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Initial Sales of Original iPhone, Droid, and Nexus One Compared
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You have to compare apples to apples, straight out of the gate versus straight out of the gate. In which case the graph isn't misleading at all.
Supposedly when N1 goes to Verizon there will be a massive traditional advertising campaign. Online doesn't count for squat, that's why it's so cheap. Anyways, I'm not sure I agree with Google's approach - it's a lot easier to sell a phone when someone can walk into a store and play with it versus taking a stab at something online and having to wait for it to arrive.
It would be far better to be an excrement coated complicated phone for the minority who do know their arse from their elbow when it comes to technology.
I guess that since me and all my microprocessor-designing, OS-writing, linux-hacking, Ph.D.-in-semiconductor-physics friends dote on our iPhones, the technological literacy of the United States must be far higher than I had suspected.
For me, I admit I felt the initial draw to the Android phones, simply because I am a tech whore. I can admit this. But ultimately, after thinking for awhile, the initial draw of the Android is what turned me away from it; the platform reminds me too much of Linux in general. I think eventually the Android platform is destined to be plunged into a quagmire of incompatibilities, lack of standards, and no clear sense of direction. Much like what Linux has been plagued with for the past decade or so.
Secretly lex here just wish he has an iPhone....
but yeah, simple phone? I like to see your Motorola RAZR do the things the iphone does.
And don't make "it just works" sound like an average Joe gimmick. 9.9 out of 10 people want a phone that JUST works. So everyone needs to be a techie to operate a phone? I can care less about people modding their phones with linux or whatever you might think is needed to show off to your friends who thinks "linux" is the definition of l33t.
Extremely impressive graph for Apple, when you think about how the market has changed since the iPhone introduction.
If it's true that the Nexus One was mainly advertised on Google Ads, it's not a great advert for Google Ads.
If it's true that the Nexus One was mainly advertised on Google Ads, it's not a great advert for Google Ads.
There is nothing complicated about using a real smartphone. You just have to have the willingness to learn a little, and the desire to do more with your device.
One thing people tend to overlook is the fact that Google never intended the nexus to be a giant hit .. just look at the soft launch. Google needs the manufactures more at this stage then the other way around, because Google basically wants to push Android as new standard OS for mobile devices and requires a huge marketshare to be interesting for developers.
The only thing why Google brought its own phone so it has a easy and great platform to show the latest Android features of. And for that it has certainly worked extremely well.
I think the Droid should be the real comparision, especially featurewise, for the new iPhone/iPhone OS coming soon hopefully.
T.
The only thing why Google brought its own phone so it has a easy and great platform to show the latest Android features of. And for that it has certainly worked extremely well.
I think the Droid should be the real comparision, especially featurewise, for the new iPhone/iPhone OS coming soon hopefully.
T.
Talk about missing the point.
What's YOUR point? Your comment and eyeroll is kinda useless, don't you think?
That's exactly my point. An apples to apples comparison would be the Android G1 sales vs the original iPhone in the first 74 days.
Edit - I understand that the comparison is the iPhone vs the N1, but my issue is with inclusion of the Moto Droid as a point of reference.
I always think though, the iPhone has been around for a few years now, and it's still there! Everybody knows it and most want it-if not already have it.
Whereas all these other phones seem to come out every month! If not week!
It's hard to keep up, impossible to have the latest handset. The iPhone on the other hand, once a year and it's still 'there'!
Whereas all these other phones seem to come out every month! If not week!
It's hard to keep up, impossible to have the latest handset. The iPhone on the other hand, once a year and it's still 'there'!
I'm sorry, what? Google's primary sales base was people on the internet? The Nexus One product is for the general consumer, not internet people. And it's just not the same thing... I barely noticed advertising for the phone, even though I'm a huge nerd. TV ads and brick and mortar would definitely have contributed significantly... I'm not sure why Google isn't pushing it too hard but the Nexus One is surely a good enough phone to compete with the iPhone and the Droid.
