yes... but announcing it early for other networks was a dumb move...
they showed their cards way too early...
Oh I totally agree. I may have bit to get a unlocked device to use on AT&T but now I'm holding off to wait for Verizon to check it out.
LCW
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my point exactly... you and THOUSANDS of others are patiently WAITING... because they KNOW it's coming...
LCW
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So say 40,000 now you are talking a bit better and even tripled you are talking MyTouch 3G numbers at 60,000. Mediocre at best. Trust me I want to see this device do well as it has a ton of potential. Hope things turn around quickly.
TMo
Opening first with TMo could have been a test run. It is their first official phone (although it is manufactured by HTC). I wouldn't be surprised if they had a special deal with Motorola to keep the Vzw N1/Passion/or whatever they will call it on the down low to keep Droid sales up. Once they peak and plateau BOOM marketing for the Vzw N1 will kick up to replace Droid sales. Once they plateau BOOM Droid 2 release and so on and so on and so on....TMo released the Cliq this past summer so it makes sense to release the N1 to replace those sales...so I wouldn't worry about poor Google and their phone...it will do just fine.
Opening first with TMo could have been a test run. It is their first official phone (although it is manufactured by HTC). I wouldn't be surprised if they had a special deal with Motorola to keep the Vzw N1/Passion/or whatever they will call it on the down low to keep Droid sales up. Once they peak and plateau BOOM marketing for the Vzw N1 will kick up to replace Droid sales. Once they plateau BOOM Droid 2 release and so on and so on and so on....TMo released the Cliq this past summer so it makes sense to release the N1 to replace those sales...so I wouldn't worry about poor Google and their phone...it will do just fine.
Give it time. These things sometimes take a while to get going. Once other carriers come on board sales will begin to rocket.
Plus with the addition of other devices to the Google Phone site sales will also increase.
I still think they should have gone with a two tiered sales option of either buying directly through the Google Phone web site or through the carriers directly - I think sales would have kicked off a lot faster if they had gone that route.
Phil.
Plus with the addition of other devices to the Google Phone site sales will also increase.
I still think they should have gone with a two tiered sales option of either buying directly through the Google Phone web site or through the carriers directly - I think sales would have kicked off a lot faster if they had gone that route.
Phil.
LCW
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Yeah but that's still without mass advertising... and a single point sales source (ie. google's web site).... the sales figure comparison really isn't apples-to-apples-to-apples-to-apple iphone
I bet you, had the little Verizon checkbox been enabled... that "20,000" number (which is JUST a number - no accuracy at all to confirm).... would have been about 60,000.... add the little Vodafone checkbox, and the number would have been 90,000 total I bet... and AGAIN - that with a single sales source...
let's just say Amazon was thrown into the mix for the unlocked version.... I bet another 15,000 tacked on.... total of 105,000.... AGAIN without any mass advertising, or even selling through carrier outlets....
add in T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone stores.... and the number would be 160,000+ ....
it's all relative to what sales outlet, how many carriers, marketing/advertising....
With how much VZW/Moto spent on advertising for the Droid, even with their "250,000" sales **estimate**.... they probably barely came out ahead vs Google/HTC....
LCW
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exactly... and I'll add to this... the few issues that are reported now... the 3G issues that *some* have (I don't have it)... as well as the dust issue, and maybe a couple other small things.... it's getting bad enough press (because expectations were way too high to begin with, but that's another topic altogether).... can you imagine the outrage had a bunch of VZW customers been on board as well??? Take for example the camera and keyboard fiasco with the Moto DROID....
The small initial sales gives Google and HTC time to fix some of these little bugs before they REALLY start selling more volume of these things... I thing for that fact alone, it was a good move to start small... One carrier... single sales outlet.... Test the waters.... Get early feedback from the geeks like us... and then fix the biggest issues.... and then UNLEASH the BEAST to the masses with WAY less problems!
cheers
Sometimes taking a chance doesnt pay off right from the get go. Google wanted to try something different and in doing so theres going to be growing pains. Im sure they knew going in that numbers wouldnt be off the charts with only one available carrier for subsidized service. Lets see how the next few weeks and months play out. Depending on what kind of promotion verizon puts foward when they start providing service will be a telling sign. Still for myself i didnt think numbers would be this low if accurate.
