I know from reading the comments and the forums so many of you are among the lucky pre-sale buyers for the G1. Apparently there are quite a few more of you than we previously thought as fool.com is reporting that over 1.5 million G1’s were sold during the pre-sale. The better news, more than that number are marked for availability in the retail channel. About 10 days ago there were reports that T-mobile had hopes to sell 2 million phones before the end of 2009, and now we could be looking at that number being eclipsed before the end of 2008.
This is all amazing news because everybody is buying into Android basically on faith, with the truth being that almost nobody who has ordered via pre-sale has actually touched the phone. This phone needs to be a success right from the gate, the iPhone needs a rival and T-mobile needs a win. I know that loyal T-mobile fans want nothing more than to shove the G1 into the faces of iPhone lovers everywhere and say “haha, I have a bar code scanner,” or something like that.
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WOW”"” that’s alot of phones. Good Job tmobile and Android, Now GIVE ME MY PHONE….
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yo its like tmonews is reading my mind. i know im gonna stick my phone is some jobsphone glorifier’s face and say “burn” put that thing away its just been murdered. but 2mil by the end of the 2k8 i didn’t think it was so popular with the masses.
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I think its the promise of Android moreso than the phone itself. The handset isn’t going to win any awards but that doesn’t matter, Android might and its function over form this time. As opposed to the iPhone which is form over function hence all its difficulties.
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LOL iphone lovers suck on the G1….
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i dont really know why people are caught up in fashion, everyone forgets about whats inside the phone, and what programmers and developers go thru to put these things together. sure its not the best looking phone in the world but its not the worst looking phone in the world. it think its got it own little sweet style to it. its different.
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This a site for G1 lovers and tmobile lover so if ur not get out of here…
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1.5 million is really a remarkable number. Especially considering that the only way anyone even knew about the phone was because of blogs and different tech sites. Also, all the phones sold were bought by existing customers that never even held the phone before. I’m glad I stuck with T-Mo. In fact, I might put on my magenta jump suit that I have and go pop lock in front of the local T-Mo store to show my support.
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@roll, who exactly are you talking too???
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Im talking to all iphone lovers”’
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@infamous rell yo its 3:15 am in ny right now why you got me laughing like i aint got no sense. that was funny as hell b.
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@infamous that was funny as hell… LOL
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pop lock?-thats ****** classic.
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Good job! Now give me a real phone, the blackberry Javline!
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shut up mike!!
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1.5M that’s great, and the phone hasn’t even officially launched yet. I can’t wait to see the number when its all said and done.
Oct. 22nd, 10 days way I really want my G1 so I can get rid of my Sidekick.
Go T-Mobile / Android / HTC!
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WOW that very last sentence was basically exactly wat i was going to do to my friend that just got the new iPhone 3G G1 RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow thats a whole lotta phones good job TMO!!
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We’re setting records baby go tmo
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I’ve pre-ordered two of the G1’s on Sept 25th. I had a dream last night that the ups man showed up to deliver my phones, and when I opened them up, all it was was 2 calculators! Then I woke up in a cold sweat! Do I need therapy?…..
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I really hope this doesn’t effect employees getting phone because I really want mine.
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Wow 1.5 million and. Its not. Even out yet. Hopefully ups. Can handle. That and. Not. Pull. A. DHL. Lol.
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Thanks for another new read TMO News… This is needed at this point since we are only a little less than a week and half away from getting this device…
@T1 Connect
yo whats the issue with memory you mentioned on other blog? Is there anyway an app can be created to utilize added memory on phone? Just curious if the hardware specs are up to snuff?
I mean software does run hardware…right???
Anyway.. Its seems down hill from here…I mean its already Sunday and these babies should start shippping by wednesday right???
At this point I will take any color I can get…
@byost83
That ain’t no dream thats a nightmare!!! Were they the old texas instrument calculators with the red LED’s…lol
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several have mentioned the curve at the bottom being ugly and not needed. maybe a little ugly but it has a function. it will protect your screen from cracking when dropped. when you receive your phone you’ll understand better.
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Do you think that the trackball can light up in different colors?
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Go G1 Go ………………
G1, the Iphone KILA.
I’m tired of apple and ATT tactics. The way they want to restrict the phone and always taking advantage of people to rip them off. I wish apple and ATT meet the same fate Lehman met. !! Bankrupt !!
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The trackball is solid black. It won’t have any light up colors
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The trackball on the White G1 is not solid black. It looks kinda white/grey. So is it possible since its a “limited edition” it might have the option to change colors…. Hmmm…. You never know.
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could there BE any more typos in that first sentence?
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joey what u talking about?
