Nexus One a Failed Experiment In Online Sales

shmG writes "The demise of the Google Nexus One phone is fairly straightforward: a lack of sales killed the product. While it will continue to sell through Vodafone in Europe, KT in Korea and a few others, the experiment of Google indicates that selling a phone direct to consumers online is dead. 'The bottom line is people like to look at phones in the store. Google has a lot to learn about phone sales, this is one lesson they learned.'"

Re:False

[mark72005]

No, iPhone consumers don't want to look at the phone in store. Mostly they don't even care what it does, they just want an iPhone.

Re:False

[kenj0418]

they just want an iPhone.

Well, it does have the wifis and the bigger Gee Bees.

Re:False

[h4rr4r]

Then deal with those or move to a civilized part of the country:)

T-mobile store might be far away, but there coverage is expanding.

You would also have to carry your two devices everywhere. My smartphone is my GPS, music player, point and shoot camera and great for finding stuff to do while I am out and about. That last one might not apply much where you live.

Re:False

[Nethead]

I had no service anywhere east of Spokane, Washington through the entire western half of Montana, for example.

That's a good reason to get a ham radio. Lots of repeaters out that way.

Re:False

[Americano]

Smart shopping. Of course, if he was really smart, he'd go forward in time and pick up an iPhone 6 from just before the iPhone 7 comes out, bring it back in time to a couple years ago, and then he can post here on Slashdot that "my phone has had that functionality for 10 years, jeez, why do you fanbois get so excited over this crap?" when the iPhone 6 is released in a few years!

Just *think* of the possibilities!