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Here are my predictions:
- End of June 2010 HTC will have sold 500,000 Desire phones
- End of April 2010 HTC, just in the UK, will sell 30,000 phones
By the end of 2010 I think HTC will have sold 5m Desire phones (not inc. USA sales)
Is this some kind of gambling-game?
How do you calculate your prediction?
I'd say
- End of July 2010 HTC will have sold 1m Desire phones
- End of April 2010 HTC, just in Germany , will sell 20,000 phones
By the end of 2010 I think HTC will have sold 7,5m Desire phones (not inc. USA sales)
End of June 2010 T Mobile UK will have sold 25,000
End of June 2010 T Mobile UK will have delivered 1,387.
GGG10 said:
End of June 2010 T Mobile UK will have sold 25,000
End of June 2010 T Mobile UK will have delivered 1,387.
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ha ha
thats funny
I was able to buy one in Munich/ Germany Today. I think its not too difficult to get one now.
fooXeh said:
Is this some kind of gambling-game?
How do you calculate your prediction?
I'd say
- End of July 2010 HTC will have sold 1m Desire phones
- End of April 2010 HTC, just in Germany , will sell 20,000 phones
By the end of 2010 I think HTC will have sold 7,5m Desire phones (not inc. USA sales)
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I was basing my estimates on the poor Nexus One sales, only sold 135,000 in 74 days (about 2.5 months).
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I was basing my estimates on the poor Nexus One sales, only sold 135,000 in 74 days (about 2.5 months).
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I think that was mostly due to it only being available via Google's site and not carrier shop-fronts.
XDA-Developer users obviously know what they want, most of the time anyway. We'd have no problems ordering such a high-ticket item online having never seen one in person. But for a lot of consumers they're rather see it in the flesh and make the decision.
I think sales should be good. I was surprised to see someone at work the other day with one (before me I might add). They were the last person I would have expected to buy one, but she did say she loved it!
end of april: around 15000 inclusive of international orders...
I dont care, i just want mine
it depends how its marketed if they can push it into peoples hands to try and THE better value nexus one sales will be massive but failing that i have no idea!
irkan said:
I dont care, i just want mine
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and i want irkan's desire if he gets it earlier than me lol
jah said:
Here are my predictions:
- End of June 2010 HTC will have sold 500,000 Desire phones
- End of April 2010 HTC, just in the UK, will sell 30,000 phones
By the end of 2010 I think HTC will have sold 5m Desire phones (not inc. USA sales)
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I think this is a very valid topic -- someone upthread was questioning its usefulness. If you could, I would like if you could insert the comparable figures for the iPhone, in all its version launches... because like it or not it does set the standard in at minimum PERCEPTION of success of a touchscreen device launched into the marketplace. In fact, please also add iPad projections vs sales data. My understanding is that the iPad is outperforming its projections, which themselves were higher than any iphone that preceded.
The # of sales over X period drives everything -- from movies to cars to electronics. But what is at stake here is a potential game-changing shift:
The DROID made some hay this past Christmas season as the new "IT" product, and potential (DREADED TERM --> ) "iPhone killer" . Well it wasn't, in the sense of sales penetration and worldwide user acceptance and brand awareness.
But the Desire is truly the first device that isn't (dumb/useless term: iPhone killer) an iPhone which could gain worldwide brand awareness as the most powerful, easiest to use, nicely designed smartphone for mainstream users.
The DROID purposely created a gritty marketing look, and testosterone-infused emotion in order to peel away some iphone enthusiasts who wanted PERFORMANCE and bigger screen and snapper processor. (iphone will for sure meet and exceed DROID in due time, no doubts there). But the DROID hit its market niche well, but is in no way a mainstream phone that both your girlfriend and Aunt Bertha would buy to make life easier.
HTC did a great job in renaming the Bravo "the Desire" -- which is at the core of all marketing and advertising -- to create desire. And they appear to have delivered a device worthy of that name.
Therefore, it is very relevant and interesting to track just how well it does.. because it foretells a big part of the future. Will Android in fact overtake iPhone (some say it already has, maybe in raw numbers but even that i am not sure, but it has not surpassed iphone in mindshare, and that's critical in building upon a successful product)? And will apple finally be knocked off its product development perch as King of User Experience?
In other DESIRE threads many of you know of the huge demand for the Desire just here at XDA alone -- and the reason is -- this is the one that can & hopefully will change the game -- and make it an open contest again in terms of choices for mainstream consumers who want the cache of "the latest & greatest".
Though I know i will be thrilled with my DESIRE when it finally ships, hopefully April 9th, I want to know how the Desire does in the marketplace. And I think the HTC funny-moves to divert stock from online retailers to CARRIERS is closely entwined with how relevant this particular mareltplace battle is: Will it outsell the iphone?
