Chicago (IL) – T-Mobile’s upcoming G1 may not be the best-looking
iPhone rival, it may not have the most complete feature set and
T-Mobile may have undersold the device at the recent launch event.
But it seems that the device is already selling like hotcakes – 1.5
million phones have been snapped up by t-Mobile customers so far.
T-Mobile
and manufacturer HTC apparently believed they could sell about 700,000
G1s by the end of the year – an estimate we found to be very
optimistic. But it seems that a 700,000 estimate was much too conservative:
T-Mobile reportedly sold out of its 500,000-unit batch within a few
days and decided to triple its order to 1.5 million units. Those
additional 1 million phones are also gone, according to Fool.com.
With
all G1s being sold for now, it is unclear when retail sales for the G1
will start and how many of those Android-based phones will be available
for the Christmas season. It is quite apparent that there is a huge
demand for a new generation of smartphones, which may also be a good
sign for RIM’s Blackberry Storm and Nokia’s 5800.
It
is interesting to note that each of the three iPhone rivals has one
particular strength, but it is unclear whether any of those new phones
can offer a compelling combination of those features in a similar way
as the iPhone does. The Nokia 5800 is likely to emerge as a great entertainment device and the RIM Blackberry Storm as the best business device. The G1 focuses on an open, easily expandable platform.
For
Google, the gigantic number of pre-orders - which exceed Apple iPhone
3G first-day sales – means that Android will have to deliver. Missing
features such as the Bluetooth API should be delivered ASAP and the
Android Marketplace needs to get up and running in a timely fashion.
Oh, and HTC may want to think about adding a headphone jack to those G1
phones.
Source : http://www.tgdaily.com/
