T-Mobile has already sold 1.5 million pre-ordered G1’s
Posted October 12, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Natesh Sood
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Web, Google
Who knew that the T-Mobile G1 would be this popular before it even was officially released? Certainly not Google, HTC, and T-Mobile. Their official estimates of how many G1’s to order was really low; so low that they had to order triple the initial amount and those G1’s sold would not arrive until after the official release, which is October 22. Just recently, they announced that they have sold off all 1.5 million units they had available for presale.
Before you start thinking this number includes the retailed G1’s, it does not. Since it hasn’t even been released yet, all 1.5 million G1’s have come strictly from pre-order. People have ordered G1’s based on only what they have read, few of the customers have actually tried one out for themselves. Google and T-Mobile have to hope that the G1 lives up to all the surrounding hype, because if it doesn’t, people will realize that and stick to the iPhone or other smartphones. However, if many people come to like the G1 a lot more than the iPhone, then Apple has a serious competitor.
It will be interesting to see what the general public thinks of the G1 when it becomes officially released on the 22nd.