http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson CEO: Google asked us to build the Nexus One, we refused http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
I still think it's kinda sensible. would say Apple ever build the Nexus One even if they were offered billions to do it? SE has been making decent handsets in their own right anyway, their biggest disadvantage though is the lack of a proprietary smartphone OS.]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Oh boy, I think even SE can sell more than this. :P]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Maybe not. AFAIK Nexus One isn't selling that well.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
No it's not a bad decision. Why make a phone for Google, when years of work establishing for their brand a high amount of recognition for poor quality and delayed products?
]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
It's the network that's responsible for the poor sales. T-mobile sucks where I live.

I'm on AT&T and I'm pining for this phone. And I know a lot of VZW and Sprint users who want an N1 as well.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
If you OEM a phone for someone else then you don't make anywhere near as much profit as from selling one yourself so not really a bad decision at all.
HTC started out OEM so have no problems with it, when you have a brand as big as Sony's why would you build stuff for others ?]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Look at it this way. HTC got to spend Google's coin on RD to develop the Nexus 1...then take what they learned and put it into the desire with tweaks and improvements (obviously they also removed a couple of features like the noise cancelling, but I've never had that so I wouldn't miss it) then sell it for themselves. They get paid twice, don't waste time or money developing an OS because Google already did it. We all start to respect the brand more.

Win win for HTC all-round.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/i wonder why... they are trying to sell it here in Latvia for 1200usd... :(]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Who is "they"? Certainly not Google.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
SPOT ON! Bad Business Decision. Especially in their position! ]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/80k on tmobile, once it starts spreading to mainstream carriers (read: at&t and verizon) i expect it will surge up fast.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
That's true, but I wonder how much of those poor sales are due to 1) no product in stores for people to handle. That's an untested market in the States. And 2) launching on the 4th (and last) place carrier in the U.S.

Just sayin', hope Google got their strategy advice from a tweener nephew like it appears, and didn't overpay some marketing group.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Wait, SE still makes phones? Oh...]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Apple builds their phones so does Sony and HTC. They just use Foxconn and companies like that to mass manufacture the hardware.]]>Feb 18th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
I know right? When was the last time you saw someone with a Sony Ericsson handset? I'm poppin brain cells trying to remember a recent sighting!]]>Feb 18th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Exactly!!! Carrier locked handsets and carrier exclusivity HURTS sales. When are OEM's going to realize that? Or do they just get so much of a premium from the carrier that it offsets the lost sales? That must be it. T-Mobile SUCKS in the USA; they are even worse than AT&T. I don't care if they had a 2ghz OMAP5 (doesn't exist) based android phone with video calling...I still would not switch. Imagine if Verizon carried the nexus one....sales would be WAY higher. VZW is all around win these days.]]>Feb 18th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/On the other hand, they can only build a very small number of devices themselves, so they simply couldn't afford making phones for anyone else.]]>Feb 18th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
HTC was the right company, Google just should have included UMTS bands 2 and 5 as well considering the damn chip in it supports it.]]>Feb 18th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
But dont they have the right to refuse? Its true they're in business to turn a profit but isn't this the sort of decision that management is tasked w/ making? This is done on a daily basis, usually after careful cost/benefit analysis, among other things.

Maybe they just didnt want to be Google's bitch; and who can blame them?]]>Feb 18th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Sounds like he made the wrong call.]]>Feb 18th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
@etrnldrk - At what point to we get to hammer on Google then? Apple sold 100k in the first week and somehow that is meet with conditions and disclaimers. No mention of the price as all of those phones were sold at $600. 80k is lame and we all know it. T-mobile has nothing to do with it. It's not like they are getting money from selling the OS to other companies. This is the only phone they have sold and it isn't selling well. Hell, Apple sold almost 9 million phones in the 1st quarter of this year. Maybe if the Nexus was bundled with unicorn tears it might sell better. ]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
I wonder why Google would even ask SE... they'd be one of the last companies I'd ask to work on a modern smartphone.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
We all remember what happens when a popular smartphone hits AT&T...]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
AT&T has Iphone, Verizon was looking into Android and tmo already had android. I think partnering with Sprint was a good idea. Also, Sprint is actually pretty fast it is the 3rd largest nationwide carrier and it ROAMS on verizon so you have coverage everywhere. Price and featurewise no one can beat Sprint.

]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Or it could be that they didn't think they could do a very good job on something given so much press and said 'no' out of simple fear.]]>Feb 18th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Apple sold iPhones because Apple is the king of hype. For heaven's sake they sold a phone that couldn't MMS, didn't have access (and still doesn't) to the full internet, couldn't copy/paste and couldn't multi-task. If ANYONE else had tried to sell that product it would have flopped. They didn't even have an App store the first year it was out. People bought purely for the "coolness" factor, not because it was a great phone.]]>Feb 18th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/You're not taking into account that the iPhone was hyped and promoted to death WAY before it was even CLOSE to being released. The Nexus One has had little to no promotion or even commercials at all. The only people who really knew about the N1 were tech geeks like us and random people who might stumble upon one of the few Nexus One ads around the web.

Someone said it before but if Google really wanted the Nexus One to be a smash hit like the Droid, they'd have no problem doing it. They have nearly unlimited resources in that area. At this point, it's obvious that they just wanted to iron out the kinks, test the waters and see how things go first, which is never a bad idea. It also isn't wise to screw their 3rd party developers over either.]]>Feb 18th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/:| How many highest ranks is it possible to have in the one thread!
13 Apparently..... ]]>Feb 18th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
Yeah dude.

Selling 80k phones on a last place network with little big marketing, little fanfare, and running a platform that myriad other devices do nearly identically.

While Apple has uniqueness, huge marketing campaigns and enormous fanfare.

That makes the N1 like
totally lame

man.]]>Feb 18th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Didn't HTC build the original SE xperia?]]>Feb 19th 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 19th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 19th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/
wow, I'm surprised analysts haven't quoted stats from Latvia before...that's fascinating..

Congratulations on getting internet access btw..]]>Feb 19th 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Apr 16th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/18/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re/Feb 18th 2010 8:43AM