Prob not, because with apple's offering, it was "us" vs "all of the others"... and they succeeded wildly in reinventing the touchscreen phone paradigm, thus giving them the leg up they've had ever since. The Desire arrives into an already crowded marketplace -- but -- even if its sales are not comparable to version 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the iPhone, the RATE of sales is an impt metric.
My 2 cents which took entirely too many words to say
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I dont care, i just want mine
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You should care, the more desires that are sold (of the more android is sold/becoming popular), the more developers will work on apps for android..
slaming said:
it depends how its marketed if they can push it into peoples hands to try and THE better value nexus one sales will be massive but failing that i have no idea!
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To me it doesn't matter so much if it's the nexus one or the desire. I don't have any shares in Apple, google, htc or anyone else who stands to profit from any success in this arena. But given that I've invested my hard-earned in a Desire, so I do have a vested interest in:
- Android gaining market share and hence solid developer support
- HTC sense reaching the kind of critical mass that will ensure swift adoption and packaging of android enhancements
- Both the above happening at this hardware performance point - if enough 1ghz snapdragon devices are sold, they won't be able to ignore it in Android 3.7 or whatever.
Every nexus one sale furthers two of those three goals, and every desire sale should get a thumbs up from "better value" nexus one users.
It'll be an interesting one to watch - the droid laid the groundwork globally, the nexus one has acted almost as a technology demonstrator (deliberately?) and if the vibe around is anything to go by (I've even had emails off people I don't know in work asking what I think), the Desire will mop up (no one mentions the Legend in conversation, hmmm). We'll see.
Droid is us only, Desire global so it will give much bigger impact than droid
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Droid is us only, Desire global so it will give much bigger impact than droid
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I was thinking of the Droid inc. Milestone.
Nokia just gave 25k Lumia 800's to registered developers with them, ordered mine last night. I imagine some of the people here in the running would have been registered?
Nokia Lumia Live ft. deadmau5 lights up London with amazing 4D projection
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Nokia just gave 25k Lumia 800's to registered developers with them, ordered mine last night. I imagine some of the people here in the running would have been registered?
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This is very intresting! Where can I register to be a Nokia Developer?
I know that the Nokia Lumina 800 & 710 are just 2 of menny great Devices Nokia plans on releseing Running the WP7 OS.
The best devices are yet to come!
I entered 2 of there giveaways on facebook but did'nt win =(
I did'nt know about any developer giveaways. That is realy cool That thay are taking care of there developers like that!
Along with the show in London & all the other promo's Nokia is just amazing
The heck outa me right now! that show in London was Wonderful!
I am no recognised developer hear much like alot of the other developers who have entered the contest but hopefully I will still be consitered.
I can dream another day anyway!
Hopefuly this is a good link to post. just incase you guys missed it.
Enjoy...
Nokia Lumia Live ft. deadmau5 lights up London with amazing 4D projection
http://youtu.be/SX2Gd-kqV5s
Please dont coment on this as I am not trying to derail the thread just wanted to share the Awesomeness!
Where did you see that ?!
ebay
should be chock full of nokias very soon, this is good news for folks looking for a deal !
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should be chock full of nokias very soon, this is good news for folks looking for a deal !
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I've been looking for weeks. I'm ready now.
Guys, if you weren't registered as a Nokia developer before October 26th, forget about it. That is one of the requirements to receive a free phone.
bmstrong said:
I've been looking for weeks. I'm ready now.
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Give it a few days after they're delivered. Devs always sell the freebies after ces/macworld/whatever and enjoy the nice ca$h bonus for christmas or a new phone of their preference.
Tweeqit2 said:
Nokia just gave 25k Lumia 800's to registered developers with them, ordered mine last night. I imagine some of the people here in the running would have been registered?
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Im waiting on mines also. I ordered the same day as you and wondering if Nokia changed your shipping status yet?
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Im waiting on mines also. I ordered the same day as you and wondering if Nokia changed your shipping status yet?
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Status is still the same, I sent the DDP an email earlier today so I'll let you know what they say if there has been a delay or something.
Also to those interested in joining their program the link is here: https://www.developer.nokia.com/Developer_Programs/Launchpad.xhtml
As a member of Nokia Developer Launchpad, you will receive additional benefits like:
Early and exclusive access to e.g. technical information and materials on upcoming technologies.
Two free technical support cases pushed to your account when the membership is activated.
Company members have access to the Device Distribution to purchase Nokia devices at discount for development and testing purposes.
Get invited to key regional and global Nokia events and trainings.
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Keep in mind for this specific give away you had to be registered since at least May to be eligible. I personally joined as soon as I saw the announcement MS scooped them up and they were going WP7.
