Google closing Nexus One web store...FAIL - GoFuckYourself.com

Persius · 05-14-2010, 01:04 PM

Google?s groundbreaking model for selling Android phones from a single Web site is about to become history.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/...one-market.ars

Barefootsies · 05-14-2010, 01:06 PM

Well, they can't hit every one of their new sites and inventions out of the park.

candyflip · 05-14-2010, 01:10 PM

The phone is awesome. Puts the current iPhone to shame, that's for sure.

The idea of buying a phone and choosing your carrier after the fact is a nice idea, but not something Americans seem to be ready for yet.

fuzebox · 05-14-2010, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyflip

The idea of buying a phone and choosing your carrier after the fact is a nice idea, but not something Americans seem to be ready for yet.

I wouldn't say that's the right way to word it... It's hard for anyone to justify paying $600 for a phone, when you can get a similar phone for $2-300 with a contract. No one is used to shelling out that kind of money for something they will probably drop in the urinal 6 months from now

cyber · 05-14-2010, 01:27 PM

Not a fail - they accomplished quite a bit.

For a while they had one of the top phones in the market.

They sold quite a few of these phones through their online stores. It just turns out that people feel more comfortable with a phone if they can actually hold the thing in their hands. Also, they did no offline advertisements, and just a few text links on their homepage and elsewhere.

Being locked to one single plan with T-Mobile kept me from buying the phone. If I could have bought it with a family plan I'd have had an N1 for months now!

edit: hi fuze

DateDoc · 05-14-2010, 01:31 PM

at $600 it was a fail from the get go - sales never took off. They FAILED!

LoveSandra · 05-14-2010, 02:01 PM

ahahahahah

JuiceMonkey · 05-14-2010, 02:24 PM

They should have sold these at a loss.. or no profit at least.

hypedough · 05-14-2010, 02:24 PM

I'd rather use Wirefly and get a great phone for $19.95.

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DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	at $600 it was a fail from the get go - sales never took off. They FAILED! __________________

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cyber Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 182	Not a fail - they accomplished quite a bit. For a while they had one of the top phones in the market. They sold quite a few of these phones through their online stores. It just turns out that people feel more comfortable with a phone if they can actually hold the thing in their hands. Also, they did no offline advertisements, and just a few text links on their homepage and elsewhere. Being locked to one single plan with T-Mobile kept me from buying the phone. If I could have bought it with a family plan I'd have had an N1 for months now! edit: hi fuze

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