It's a fair question, as channel stuffing is not unheard of. The HP TouchPad, for instance, shipped far more units than were sold to customers. At one point Bes

It's a fair question, as channel stuffing is not unheard of. The HP TouchPad, for instance, shipped far more units than were sold to customers. At one point Best Buy sat on over 200 000 unsold TouchPads that were returned to HP and eventually priced at just $99 each to get rid of the inventory. With that said, I think the correlation between shipping numbers and sales for the Nexus 4 is probably close, considering the clear demand for the phone.