HTC reportedly moves a million Magic smartphones, boogies down at midnight
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 13th 2009 6:07AM
posted Aug 13th 2009 6:07AM
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Android moving up in the world!
I think that's a failure. At the moment, for example, Nokia 5800 is selling over 1 million each month.
If the money made from the total sales is greater than the amount it cost to make. Then no failure. If it breaks no records, no problem.
And yet, Nokia's market share has declined from 39.5% to 36.8% YTY. Hmm.
not to get off topic, but nokia will continue to lose customers as they keep pricing their units at well above what anyone wants to pay
Nokia sells more than a millions phones a DAY, every day.
@scape,
that's because nokia refuses to play ball with u.s. carriers. as a result, they release phones that are unlocked. but even those are reasonably priced for unsubsidized phones
@gerrg
*Looks at Nokia's smartphone sales numbers*
Nope.
Good to see Android making an impact on the market by matching the OS to more attractive hardware. Once the Hero's descendandts become available in 6 - 9 months time I think they'll truly be a force to be reckoned with.
I got Magic, it's the best phone I have had for long time. Perfect size, very nice interface. I am going to stay in Android camp for now.
I have one. I love it. But yes, the lack of very good apps in the Android Market is really annoying.
It took them a year to hit 1 mil? Nothing to write home about!
A year? Try 4 months. Didn't hit streets until April.
Android is slowly being adopted by the consumer. When more apps come on-line, coupled with ever increasing phone offerings, this 1M/month number will be boosted significantly! I cannot wait until it happens.
Excellent, really glad to see Android catching some market ...
Wow,
that's disappointing.
Gosh, I thought they sold that after the first few weeks?!
Ok, we are talking about android, not apple.
But the (I just can't resist mentioning it):
iP***** 3GS sold 5 million in its first month,
G2 1 million in 4 months ~ 0,25 million per month ~ 1/20
Does anyone have some numbers how many android devices are out there?
iPhone/pod sold over 60 million by now if I remember correctly.
Maybe google really needs to pretty up the interface a bit. Don't get me wrong, I own a G2 and I'm very happy with it, perfect form factor, android overall is great. I just fear that in it's current state it's not mass market compatible enough.
PS: has anyone here who has done some iphone and android development got the same impression as me, that application speed under the android dalvikvm is real bad compared to the native c++ apps on iphone, like a fraction? And what's with this garbage collector which stops the app for 150-200ms every few seconds if you have allocated any objects at all during the last few seconds?
Please, Android will pickup numbers as it grows and as more operators and phones will use it. This is just start, I am sure it will just get much better.
True, stacked to the IPhone those numbers look unimpressive, but it's not really an apples to apples comparison. I.e., comparing an OS (Android) being distributed across multiple manufacturers to a device (Iphone) with a proprietary OS that is nowhere else in the marketplace. As you say, I'd be more curious in seeing the numbers of Android handsets moved by in HTC in total, as it's now three devices and counting. Add in the upcoming Android sets from other manufacturers and the comparison gets more apt.
The IPhone is a great and innovative product, but it owes it's success much more to Apple's talents as master marketer than its great design. You don't move 5 million units in a month on hardware specs alone.
The approach Google has taken to Android seems to be far more organic, for better or for worse - thus the slower uptake in the market. But it's a long term approach - and one I suspect will ultimately be most successful. There's never going to be ONE Android device that's the Iphone "killer". That's the point - there'll be 100.
Let's talk in April next year, when all of the cell phone providers from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint have an Android device for sale. Let's compare market share, at that point, okay?
Yes, I bet you would have said the same in August last year! It is good to see some phones materialising, but it is still 10 models in development to one actually in production/sale.
It's hard to compare an apple phone to a google phone. The original iphone reached a million after 3 months (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/10iphone.html) but the advertising and marketing was much different. I have yet to see a tv ad for android-powered phones. The apple phone is for at&t subscribers, the google phone is t-mobile.
As for the apps, there is more users of an iphone therefore not as much incentive to develop android apps at the same pace. When the iphone was first released, it enjoyed a reputation much like netscape. Once competition filters in, then it will better to compare products in my opinion.
"But the (I just can't resist mentioning it):
iP***** 3GS sold 5 million in its first month,
G2 1 million in 4 months ~ 0,25 million per month ~ 1/20"
Speed of adoption is not just a question of consumer demand but also how spread out the carrier release dates are, and which carriers the phone ends up on.
It's true that the HTC Magic has been available for almost 4 months, but only in Spain. In the US, it has been available for less than half a month. And on a relatively small carrier.
The iPhone 3GS, in comparison, was available in far more countries in its debut, including the US, where much of its sales come from.
In short, that's some lazy math!
another way to look at 5 million 3gs sales in the first month. That's 5 million (or however many were U.S. sales) more clogging up AT&T's 3G network.
3GS -- initially sold in 88 countries or so.
Hero, April: 1 country, May-Jun, what +4 more countries. July: Tawian? What were looking at a total 5-6 countries compared to the 88 of Apple. Devil is in the details...
Hence I say 1million in 4months in
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@prw
That was amazingly put. I couldn't agree more. In all honesty, I really, truly don't think there will be an "iPhone Killer." I also don't think there needs to be one. If anything, I'd say everyone needs to do what you basically said: Create an impressive OS and distribute it amongst many carriers and devices to create more of a widespread. This will create more numbers in sales, customers and devices which, in my opinion, would be the forementioned killer.
this news is awesome, now lets just wait until Android is on 50+ phones, and they will sell millions more.
They need to open this phone up to multi-touch when Doughnut is released. The Hero has it, The Pre has it, why not this one? Now that Schmidt has parted ways with Apple, there is no excuse, right? The main gripe people have with this phone so far is the fact that typing on the v-keyboard is a bit hindered due to the fact that there is no multi-touch. Other main drawback is lack of 3.5 mm, but whatever at this point... still just an incredibly stupid oversight. These two functionalities DO matter to he buying public and not just the techies.
you can see HTC HERO (sense) on HTC Magic G2 on http://www.ilogan.info/l%e2%80%99interface-du-htc-hero-sur-votre-htc-magic-g2/
I think it MS that have most to fear from Android, Apple will continue to innovate and find their own customers but I'm guessing that Android will hit WinMo HARD.
Android is still a young piece of software, needs to improve, but its basis are solid. I have a Magic and I am impressed of the system's stability. I kept it running for > 400 hours and the device was always responsive. Never had the slightest issue so far. And this is exactly what I expect from Android: rock solid and perfectly on course to fully exploit its potential. Good piece of software and concept. Well done, Google.
I have yet to see one around.
As someone else pointed out... the myTouch 3G has only been out for 8 days in the US. (It launched August 5.) It's only been available in certain European markets since April.
And I have yet to see a TV ad for the myTouch 3G. I haven't seen any print ads either (like in a magazine or something, but of course that doesn't mean they're not out there).
Considering those factors... 1 Million in four months is pretty nice. I can't wait to see how Android devices fair overall.
I myself, am an Android owner.
This is one reason you wanna sell your phones in India!
ANDROID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I messed around with one not an hour ago. Not very impressed.
It seemed like a solid, mid-range phone, just nothing really great about it, except Android, of course, but seeing the Sense skinned Hero blows that back into obscurity.
On a side note, T-Mobile has moved all their Touch Pro2 product at my local store without a display unit on the floor. THAT is impressive.