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Google discontinues Nexus One. Another Android bites the dust

boss.king said:
Sorry, I didn't mean you in particular, I meant 'you' as in the general population who felt like the phone failed. Google announced that they were very happy with the hardware progress made after the N1 was released, and they feel that they do not need to push it any more. I can't find the article right now as I am in class, but if you do a quick google search it shouldn't be hard to find.
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http://www.usanewsweek.com/news/Google-Silent-Farewell-to-the-Nexus-One-1279378432/

Stating that the Nexus One experiment was an “unabashed success”, CEO Eric Schmidt said the company “didn’t have to do” a second model. "We would view that as positive but people criticized us heavily for that. I called up the board and said: Ok, it worked. Congratulations – we're stopping. We like that flexibility, we think that flexibility is characteristic of nimbleness at our scale."

Commenting on the work done by the Nexus One smartphones, PiperJaffray, an investment company, said in a note, “We believe the Nexus One effectively served the purpose of showing phone manufacturers that they can build real iPhone competitors.”

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Folks need to understand that Google is not a hardware manufacturer. They have different goals in mind compared to Apple. Even if the Nexus One happened to be a huge success in sales, wouldn't that have cannibalized the sales of other Androids and irked many of Google's partners?

The Nexus One was a point of reference. It was the first Android phone released in the U.S. that had a Snapdragon processor. The first superphone released in 2010. The first phone officially sold from Google. The first to usher in more (and better) Android phones. It didn't sell well because it cost too much and most consumers want to try it out first-hand and feel the phone. But it did its job to inspire future Android phones out there.
 
PerfSeeker said:
You obviously are blaming Google for not achieving a goal they never sought.
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So the N1 wasn't a failure because Google is a half-assed company and releases products they don't care about succeeding?
Savor said:
Folks need to understand that Google is not a hardware manufacturer. They have different goals in mind compared to Apple. Even if the Nexus One happened to be a huge success in sales, wouldn't that have cannibalized the sales of other Androids and irked many of Google's partners?
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What is the difference between an Nexus One vs. a Moto Droid in terms of the Android platform and ad revenue? Absolutely nothing because both are running Android. The only difference is which company gets a cut from the hardware sales.

Google ****ing wishes they could have both hardware and ad revenue but the former didn't work out which is why they are not dropping the platform. Bottom line is the N1 was/is a failure.
 
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Nexus One: The Story - Episode 1: Concept & Design

Nexus One: The Story - Episode 2: Display & 3D Framework

Nexus One: The Story - Episode 3: Testing

Nexus One: The Story - Episode 4: Manufacturing

Nexus One: The Story - Episode 5: Day One

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Captivate and Nexus One taking turns beating iPhone 4 in browser speed -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLLi5ccES4o

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Ryeno said:
So the N1 wasn't a failure because Google is a half-assed company and releases products they don't care about succeeding?

What is the difference between an Nexus One vs. a Moto Droid in terms of the Android platform and ad revenue? Absolutely nothing because both are running Android. The only difference is which company gets a cut from the hardware sales.

Google ****ing wishes they could have both hardware and ad revenue but the former didn't work out which is why they are not dropping the platform. Bottom line is the N1 was/is a failure.
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If failure means introducing Nexus One to help Android catch up in smartphone sales because it became their minimum benchmark for 2010, good for them.

A company like Google only 12-years old nearly schooling an old vet like Apple. Google has ZERO hardware and limited software experience. Everyone knows when Steve Jobs is dead, so will Apple. No wonder Microsoft saved their asses in the 1990's. :D Sorry, fanboys. There was a time when Apple was a big time loser before. An embarrassing history before iPod (circa 1986 - 2000).

Snapdragon and Hummingbird still smoking the A4.
 
Savor said:
If failure means introducing Nexus One to help Android catch up in smartphone sales because it became their minimum benchmark for 2010, good for them.

A company like Google only 12-years old nearly schooling an old vet like Apple. Google has ZERO hardware and limited software experience. Everyone knows when Steve Jobs is dead, so will Apple. No wonder Microsoft saved their asses in the 1990's. :D Sorry, fanboys. There was a time when Apple was a big time loser before. An embarrassing history before iPod (circa 1986 - 2000).

Snapdragon and Hummingbird still smoking the A4.
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Yes because if the Nexus One didn't come out with the snapdragon processor, no droid smartphone ever would have :rolleyes:
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-gb; Nexus One Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1)

Damn, I love my Nexus but when the captivate gets FroYo, it will piss all over the competition.

The Nexus One will still be available to developers afaik and is still going to be sold by the likes of Vodafone in the uk.

6 month old hardware outpacing the captivate (sometimes) and the iPhone 4 is quite impressive bit the snapdragon is no longer the king in the world of Android.
 
Ryeno said:
Yes because if the Nexus One didn't come out with the snapdragon processor, no droid smartphone ever would have :rolleyes:
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Manufacturers were stagnating, continually using the dated Qualcomm 528MHz chips on old 1.5/1.6 Android platforms.

It was more of a nudge to set a standard with higher-end Android devices.
 
nexus one is not going away, its just not going to be offered by google and will be furnished by a service provider
 
LMAO at this complete fail of a thread. I could say "Another iPhone bites the dust" as they have discontinued the iPhone 3G. You make it sound like Android phones are dropping out all over the place when in reality they are doing the opposite.

What an insecure poster.
 
