The Industry Standard - T-Mobile HTC Dream (G1) Android sells 500K units by end of 2008? - Comments

Readers: Bad news. I just

Ian Lamont — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:04:27 -0400

Readers: Bad news. I just received this response from T-Mobile:

The only specific sales numbers T-Mobile releases are those in our financial reports. When the 500,000 mark was reached has not been released.

Therefore, this prediction cannot be judged. I will reimburse all participants next week for the amount that they bet (if they have not already cashed out). If you have any questions, please contact me at ian@thestandard.

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
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Readers: Bad news. I just

Ian Lamont — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:03:56 -0400

Readers: Bad news. I just received this response from T-Mobile:

The only specific sales numbers T-Mobile releases are those in our financial reports. When the 500,000 mark was reached has not been released.

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
twitter.com/the_standard

Readers: Sorry for the

Ian Lamont — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:11:33 -0400

Readers: Sorry for the delay. I am checking with T-Mobile.

Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
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Well, official news that

David Kuan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:04:16 -0400

Well, official news that over 1M G1 sold in US Given it took 6months to reach 1M, it might be safe to say less than 500K by end of 2008 given the snafu with firmware following launch.

I have half my worth tied up

Derrick Oien — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:07:51 -0400

I have half my worth tied up in this prediction and it is 6 months later. I am not making any more picks until this gets a thumbs up or thumbs down. Boo! Sad Face.

Is Google gifting employees

Alex Moskalyuk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:12:29 -0400

Is Google gifting employees a G1 going to count against the totals? That would increase the installed base by 20K, some of which might go to T-Mobile.

@David, the in-play

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:01:58 -0400

@David, the in-play prediction for G2 in the US.

so what's the predictions on

David Naylor — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:16:09 -0400

so what's the predictions on the htc magic g2 phone?

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Gartner report indicates

David Kuan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:57:13 -0400

Gartner report indicates Android smartphones accounted for 20% of the sales with Linux OS. Worldwide, total Linux smartphone sales was 11,262,900. Hence, 20% merely accounts for about 2.3M units. Since, G1 was the only Android phone in 4Q08, it is now more than likely than T-Mobile sold more than 500K in the US.

Patience Jedi Derrick. Am

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:28:40 -0500

Patience Jedi Derrick. Am sifting through T-Mobile's report, which does not specify any year-end or Q4 sales of the G1.

Is this ever going to get

Derrick Oien — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:46:45 -0500

Is this ever going to get judged?

T-Mobile full report for Q4

David Kuan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:01:26 -0500

T-Mobile full report for Q4 2008 will be out only on Feb 27. The full report should have information related to G1 sales.

T-Mobile didn't disclose

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:17:00 -0500

T-Mobile didn't disclose sales for the G1 phones in Q4. A Morgan Stanley analyst estimates 300K G1 phones were sold in Q4 '08.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/iphone-trounces-android

@TIS, not sure how credible

David Kuan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:29:19 -0500

@TIS, not sure how credible this is but it was reported that 1M G1 sold in its first 61 days. However, this might be HTC numbers rather than T-Mobile.

HTC (as well as T-Mobile)

Eric Hill113600 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:09:51 -0500

HTC (as well as T-Mobile) surely know how many G1 units were sold by the end of 2008. It's a simple inventory lookup. Odd that all their (dubious) boasting in December about selling over 1 million hasn't been confirmed yet.

T-Mobile HTC Dream (G1) Android sells 500K units by end of 2008?

David Kuan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:16:31 -0400

T-Mobile officially revealed the first Android-based phone, the T-Moble G1, a.k.a. HTC Dream. Pre-orders are now being accepted.

At an incredibly competitive price of $179 available on October 22, the G1 is expected to sell hundreds of thousands of units before the end of the year. HTC is estimating that they will sell between 600,000 to 700,000 units this year.

Prediction: Will the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) exceed sales of 500,000 in the US by end of 2008?

Let the community decide. Place your bets below! (photo: T-Mobile)

UPDATE 6/12/2009: T-Mobile declined to provide data showing when the 500,000 sales mark was passed. This prediction therefore cannot be judged. The Standard reimbursed all open bets on June 16, 2009.