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It is only a flop if its goal was really to sell as a commercially viable product. If on the other hand it was meant to be closer to a reference implementation
by timwiseman 17y ago
It is only a flop if its goal was really to sell as a commercially viable product. If on the other hand it was meant to be closer to a reference implementation, it could be seen as a success as more and more Android based phones many of which are much like the Nexus One come to market.
The obvious counter to that is why would it be sold at all if it was primarily a reference implementation. And the obvious answer is marketing. A reference implementation is generally something only known about by Engineers and people who track what engineers do. A fully Google branded phone got tremendous press with practically no standard advertising, and it showed consumers what a Android phone could be.
- wallflower 17y ago+1 on the idea that the Nexus One is Google's ideal (at present) Android phone. Hopefully the success of the Nexus One will persuade other Android OEMs to stop forking Android and to keep their ROMs up-to-date (to allow consumers to upgrade, hardware be willing, to newer Android OS releases).
- einarvollset 17y agoYes it did show consumers what an Android phone could be, and what the sales data is suggesting is that so far it ain't cutting it. I can't help but think that if this was sold by Motorola there wouldn't be any argument that it was flopping. Does anyone know how the sales volume compares to the Pre?