Nexus One sales forecast reduced to less than 25% of previous predictions

slinky317

This is what happens when you choose T-Mobile as a primary carrier. Wait until they roll out on Verizon, and let them sell it in stores... sales will skyrocket.

svenM

Maybe if they sold it abroad it would sell better, I wanted to buy one, but my only option was to have it delivered to the UK and pick it up there, paying extra taxes etc. So now I will just buy the HTC desire as it is cheaper and sold here.

derekaw

I see the Nexus One as a phone for the tech enthusiast, there is absolutely a market for these people with the Nexus One but the market will always be small compared to those who are not tech enthusiasts and want an easy to use smartphone.

skydivingdutch

$500 is a lot to stomach for a phone.

myopinionstinks

I think it was short-sided to not support native exchange server sync. They effectively cut out a large business sector market. I was going to purchase one until I learned of this lack of convenience feature.

TheBobMcCormick

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timbro1

maybe if they sell it in Canada we can help out the numbers

m-p-3

I'd get it if it was available in Canada :(

Originate

Maybe if they didn't require me to change my price plan to one that is exactly the same, except $10 more expensive per month... I definitely would have already purchased one if it wasn't for that.

da_homonculus

I think the main problem with Nexus sales is that there is no advertising for it. How does Google expect this device to sell if no one but tech blog readers know about it?

They need to make a commercial branding the Nexus One a "superphone," like they did when they announced it.

fenshi

If they'd hurry up and make it available on Verizon I'd buy one.

jordanlund

I like the idea of the Nexus One and I'd consider buying one, but not before I get to play with one in a store. I'm not buying a pig in a poke.

lolinyerface

I'd have picked one up if... A) I knew it was out at the time I got my Motorola Droid. B) It was available for Verizon.

nekoniku

I would love to know what Google's expectations were for the Nexus One rollout. I would also like to find out from which orifice Goldman Sachs extracted their N1 sales predictions.

I think it is quite likely Google wanted small initial sales numbers, in part as a form of damage control if there were problems. They were entering an untested field; it would fit with their normal modus operandi to treat the N1 introduction as a kind of beta test.

mnotme

This must be why they are giving it away to devs who have a app score better than 3.5(?).

Antebios

Because they didn't let me upgrade my existing phone to a Nexus just because I was on a family plan, they lost out.

ryegye24

That's just a little sad.

Fidodo

I didn't even hear about this, and I'm a reddit addict. Of course nobody is buying it if nobody knows about it.

edwin177

Uhhh...

1mm > 25% * 3.5mm

Junosi

And its still not fucking available in Australia !!!! (overseas ebay excepted) I know of at least ten other people that are still hanging out for it to be available here, meanwhile iphone marches on

maniaq

only good things will come of this

fani

Problems with Nexus One -

costs too much
nothing new in terms of features
horrible customer service initially
still tied to carriers, plans etc. Nothing radical here as claimed. Choice of T-not-so-mobile was a blunder. Better choice would've been Verizon or ATT.
just another Android phone. There were already several Androids before this
not as innovative or revolutionary as the iPhone.
entered the market too late. market is saturated with iPhone/iPhone type clones. So its another me-too phone. Missing a radical new feature
did I mention the price ?

gmerideth

T-Mobile rep tells me my account is flagged for the special upgrade price, Google's website claims that it's not and I must pay full price and setup a new account. See, I can actually "talk" to someone at T-Mobile, that's called customer service.

Google should Google "customer service" because they have no idea what it means. There is nobody, no number and a joke of a forum to post messages on to ask Google questions. Since nobody at Google gave any attempt to "help" me, I have no intention of buying their product.

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