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Give it a few days after they're delivered. Devs always sell the freebies after ces/macworld/whatever and enjoy the nice ca$h bonus for christmas or a new phone of their preference.
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Ready and waiting for some to pop up. Money is just sitting. The trick is to find one for a resonable price.
i have one...
yglup said:
Im waiting on mines also. I ordered the same day as you and wondering if Nokia changed your shipping status yet?
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Got a response from DDP earlier today:
thanks for your email.
Please note the delivery time is estimated to be around two weeks at the moment.
We have huge number of orders to process and this is the time of public holidays too.
Please be patient, you will be notified once the device is ready to dispatch.
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Looks like we wont have to wait much longer than that.
Just a quick word. people that order the free devices are supposed to give it proper use. Specifically, this particular program is aimed at giving Nokia developers the opportunity to migrate of create new apps for Windows Phone.
If you are not interested to keep the device and do just that, then you are basically taking advantage of a situation that can create a precedence to the point that Nokia may stop making such offerings in the future. I'm not an affiliate from Nokia or work for them btw.
The best way to show Nokia that it is good investment to continue to deliver free or discounted devices to developers is to actually do what you have set to do when you pressed the order button.
Also you should check if you are not in violation of your agreement when you ordered the device. I dont have any idea if its allowed or not to resell the device. I would be surprised if it is.
My 2 cents.
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Just a quick word. people that order the free devices are supposed to give it proper use. Specifically, this particular program is aimed at giving Nokia developers the opportunity to migrate of create new apps for Windows Phone.
If you are not interested to keep the device and do just that, then you are basically taking advantage of a situation that can create a precedence to the point that Nokia may stop making such offerings in the future. I'm not an affiliate from Nokia or work for them btw.
The best way to show Nokia that it is good investment to continue to deliver free or discounted devices to developers is to actually do what you have set to do when you pressed the order button.
Also you should check if you are not in violation of your agreement when you ordered the device. I dont have any idea if its allowed or not to resell the device. I would be surprised if it is.
My 2 cents.
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I know people have posted that they want to buy them, I don't know if anyone talked about selling theirs(from the program). I personally am signed up as a developer because I am, and that is just what this phone is going to be used for. I am developing cross-platform applications to broaden my targetable client base so getting a free phone to test on is a god send because I don't actually have the funds to purchase my own.
In any case I do agree with what you said.
joaocardoso said:
Just a quick word. people that order the free devices are supposed to give it proper use. Specifically, this particular program is aimed at giving Nokia developers the opportunity to migrate of create new apps for Windows Phone.
If you are not interested to keep the device and do just that, then you are basically taking advantage of a situation that can create a precedence to the point that Nokia may stop making such offerings in the future. I'm not an affiliate from Nokia or work for them btw.
The best way to show Nokia that it is good investment to continue to deliver free or discounted devices to developers is to actually do what you have set to do when you pressed the order button.
Also you should check if you are not in violation of your agreement when you ordered the device. I dont have any idea if its allowed or not to resell the device. I would be surprised if it is.
My 2 cents.
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When Microsoft handed me and Lumia 800 "for free" they basically wrote on the contract: "loan for 2 years" and that it shall be returned after that which would prevent me from selling it if I ever wanted. Probably something similar for you guys.
Like you said as well; Nokia is showing a lot of good-will and wants to get WP7 off the ground so it would be sad if some of the "devs" would try abusing it.
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When Microsoft handed me and Lumia 800 "for free" they basically wrote on the contract: "loan for 2 years" and that it shall be returned after that which would prevent me from selling it if I ever wanted. Probably something similar for you guys.
Like you said as well; Nokia is showing a lot of good-will and wants to get WP7 off the ground so it would be sad if some of the "devs" would try abusing it.
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Didn't realize nokia had a contract with the devs in order to receive the free phone. Are there NDA's involved too ? Is a credit card involed or is this tied to the devs payout account from the market (app sales) in any way ?
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Didn't realize nokia had a contract with the devs in order to receive the free phone. Are there NDA's involved too ? Is a credit card involed or is this tied to the devs payout account from the market (app sales) in any way ?
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Honestly I have no clue, I got my phone through a Microsoft programme as part of a deal that whomever managed to get 3 certified apps on the market within a month were to recieve a new Lumia 800. I had to sign a 2-paged contract and the relevant point in it was that you "borrowed it" and wasn't allowed to sell it on.
Nokia might want to protect themselves as well and not just giving out free money to some people, one way is to have a contract that screws over any dev if they sell it.
Just a quick reminder to everyone, any transactions that take place through XDA must happen in the Marketplace forum in a Public thread. This is one thing that is strictly enforced and is for the protection of both parties, as well as XDA.
Please read the Marketplace Rules and then check out the XDA Marketplace if you are looking to buy or sell a device.
