So, the Nexus has bombed, apparently - with Flurry reporting only 20,000 new Nexus owners.

Hold on though - this handset launched publicly just 7 days ago! Surely it's a bit apples-and-oranges to compare sales figures for the Droid, launched 2 months ago (and before Christmas), with a device which may not even have reached all the people who've purchased it yet...? Drawing any conclusions by comparing estimated sales figures at this stage seems almost negligent, journalistically...

Update: I really ought to learn how to read. The comparison is more like-for-like than I made out - looking at week 1 sales. However, I still don't think it's a fair comparison. Droid was sold through traditional channels (online, physical stores, etc.), and I'm guessing that there wasn't - for many Droid owners - a 4-day lag between ordering and getting the handset.

Comments

[Elhypnotoad]

Yeah well, there are two big things here, one is the timing - everyone i know is feeling very poor right now after christmas, so numbers are gonna be low simply for that. The second thing is what does "Launch" mean - for droid/iPhone it meant a massive retail presence with early adopters queuing up so they could see, touch, and buy the device. For the nexus it was merely the opening of a website. Given those two major hurdles, i think 20,000 units is pretty incredible!