Maybe we're oversimplifying here, but we never really got the impression that Google was intending to blow out the launch of the
Nexus One. Sure, you could argue that seeding the phones to employees ahead of the announcement was an effort to build buzz -- but it didn't really make any attempt to capitalize on the move, and last week's subdued press conference in Mountain View (sans the holy trinity of Eric, Larry, and Sergey) wasn't the wild, crazy event it could've been had Google wanted it to be. That's why we're not particularly surprised to see that the app analytics peeps over at Flurry are estimating (based on usage of the apps that it instruments) that just 20,000 Nexus Ones were sold in the first week of retail -- a far cry from its 250,000 figure for the
Droid, much less the
iPhone 3GS' staggering 1.6 million. As Flurry notes, Verizon pumped (and continues to pump) millions upon millions of dollars into advertising the Droid in print, television, and the web; that alone boosted broad consumer interest, something Google earned to a far lesser extent through media coverage alone. Furthermore, the Droid instantly relieved much of the "if only the iPhone were on Verizon" pressure that had been building over the prior year, whereas the Nexus One brought nothing fundamentally new to the table for T-Mobile -- and many folks on other networks either won't or simply can't switch to the number four carrier for business or coverage reasons. The bottom line is that we suspect Google isn't sweating the Nexus One's sales figures one bit, no matter how high or low they may be; whether that's a smart strategy for Android as a platform in the long term, though, remains to be seen.
posted January 13th 2010 6:08PM
@Goona
The iPhone has high satisfaction ratings because it is built for preschoolers, who are too prone to damage everything around them to be allowed any control over things they are given. Also, people who can't think for themselves favor them, because crApple makes all their decisions for them.
@wraith404
Hey dumbass, is that why the iphone also has the highest satisfaction amongst business users. They also can't think for themselves, dumbass illiterate.
@pachi72
What a bloody idiot, is that why the iphone is outselling all your crappy Android phones, it must hurt like a biatch.
All that chart tells me is there are a whole lot (at least 1.6M) of hype following suckers out there, all chained to AT&T with no service.
@wraith404
Ha, look at these Android fanboys mad because their garbage phones sold crap. 20 freaking thousand. Garbage phone. Keep sticking your head down the sand.
@Goona
You're a pathetic excuse for a fanboi.
Steve Jobs called, he wants his testicles back from you, unless you're not done sucking on them yet.
@airmikee
Another dumb Android fan, how's that 20 000 for your overhyped POS doing for you, useless loser.
@Goona
So useless he can't even round up enough fanboys to downrank you.
@logicbombde
Muahahahahaha, damn that had me on the floor.
Not too suprising, since they weren't sold in stores, I think that some people might not have rushed to get it as they would an iPhone, even if they really wanted it. Besides, has there been any good news about the Nexus One since the press conference? Everything I heard about it after CES was about 3G problems and double ETFs.
The article sounds like engadget is trying to justify the Nexus' crappy sell's?
I can't wait to see the numbers on the HD2 when it comes out
Wow I dont even know why I like engadget so much.. so freaking biased... how about you stick to showing the 1st generation iphone release instead of the 3rd compared to 1st gen phones. Not everyone is so trusting on the first gen of something..
I hate you guys
Same thing on your review with the nexus, droid and iphone internet speed test where you load engadget on all three and the iphone loads quickest... yea nice move testing your iphone on the engadget IPHONE PAGE..
@no6969el
Stupid idiot. The original iphone still sold more than your useless POS. Now go back to complaining about Engadget's bias.
@Goona
Lol, notice how i never insulted the iphone nor did I say the first gen didnt outsell the android.. but I wont explain further because judging from some of the responses back to you.. most people understand what I was saying.. sooooo put that in your name calling mouth and smoke it!
Flurry doesn't give any real data, so it's difficult to say what does that number mean. Maybe they just don't have their tracking software in the kind of apps Nexus1 users download.
Why didn't they put the N900 in that chart - I'm sure sales of that are more along the lines of the Nexus... Similar marketing (ie. not much, word of mouth and web only)... similar geek appeal... similar carrier independent, unlocked, approach.
Errr, why is the N1/MyTouch3G/Droid are considered 1st gen? 1st gen is G1. MyTouch3G (Magic) is 2nd gen. Then there's 3rd gen like the Hero. Droid and/or N1 should be 4th gen. Putting these as 1st gen devices is like putting every new Winmo devices as 1st gen.
@pika2000
Because there hasnt been a mytouch before yours.. come on now use some common sense. The apple Iphone 2g, 3g, 3gs..
its not mytouch 1, 2 and so on.
People are not comprehending the fact that since its the operating system when you speak of android and the phone when you speak of Iphone...
@pika2000
And as for your winwo comment....once android has evolved and matured to be in almost every phone then the standard would change. Do you think when winmo first came out they didnt call the first batch of phones 1st gen?
LOL!