1.5 Million G1 Mobile Phones Pre-Sold
Apple may want to be keep a close eye on the sales of T-Mobile's G1 device. The G1 will be the first mobile phone to hit the market running Google's Android mobile OS. This may also be the mobile phone that puts a serious dent in Apple's iPhone sales. The G1 won't officially be available until October 22. Apparently no one wants to experience the same shortage and chaos as those who anxiously waited to get their hands on the iPhone 3G. Reports are in that up to 1.5 million G1 devices have been pre-sold and you can bet that more will be coming in.
1.5 Million Pre-Sold
The G1 is set to take the world by storm at the end of this month. It may also take Apple's iPhone down a notch or two. Early adopters and those left out of the loop with the release of the iPhone 3G are making their way to the G1. Just days after going on pre-sale the G1 sold out fast, which sent T-Mobile scrambling to place more orders. T-Mobile tripled their original number of orders to HTC for G1 devices. Since then, all of those orders have been pre-sold. The amount of units pre-sold is reported to be around 1.5 million! That figure doesn't even include the number of pre-sale orders placed in T-mobile retail stores. It is being reported that about 1 million units have been pre-ordered from T-Mobile retail stores.
Is the G1 Set to Overthrow the iPhone?
At the moment, we don't think so. However, we're excited about all that Android will offer on the G1. T-Mobile is off to a great start with the number of G1 units pre-sold. Anticipation for both the device and the Android OS is higher than initial reactions led us to believe. It will be up to the performance of Google's Android mobile OS from this point forward to determine whether it's a worthy competitor to the iPhone. Be sure to cast your prediction on Google's Android versus Apple's iPhone and check out our top 10 picks of Android apps that we can't wait to use.
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This number blows me away.
Who said there was an economic crisis on?
If this ends up being true, how many people does that leave with disposable cash for Nokia and RIM when the Storm is released??
We know Apple has sucked up a big part of the market, now Google is taking a big gulp themselves..... this will be interesting to watch over the next 12 months.
G1, I love it!
Man... I love the way Tmobile G1 so happens to be the underdog, highly underestimated, while critics made annoying comments, now they start doubting their ownselves, running around confused and astonished on the news that Google purposely held back the news, until they reached that awesome 1.5 million mark! Then said... Let'em Have It!!
Tmobile G1 RULESSS!! AndroiD 4 LIFE!! GoD is still first. Also adding, Iphone is the Jesus Phone but Tmobile G1 is the "GoD Phone", remember that Jesus is the Son of GoD... Read Me? LOL.
perhaps the sales are because the phone is on t-mobile rather than AT*T, not because its Android vs Apple.
It looks like Android will be here later this week with an official launch night of the G1 on Thursday at 9.00pm.
There will also be a special performance from The Raconteurs.
Check out http://www.g1phone.blogspot.com for all the details
All of the reports trace back to a Motley Fool article that is based on fuzzy math. Arg, the tech echo chamber can be so annoying.
Totally bogus numbers, made up by Motley Fool. Insiders at T-Mobile say low six figures so far.
For T-Mobile’s G1, there will be a bundle of tmobile g1 accessories online to select from; everything from Backup Batteries to Car Accessories, G1 Cases, Chargers, Cables, Headphones, Cradles, Bluetooth Accessories, and more. The list goes on and on, but basically the primary purposes of any g1 accessories are to add functionality, such as where you can use it and what you can use it with, make some features easier to use, and extend the use of the G1 Android phone.
http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm