HTC head honcho Peter Chou has revealed how many G1s the company expects to ship this year – and the figure is nowhere near the 1.5 million that has been rumoured as the number of pre-orders the phone received. In fact, it may be less than HALF that amount.
Reports from the US in the lead up to the device’s launch suggested that T-Mobile had seen as many as 1.5 million pre-orders for the new smartphone, based on Google’s Android OS, but it appears this is not the case. In which case, HTC fibbed a bit. Just a bit.
Chou said, in an interview with Mercury News: “We should be doing good numbers, but I can’t disclose the details. It will be more than what we originally planned. I’m saying we will ship more than 600,000.” That’s less than half the original rumored pre-order.
Apple recently revealed it has sold nearly 7 million iPhones globally in its last financial quarter, so it isn’t shaping up to be much of a “war” so far.
When asked about next year’s figures, Chou was equally cryptic: “We don’t disclose particular product numbers. Even Apple doesn’t provide those kinds of forward-looking numbers. But in general, we think we can do more next year. We are confident about our competitiveness next year.”
Translation: We really have no idea how the phone will do. We’re hoping it doesn’t crash and burn, but even if we think it might, we’re not telling you.
Something to keep an eye on.
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ceinture armani pas cher 11.11.11 at 12:11 am
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