CSI Guy
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Bleh.. They missed the Christmas Holidays by a few weeks.... what did they expect? Everyone spent their money. January is known for slow sales in retail... plus NO ADVERTISING, and no in-store sales? They should let T-Mobile push these phones in their stores. I know alot of people who won't buy a phone without seeing it in the store.
You know, as much as I hope the device does well because it's another hi-res screen dev's can optimize for....
I got to play with one and have been messing around with Speedforge and a few 3d demo's....
The GPU on this thing sucks. Flat out. I did not appreciate how janky the back/menu/home/search buttons are either. I hate the scrollball, and that's thanks to my old Blackberry days.
On the positive side, the phone feels really slim and sleek. It looks cool, and the call quality is great for the other person. (ha, for *her* pleasure...hahaha) The camera seems pretty decent, better than Droid's.
I dunno dude, but I think part of why it sells slowly is because Droid actually is better built and leaves you with a more positive experience. When we start getting richer and more OpenGL intensive apps I think Droid will flex it's PVR SGX muscle and the Snapdragon will look a little weak.
In short, Motorola built a better phone. I've shown it to a few people and asked them to compare it to my Droid. They prefer the Droid more often.
I'm kinda curious, where does it say it's going to launch in any stores? I was under the assumption it was only going to sell through Google, period, hence the ghosted Verizon Wireless button that's on the Google N1 website.
Here's my take...
In Brief:
1. They launched it on the wrong network. T-Mobile? Pshh, please. If they would have launched the CDMA version on Verizon, I guarantee you we would be seeing a whole different picture. It would have been a 2nd success for Google (Droid being 1st in Nov.). They wouldn't have had the 3G or network problems.
2. Marketing was terrible! Had it been marketed as well as the Moto Droid was, we would have seen a better chance of success. There's no reason this phone shouldn't have done twice as well as the Droid did in the first week! It's pretty sad when the Droid did better, c'mon!
They should have released the CDMA version first. Have it available for buyout, and Verizon as the first carrier to offer it. Then later release the GSM for AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.
I haven't personally seen ANY television ads for the Nexus One. And I work in TV, I watch TV 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. I saw a ton of Droid ads in November and December and I'm still seeing some.
In Brief:
1. They launched it on the wrong network. T-Mobile? Pshh, please. If they would have launched the CDMA version on Verizon, I guarantee you we would be seeing a whole different picture. It would have been a 2nd success for Google (Droid being 1st in Nov.). They wouldn't have had the 3G or network problems.
2. Marketing was terrible! Had it been marketed as well as the Moto Droid was, we would have seen a better chance of success. There's no reason this phone shouldn't have done twice as well as the Droid did in the first week! It's pretty sad when the Droid did better, c'mon!
They should have released the CDMA version first. Have it available for buyout, and Verizon as the first carrier to offer it. Then later release the GSM for AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.
I haven't personally seen ANY television ads for the Nexus One. And I work in TV, I watch TV 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. I saw a ton of Droid ads in November and December and I'm still seeing some.
On the other hand, imagine the onslaught of unhappy and annoyed customers who experience the massive amount of bugs, crashes and laggy scrolling, buttons not working and on and on, if they had had a massive advertising campaign.
Maybe they can fix some of all the errors and stuff like that before it hits Verizon.
Personally it's not going to make me switch from my iPhone 3GS. I'm hoping for a Verizon iPhone sometime this year since AT&T can only muster EDGE around here, whereas Verizon has their 3G up and running smoothly.
But, Nexus One is probably the best Android device on the market, IF they can get rid of all the problems.
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