"If the original was just so "obviously" wrong, what makes this one more credible?"
The idea that the G1, which has only been renown by word of month, somehow managed to push 1.5 million pre sales more than 2weeks from launch. I wont be mad if its true, but i would be very surprised and those numbers have always seemed way out of proportion... and im no iStan, but apple spent a lot of time and money that google hasn't in hyping their new device.
... Non the less, i too find it odd that there are no sources for this article
@fred @Ray -- We wouldn't have run a follow-up to the original if we didn't have good reason to. We know for a fact that this information is accurate. You can be as skeptical as you like -- a good dose of skepticism is always healthy -- but I can tell you that we're not just pulling this stuff out of thin air or from questionable sources.
It's about time this ridiculous rumor was laid to rest. I've been absolutely amazed by how this number has been tossed around without anyone bothering to question it. This is really an example of how most people, including the media, are completely ignorant of and unconcerned with the actual facts.
When I first read this 1.5 million sold bullshit I was immediately incredulous. Really? T-Mobile already destroyed their 2008 sales goal and far exceeded the iPhone's first two months of retail sales? And only with preorders for a device that is relatively unknown outside of tech circles? Wow.
I doubt HTC will even manufacture 1.5 million G1s in 2008.
I didn't question it, being a tmo customer, I've been waiting so long for a decent phone (other than 15 flavors of blackberry), I just figured we all pre-ordered them.
Apple put so much into promoting the iPhone that it started to get annoying. Commercials every 5 minutes on almost every channel, news paper ads, internet ads, etc. And this is by a company that has a name with a lot of credit with most of your average consumers. Do you have any idea how many times I've heard people refer to an MP3 player as an iPod, no matter what brand it is?
Android, on the other hand, is a much smaller phone. I have yet to see a single advertisement outside of online news sites or t-mobile.com. No commercials, no news paper, no hype. This combined with the fact that T-Mobile is a much smaller carrier than AT&T (not bashing T-Mobile, I love them and will be switching for the G1, but it's true), that barely has a 3G network, and the 1.5 million number is pretty unbelievable.
I'm also writing this as someone with experience from anonymous sources such as this. Engadget can't say who it is, or they risk both losing their source and getting their source in some very deep trouble. I've worked for a news site, and have released multiple inside stories that I couldn't credit because of this. Don't disbelieve Engadget, they know what they're doing.
He 'doubts' the sales, even though T-Mobile US is ON RECORD as of Oct 3rd saying they had to triple their 500,000 initial order to fulfill both pre-order and launch day demands?
Of course, nobody's actually bothered to clarify what all that means...
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Wait a minute. You mean that a blogger with no sources is wrong?! Shocking!
Perhaps one day engadget will check out stories before blindly posting them.
So what is the source for this story?
If the original was just so "obviously" wrong, what makes this one more credible?
"If the original was just so "obviously" wrong, what makes this one more credible?"
The idea that the G1, which has only been renown by word of month, somehow managed to push 1.5 million pre sales more than 2weeks from launch. I wont be mad if its true, but i would be very surprised and those numbers have always seemed way out of proportion... and im no iStan, but apple spent a lot of time and money that google hasn't in hyping their new device.
... Non the less, i too find it odd that there are no sources for this article
I'd say an unamed source is better than no source. Motley Fool pulled a number out of thin air and nobody questioned it.
Further, don't you think T-Mobile would have announced it if they had presold that many phones? Use some common sense.
@fred @Ray -- We wouldn't have run a follow-up to the original if we didn't have good reason to. We know for a fact that this information is accurate. You can be as skeptical as you like -- a good dose of skepticism is always healthy -- but I can tell you that we're not just pulling this stuff out of thin air or from questionable sources.
In fairness Motley Fool used to be pretty good.
Used to be. A long time ago.
It's about time this ridiculous rumor was laid to rest. I've been absolutely amazed by how this number has been tossed around without anyone bothering to question it. This is really an example of how most people, including the media, are completely ignorant of and unconcerned with the actual facts.
When I first read this 1.5 million sold bullshit I was immediately incredulous. Really? T-Mobile already destroyed their 2008 sales goal and far exceeded the iPhone's first two months of retail sales? And only with preorders for a device that is relatively unknown outside of tech circles? Wow.
I doubt HTC will even manufacture 1.5 million G1s in 2008.
I didn't question it, being a tmo customer, I've been waiting so long for a decent phone (other than 15 flavors of blackberry), I just figured we all pre-ordered them.
Honestly, did anyone believe that story?
Apple put so much into promoting the iPhone that it started to get annoying. Commercials every 5 minutes on almost every channel, news paper ads, internet ads, etc. And this is by a company that has a name with a lot of credit with most of your average consumers. Do you have any idea how many times I've heard people refer to an MP3 player as an iPod, no matter what brand it is?
Android, on the other hand, is a much smaller phone. I have yet to see a single advertisement outside of online news sites or t-mobile.com. No commercials, no news paper, no hype. This combined with the fact that T-Mobile is a much smaller carrier than AT&T (not bashing T-Mobile, I love them and will be switching for the G1, but it's true), that barely has a 3G network, and the 1.5 million number is pretty unbelievable.
I'm also writing this as someone with experience from anonymous sources such as this. Engadget can't say who it is, or they risk both losing their source and getting their source in some very deep trouble. I've worked for a news site, and have released multiple inside stories that I couldn't credit because of this. Don't disbelieve Engadget, they know what they're doing.
WTF is redringof death Highly Ranked?
He 'doubts' the sales, even though T-Mobile US is ON RECORD as of Oct 3rd saying they had to triple their 500,000 initial order to fulfill both pre-order and launch day demands?
Of course, nobody's actually bothered to clarify what all that means...
And I thought 1.5 billion of them had already been sold. Doh...