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The trackball doesnt light up that would make no sense because then it would appeal to a younger crowd.sidekicks do this but thats why they appeal to a younger crowd and then they would really be calling it the sidekick 4 if it had that.
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this is all being done even before tmo launches their national ad campaign??? wow! i cant imagine what the response will be once commercials start airing during football games, basketball games, house, the office, etc. etc. and of course trojan football games.
glad i preordered on the 23rd.
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it doesnt have to be an iphone killer…its just a better phone..no phone is going to kill the iphone….but now they’re going to be phones that are competing with it.the iphone will always be on top, only apple can compete with itself. the iphone and G1 are both different they serve different purposes to the different users
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Shipping Wednesday? THIS WEDNESDAY?! When I preordered it said would be here on the 22nd, but does that mean it could be here sooner, or it would not arrive before the 22nd?
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Yo check out thtis site with some apps…
googlesandroid.wordpressdotcom
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I work for UPS and I know next day airs need to be delivered before 10:30 am
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do u know when ur going to receive some packages from tmobile?
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I was asking u chicago’s wil
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WHOA. 1.5 million? I remember when we thought 60,000 (first hints of info early on) was a lot… then 100,000,…
By the way, sometime on or around October 20th, I’m going to have to stop visiting this site. If I have to read *ONE* more freaking “WHERE’S MY PHONE??” “WHEN IS THE UPS MAN GOING TO COME?” type of posts, my head’s gonna explode….
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All I know is they better have a couple in store on the 22nd when I get there at 6AM and sit there in front of the store with a thermos of hot chocolate, a blanket, and a warm jacket or I’m going to go Mr. T on the suckers. I pity the fool who gets between me and my G1.
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“yo its like tmonews is reading my mind. i know im gonna stick my phone is some jobsphone glorifier’s face and say “burn” put that thing away its just been murdered. but 2mil by the end of the 2k8 i didn’t think it was so popular with the masses.”
Please don’t. You make us all look like ***hats when you do that kind of ****. Just counter when some iHype user gets in your face. Let them be the ***hats, you can lay the smackdown. Read: Don’t start what you can’t finish son.
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i want this phone so bad. i must have the uma b/c service sucks at my house.
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@kevman 420 no you cant create a app to increase memory only to free up memory or revamp apps that takes up less space, but i noticed in the emulator the phone says 71mb free space and also someone who played with it said it only had 64mb of rom space left. i hope if we are downloading apps from the marketplace and have to install into the phone and not the storage card its not gonna eat up the remainding 71 or 64 or whatever is left in the phone storage. i wanna know whats up with that.
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its really close to being wing or dash rom space. i dont want another one it gets on my nerves. look at the herald came to tmo with winmo 6 200mhz processor 64mb ram 128 rom that was nice for what 3 months then the tytn 2 came along for att and had a 400mhz processor and 128mb of rom and it was a better phone than the wing and seems to be in tuned in with what was the way to go and run winmo at an acceptable level. i dont want to buy the g1 with 256mb of rom then sprint gets a htc device in a month with 512 rom and 256 mb of rom and it runs and android better than the g1. thats ridiculous.
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sorry tytn 2 had 256 rom and 128 ram
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Can someone tell me how Wired can put out a review like this when the phone aint out yet????
Help me out here please TMONews!!!
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The first of the user reviews are trickling in and it is not exactly a big thumbs up for the T-Mobile G1, the device based on Google’s newly launched Android operating system.
The G1 “does not run as smoothly as you would think” says a user with the handle ‘kaziko’ on AndroidCommunitydotcom
A few applications on the phone “stutter” and the device needs to be restarted more than a few times to ensure smooth operation, says the review.
There’s another potential hazard for G1 buyers. The “battery charger makes the bottom of the phone extremely hot,” says the review.
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WTF?????????????????????????
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@SiliconAddict – LOL. It will be interesting to see if there are massive lines for the phone.
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@T1 Connect
I don’t think the 256mb rom will be a major problem. Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD8eoMp-dnM . At about the 2:10 mark he says a little bit about Android having a smart memory management system and that applications actual file sizes are relatively small.
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@kevman 420 yea i read that too the guys a a-hole. yea its got its problems but those things can be addressed. just like they upgrade winmo from 6 to 6.1 and makes it run better you should be able to do that with android and the fucka that wrote the article knows that but he probably one of the people that cant keep the iphone out they mouth. a stinkin iphone sucka.
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Lets look at numbers
Phone Price Range from $179 – $300 Average $230
Days PreSale lasting 7 days
Phones Sold 1.500,000
Math:
1,500,000
x 230
$345.000.000
Not bad for a week.
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@ Roll Tide I wont know until I see them in my package car but when I do see them I’ll be sure to post it may be 2 days before the 22nd Im guessing on Monday
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