Kind of too bad. In terms of design aesthetic and UI I thought the N1 was the most elegant (track-ball being a sore spot though) of the Droid line-up at this time.
 
The only people who label phones 'iPhone killers' are insecure iPhone fanboys. Google never once marketed this phone as an iPhone killer. Honestly they never even marketed the N1. I can't recall a single commercial on TV or print ad, and I use adblock so I'm not sure if there were any ads online. All of the marketing was online via word of mouth.
 
My dream superphone:

* Android 3.0
* HTC 1 concept industrial design
* no antenna issues
* Verizon network
* super quality

If HTC can provide me that - I'm signing up! :D
 
Looks like the OP failed to really capture the fanboyism here since many of the people posted here at how google's move to finally stop the Nexus is not a failure of the platform. No more then when apple stopped the 3Gs when the IP4 hit the streets.

I suppose we should see another thread like this when moto kills of the original droid because the droid 2 is getting close to being released :rolleyes:

I'll miss the Nexus, it was one of the easiest phones to root and load custom roms on. My Droid X has surpassed the N1 in terms of features and functionality but you always remember your first :p
 
The Nexus One still lived longer than the first iPhone.

I wonder, whether it would satisfy some if HTC kept phones as long as Apple kept the 3G...
 
The Nexus One is not discontinued. It's simply not being sold directly by Google anymore to the general public. If someone from the general public wants one, you can simply pick it up from one of Google's resellers. (Vodafone, etc) And since EVERY Nexus One is unlocked, you can pick up the correct banded phone, and use it on any network, regardless of where you actually purchased it from.

In addition, Google will be continuing to sell the Nexus One to Android devs who have a registered developer account. (they will be able to order one from Google's dev site)

However in all seriousness, besides the screen/front camera, there is nothing the Nexus One can't do, that the iPhone 4 can. In fact, the Nexus One has proven to be a far more capable device, feature-wise. Some of these features include real multitasking, integrated navigation, over-the-air OS updates, syncing device data with the cloud, and free wifi-hotspot tethering, just to name a few.

The iPhone 4 is a great device, but to go out and bash the Nexus One is a bit far-fetched. You clearly have never used one. You can't just use your friend's for 20 minutes, and then start to make false statements about how "crappy" it is. That's simply not fair - to any phone for that matter.

I won't even get into performance benchmarking, but here's some reading material for you to study - you clearly need to do some research before speaking in class. http://www.gadgetsdna.com/nexus-one...s-4-browser-speed-comparison-test-video/4507/

I own both devices and the iPhone 4 is great, but it's definitely slower and more locked down than the N1, which is why I will probably be returning the iPhone 4 sometime this week.
 
This is market big enough for several players, not just one. This isn't like the mp3 player market. This is an industry where consumers are in the BILLIONS. So yeah, multiple players can get a piece of the pie. And honestly, do some of you really want Apple to dominate forever and forever? Cell phones is about choice. It is about preferences. It is not about one phone that would rule all. I can't make you love something I love anymore then if you can change my mind about something you love that I don't. You can't force love.

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The Nexus One may not have sold well, but its legacy will live on. Google, the FIRST $100 BILLION DOLLAR BRAND, is NOT going anywhere no matter how high Apple zealots put Steve Jobs and their blind faith on a pedestal. I repeat, Google isn't even a teenager yet and it already surpassed Microsoft in value. It took over 25 years for Apple to actually dominate a certain market.

What does it take to dethrone the :apple: king? You build an army.

From a few years ago...
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http://www.cultofmac.com/google-likens-apple-to-big-brother-in-cupertinos-1984-break-out-ad/44052

Google Likens Apple to ‘Big Brother’ in Cupertino’s 1984 Break-Out Ad

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Is Apple the IBM of 1984? That seems to be the implication Google wants mobile consumers to draw through a new ad and comments made at the Internet giant’s I/O conference. In a slap at Apple and the iPhone, a Google executive said his company saved consumers from a ‘Draconian future.’

“If Google did not act, we faced a Draconian future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice,” Google vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra told the crowd. The words were eerily like another anti-Apple message made last week by Adobe’s founders.

In response to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ open letter on why the Cupertino, Calif. company would not support Flash, Adobe’s Chuck Geschke and John Warnock fired back. “No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you can create it, or what you can experience on the web,” Geschke and Warnock wrote. Adobe and Google are now working together to add Flash support to Android.

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“That’s a future we don’t want,” Gundotra said. That line became part of an ad likening Apple to IBM and Cupertino’s break-out ‘1984′ commercial introducing the Mac as an alternative to the PC. The Mountain View, Calif. firm uses both Gundotra’s line and ‘1984′ to subtly hint about the dangers of Apple.

“If you believe in openness, if you believe in choice, if you believe in innovation from everyone, then welcome to Android,” Gundotra said.

'1984' Apple Macintosh Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8
 
It was a problem with their distribution model, not the phone, which is why google won't be making a nexus two when that was their original intention when they unveiled the nexus one.
 
I'm not paranoid - but I don't want Google near my phone

BklynKid said:
I don't think this has anything to do with the iPhone. :rolleyes:

Google had a production run, that production run is now complete and they'll come out with another phone soon. It probably has more to do with pressure from other, more popular Android models than Apple.
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For me, I don't want anything to do with google outside of my browser - I do not trust them at all. Too much big brother for me :eek:
 
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