Just for the record I'm an iPhone user.
Did the Nexus One really generate any "buzz"? Certainly not to half the extent the iPhone and Droid received. Considering the failure of their G1, Google needs to stay out of the phone business - two strikes now...
You really believe that? Google couldn't care less about contracts. They saw it as a way to market a smartphone. They are desperately seeking an alternate revenue stream.
My advice to Google. Focus on your OS and leave the hardware to those with experience and the necessary infrastructure to support it.
I agree. What also bugs me about Linux (and thus Android) is the GUI. The icons and such still look amateurish after all this time. I know that the power of the OS is the most important thing, but after using OS X and Windows (especially since Vista and now 7), I find a clean UI with professional looking icons and design to be just as important as the underlying OS.
Android has that chance. Its not very good but it is a very portable platform and can imporve. The problem is Android has too many versions and has been splintered too much to make Application development difficult.
I use to think that Microsoft was wrong when they had specific hardware specs for Windows Moble, I understand much more now. It was the right thing to do.
I always think though, the iPhone has been around for a few years now, and it's still there! Everybody knows it and most want it-if not already have it.
Whereas all these other phones seem to come out every month! If not week!
It's hard to keep up, impossible to have the latest handset. The iPhone on the other hand, once a year and it's still 'there'!
So you consider the iPhone 3GS the latest hardware? Even when the new 4G comes out it will be considered old hardware within 3-6 months, and 1 year from now it will be a dinosaur, just like 3GS is now compared to what is out now. The real cell phone industry is fast paced, that's just the way it is. Maybe the 4G will have a built in flash for the camera?
So...Are you an all knowing in all area? If not, I bet there's a time when think to yourself, "why don't they just make something that is simple and work?" Are you interested in quantum physic or art? If you're not, don't you wish they can put all those things in layman terms? ... be honest now.
Is it the general public fault when they are not that into technology? Is it a crime/fault if the general public are more into car, art, hiking, etc... other than technology? Does that make the "techies" better than the general public?
Google didn't make the G1... And the Droid is a Google phone as well (or at least to the same extent that the G1 is).
Considering the Nexus One is avaiable to The U.S, the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore It's not a massive seller but is one hell of a handset.
(I'm assuming that those that were shipped outside of the U.S are counted in the count too)
EDIT: Ask any Mac owner, sales are not indicative of quality. Amirite guys?
(I'm assuming that those that were shipped outside of the U.S are counted in the count too)
EDIT: Ask any Mac owner, sales are not indicative of quality. Amirite guys?
Considering the Nexus One is avaiable to The U.S, the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore It's not a massive seller but is one hell of a handset.
(I'm assuming that those that were shipped outside of the U.S are counted in the count too)
EDIT: Ask any Mac owner, sales are not indicative of quality. Amirite guys?
Nexus One is only available here. Those other countries are coming soon.
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There are just too many differences (some of which the article points out) to make the comparison to the original iPhone meaningful. The smartphone market size, the overall economy, the choice of carrier, the subsidized/unsubsidized distinction, the fact that the iPhone 2G was the first iPhone os product while the droid was not the first android product, etc. Interesting to see the N1 (which is a way nicer phone, IMHO) so far behind the droid. Though even there, while ad money is the obvious answer, it could also be pent up demand for a good smartphone on vzn vs t-mo having had android devices for some time.
There are just too many differences (some of which the article points out) to make the comparison to the original iPhone meaningful. The smartphone market size, the overall economy, the choice of carrier, the subsidized/unsubsidized distinction, the fact that the iPhone 2G was the first iPhone os product while the droid was not the first android product, etc. Interesting to see the N1 (which is a way nicer phone, IMHO) so far behind the droid. Though even there, while ad money is the obvious answer, it could also be pent up demand for a good smartphone on vzn vs t-mo having had android devices for some time.