Droid sells over 1 million units, Nexus One a lot less
According to Apple, the original iPhone reached 1 million units sold in 74 days, thus semi-officially making day 74 the comparative benchmark. How did the Motorola Droid do? Fantastic; the Motorola Droid sold 1.05 million units according to estimates from Flurry Analytics. By comparison, it took six months for the G1 to reach the million sales mark. The figures for the Droid are just sales estimates rather than exact figures, but they are an encouraging sign of Android’s growth.
Nexus One doesn’t hit day 74 until Friday, but things aren’t looking good. 135,000 units sold is what is being estimated at this time, a number most people are calling a surprising flop for the most advanced Android available today. In some respects this isn’t an unfair statement, but to compare Nexus One to Droid marketing is to compare an apple to an orange.
The Droid had a massive, $100 million advertising campaign, during the holiday season. Verizon had subsidized devices in it’s stores for customers to try, and tapped into its large base of customers thirsting for a powerful smartphone. Nexus One had none of these, and those T-Mobile customers that did want to upgrade their device either had to pay the full unlocked price or take a partial subsidy with a mediocre plan.
Even though day 74 will soon pass, Nexus One could very well make a comeback. With N1 being expanded to other carriers both in North America and abroad, it’s popularity could very well experience a boon.
[Source Androinica, Flurry, Gizmodo ]
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Though my day job takes me away from the tech world, much of my free time is spend being a gadget geek. I’m an Android Fan girl, and I’ve made it my goal to convert as many as possible to the green guy. Yeah, you can say I’m Android obsessed. I’m the proud owner of a Nexus One, and I’m excited to see where the future of Android goes. In the meantime, you’ll find me here writing about Android and enjoying my view of the great white north.
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2010/03/16 at 17:04:24
Well the n1 is not the easiest phone to buy if it was sold at tmobile it would of done better too many rules to fallow.
2010/03/16 at 19:10:34
THis article reminds me of a Democrat trying to spin the health care debate!!!!
Why dont you use relevant, current numbers in your comparison like those of the Iphone 3GS – actually I do know why, because it sold over 1.5 million phones in its first WEEK. Good luck with any android approaching a fraction of those numbers. Keep trying to make yourself feel better
2010/03/16 at 20:06:05
because the phone is so damn hard to get they should sell it in store instead of that cheap ass google site
2010/03/16 at 21:43:19
I went through (2) Nexus phones and have given up!!! Back to the old faithful Mytouch…….
Hate to admit it but I might go to a Iphone 3g – can anyone confirm AT&T network getting better???
2010/03/17 at 02:03:59
Love the Nexus One, the only reason why it doesn’t sell very well is because it’s not sold in the same was as other phones. With an unlocked boot-loader, getting updates directly from Google, it’s the ultimate geek phone. When it goes on sale in Europe it will help a lot, we are much more used to paying unsubsidized phones.