Comments on: Nexus One/Two Sales Predictions Soften For 2010/2011

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:42:51 +0000

Had been a Google loyalist until I bought the N1. Will not buy another Google product until they resolve ongoing N1 issues! Can’t quite understand the moronic attitude allowing the issues to drag on.

By: jdog25

jdog25 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:13 +0000

I have had a Nexus One since the first day and its the best phone I have ever had but the whole touch screen and 3G problem is getting really annoying. Two threads on Google’s support forum are at 2,200 and 1,800 posts because we haven’t heard anything from Google about fixing our phones for 1 1/2 months. Some people are on phone number 6 and they still have bad problems. We don’t want to give up this bad ass phone so we just put up with Googles shit. I started a new thread and its only purpose is to see how many people want an update from Google. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=6e0ad1075b975350&hl=en

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:15:22 +0000

If it were not on T-Mobile I would have one. T-Mobile’s odd ball bands and coverage outside of any big city is just a dealer killer. I have had T-Mobile, and there CSRs are awesome. Problem was I was always calling them because of the crap phone or service. As someone who travels all around the DC metro region DAILY for my job. COVERAGE IS PARAMOUNT.

Sprint has pretty good service where I live and roams on to VZW when it has too. AT&T is getting stingy about “UNLIMITED DATA” but there is service if you have a decent radio. (A lot of iPhone issues are really the radio. Not so much AT&T.) Now VZW has Skype integration coming out and the best coverage around here. Put it on VZW and people will buy it. Hell I have a in car booster that would hold the phone where my TomTom sits now.

But I have to say, everyone just “knows that the iPhone is the best.” They see adds for it all the time. They hear about “those app thingys.” Its painful as a Linux person to try and explain to people that APPLE did not invent the wireless phone. Did they change the game??? Arguably YES.

But as I sit there talking to a customer who’s computer was just FRACKED due to his kids. “Well I am ready to buy and iPhone… Apps. Yaps. Whatever.” All the while I am staring back at him trying to explain that Android or even WEB OS would be a better choice. Both my co workers whip out there iPhones. BOTH WITH ZERO SIGNAL AT THIS GUY’S HOUSE! And he still wants one???

THAT IS THE POWER OF ADVERTISING.

(I shamefully pulled out my Nextel i580 and called the office to say, “if you need either of those guys… you better call my phone.”)

By: McHale

McHale — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:46:03 +0000

Hey Google, here’s a tip. If you want a successful launch of a handset, don’t pick the carrier which has unique 3G frequencies to the rest of the world and has a small customer base. Had they made a single phone that also worked on AT&T, they’d have sold 3 times as many.

Idiots.

By: knowdither

knowdither — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:13 +0000

Simple fix…
release an unlocked CDMA phone in the USA

By: matt

matt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:38:23 +0000

@cellnerd You’re a moron kid. Goldman paid back the TARP funds 9 months ago. Try reading the news once in a while.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:07 +0000

Give the Nexus one to bigger U.S. carriers, and the google phone will be a huge hit! If At&t got this super fast phone on their super fast network then man that phone would be the biggest phone on the market. Also, if they put the Nexus One in stores to allow for people to play with the device would help thei8r sales in the millions…….

By: Luke Beales Android App Reviews

Luke Beales Android App Reviews — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:44 +0000

When its released on more networks and outside of the US then the sales will go up.

By: Clail

Clail — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:40 +0000

I agree with some of the other post in saying that it needs to be in stores. It is very hard to buy something for that much money or to sign a contract on something if you can’t hold it in your hands first. Hello? Google? Doesn’t that make sense.

By: mrbill

mrbill — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:48 +0000

Besides the complete lack of availability in some countries, limited availability for T-Mobile users in the USA (no family plans available), Poor Customer service, and the nagging issues such as webby mentioned above, to me the biggest elephant in the room is the complete lack of any response from GOOGLE as to when there will at least be an attempt to fix the issues. They will not comment at all on their own forums as to what is going on.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:47:36 +0000

Hey so does anyone know if the HTC Incredible is coming out for Verizon at the end of this month? What are the differences between that and the N1?

By: Humanist

Humanist — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:43 +0000

Google should’ve subsidized the phone too instead of trying to make a huge profit. From what I read the actual materials cost around $150 for each phone, they could sell it for $250 and still make a nice change for HTC too. But instead it’s too expensive, esp. for U.S. people who aren’t used to carrier subsidized phones.

By: reje75

reje75 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:39:42 +0000

I really dont think there was much hype around this phone. It wasnt like the iPhone which everyone in the world heard about. Only those who follow the phone markets and phone tech really know about the Nexus one. Look at the mainstream ads that were pushed for the droid. Most people know that the droid is a “cool new phone” but no way do as many people know about the Nexus. Not much hype at all…

By: Mike Silva

Mike Silva — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:47 +0000

I live in Portugal and there is no option to order the Nexus One at all, so I had to use a VPN software to trick google store and order it as if I were in US, but had to ask a friend to bring the phone delevered to the hotel he went in US.
So if there are some people willing to do this, just imagine how many more would buy the phone if it was available in local market.
PS: in Portugal we have more mobile phones than persons. Android is not well known, the HTC Magic is the “best” known and most sold android phone here, almost nobody knows the new generation of android hardware (Droid, Milestore, and Nexus are not available in stores), and other phones (Windows and iPhone) still sell a lot because no one knows the funcionality of android. When I show my Nexus One no one doubts it’s better than any other phone.
Most people go after what they hear from local media and other dumb fashions, and don’t investigate the funcionality before buying a device. That’s why LCD’s are selling much more than Plasmas. :(

By: CellNerd

CellNerd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:03:25 +0000

Oh Goldman Sachs idc if ur broke, bankrupt, and owe a bazillion dollars in bailout money i still trust you. So u must be right about the nexus one and everything else u predict…