T-Mobile Has Already Sold 1.5 Million G1s

Everton | Oct 13, 2008 | View Comments


Gadgetgell are reporting that T-Mobile have already sold 1.5 million Google Android just from pre-orders.  I find this figure staggering and I’m stunned that the phone has generated this much interest already.  I wonder what will happen when the general public finally get their hands on a G1 and can decide if it’s as good as it sounds?

I’m sold on what Google are trying to do with the Android platform and their attempts to kickstart the mobile internet apps market by providing something that’s easy for developers to build interoperable services on.  But, I’m sticking with my decision to buy a Sony Ericsson X1 because I’ve been pining after one for a very long time, and also because I don’t think the G1 is a great looking handset. The Sony Ericsson X1 Xperia will also perform the key tasks well that I need my mobile to do thanks to being based on Windows Mobile (email, calendar and contacts) and being a great phone because it’s built on Sony Ericsson (well under orders by HTC actually).

They’ll be more Android based phones coming along in 2009 and I’m going to wait for one of these before I make the plunge.  I also think I might get lucky next year and get a free unit out of a friendly manufacturer or even out of Google, whereas I’ve had no joy getting an Xperia X1 out of Sony Ericsson so I’m having to buy my own!


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • 1.5 million sales...impossible. I dont believe that for 1 second
  • I've been drooling over bying an iphone for months now but wandered into our local phone shop last month just for a look at the G1.  I came out 30 minutes later clutching my shinny new Android phone.  I have to say that t's everything I ever wanted in a phone and a whole lot more.
  • Since the release of the iPhone ive been intrigued buy the hype of the G1. I think its never gonna out do the iPhone, however i do feel that the keyboard allows alot more functionality to the G1.

    I cant even imagine buying any of these "New era" phones as the price tags on some of them are ridiculous for some one of my age to afford. Good luck to google for plundging into a new market.
  • There is no way that t-mobile have sold 1.5 million G1s, sound like they are trying the old Apple trick of claiming massive numbers are sold in the hope that other will think, "if they have sold million is much be a great phone". On the t-mobile wbesiteyou cant even buy the G1 so i can see how they have sold millions.
  • I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one of these as after being tempted by the iPhone for so long, I've now realised that my HTC Tytn II does everything I need for the time being and hopefully the next HTC handsets featuring Android will be even better!
  • Can anyone tell me this set either support multisim or not?
    ---bongoneshian
    www.gsmyard.com
  • Its interesting to see Google getting tempted with the huge Iphone success and diversifying into a new market, lets see if Google plays fair in search priorities :)
  • James Smalls
    First off your in the UK and I'm in the US and I've been tracking the X1 ever since June of this year. I really thought that the x1 was that phone but delay after delay, no price tag on it and, not knowing what carrier will get it is a real downer! I give it to T-mobile, Htc and Google for putting a plan together and sticking with it. OK the G1 Is an ugly phone but I'm not taking it out on a date! Can it preform as the phone that i want?, that's what i look for in a phone. Now i hear that the x1 might not even carry the horrible windows mobile 6.1.  Windows on phones is bad they need to come up with something with a different base then what you would find on your desktop computer. The reason that the G1 is doing so good is because the OS is different then anything that is out! With the x1, it is a pretty phone but the only thing that would stop me from buying it is the OS. The frist thing that comes to mind is when i had my wing and the main problem that i always had was that crappy Window's Mobile 6 would always mess up!
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