Has anyone else that was in on this gotten theirs shipped yet? It's been a little over 2 weeks since they told me 2 weeks but still sitting at 'new order'.
Looks like I spoke too soon! just got my shipping notification, its being sent from TURKU - FINLAND. On another note I looked over the agreement for getting the phone and it looks as if it is treated just as I purchased the phone myself so resale is ok, I still however plan to use the phone for dev.
I am Confused which one to opt for ++ GOOGLE NEXUS 5 OR OPPO FIND 7 (32gb) version
I like Nexus due to google update and I like oppo for every thing else except Chinese phone (you know how is its impact in india)!!!!!!
So Should i trust OPPO but Then what about updates and I know that a phones life is only 18 months update cycle...
So is it worth getting Nexus 5 or Go for chinese company OPPO?
NO comparing specs can answer these ONLY one thing can ie, EXPERIENCE!
HOPPING FOR BEST REPLY!!!
I have posted a video also if you want you can check it>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXX5Qox8Jig
A lot of phones are assembled in China inc iPhone, oppo is regarded a very high quality company. Just look at their bluray players which are considered one of the best in the world.
Nexus 5 is made by LG, I would personal go for the oppo find 7, they have regular updates.
Thanks
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A lot of phones are assembled in China inc iPhone, oppo is regarded a very high quality company. Just look at their bluray players which are considered one of the best in the world.
Nexus 5 is made by LG, I would personal go for the oppo find 7, they have regular updates.
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Give me some more info about OPPO as I heard about this company only after launch of find 7.... then I searched about it and for info upto find 5.... I don't know how to trust it as I don't have it's base knowledge ..... As far as update goes its still on 4.3 ..while big cats have reached 4.4.2.... what about that ( pls read in as sweet manner)
don't expect 4.4 to come soon, a lot other chinese brand phones are still on even 4.2.2
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Give me some more info about OPPO as I heard about this company only after launch of find 7.... then I searched about it and for info upto find 5.... I don't know how to trust it as I don't have it's base knowledge ..... As far as update goes its still on 4.3 ..while big cats have reached 4.4.2.... what about that ( pls read in as sweet manner)
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They have been around for many years in regards to the AV industry and hold many awards for quality items. look at their bluray players and there new headphones,
AV products (just google some reviews)
http://www.oppo-bluray.co.uk/
Oppo Find 5 - roms thread 4.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oppo-find-5/development
they are known to produce high end products and they have not been in the mobile market long and leaping forward from my understanding.
more info on AV forums
http://www.avforums.com/threads/oppo-find-7.1867439/
Thanks
There are 3 threads devoted to discussions about devices, please repost your question in one of these three threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
I'm trying to get a group discount for tudia cases for the One.
There is a site called Massdrop which contacts the Manufacturer (Tudia) to get a discount for a group.
All you need to do is vote here: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/smartphone-case
After we get 200 votes we will get a discounted price from tudia.
Voting does NOT commit you to buy anything.
*massdrop usually ships internationally very cheaply which makes the deal even better.
Have a nice weekend and thanks for the support.:good:
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I'm trying to get a group discount for tudia cases for the One.
There is a site called Massdrop which contacts the Manufacturer (Tudia) to get a discount for a group.
All you need to do is vote here: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/smartphone-case
After we get 200 votes we will get a discounted price from tudia.
Voting does NOT commit you to buy anything.
*massdrop usually ships internationally very cheaply which makes the deal even better.
Have a nice weekend and thanks for the support.:good:
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thanks. voted
Thanks Voted
Voted
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Voted.
I wanted to order one but being in the UK I'd have to have one shipped from the US with a 7-23 day wait
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Voted .... Did you list this in the forums on the oneplus site? It would help get some people im sure.
95 more to go. Come on guys.
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We've got 120 of 200, please support even if you're not planning to buy.
Support the community!
voted..
Voted
Voted! Said 152/200.....now I just need an invite for the 1+1 :crying:
I voted for the metal/slate option, which is one of the two versions of the Cygen case that Amazon never offers with Prime.
Notice that the metal/slate case is the most requested version of the Cygen on Massdrop. Requests for that model outnumber others by almost two thirds.
The black/black case is the other version of the Cygen that has to be ordered directly.
i2k13: Have you thought about promoting that Massdrop page on other forums?
Possible places to promote it: The OnePlus Accessories Forum and Android Central's OnePlus One Forum (with *Accessories* as the tag).
I've posted on oneplus forum, if you have any other forums you know you are free to copy-paste this thread
We are @ 187/200 ATM
DONE!!!
Only Oneplus to go for 200 !!
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WTH, I went there to vote (I did) but I found out the target had already been reached. Cool!
Any update on this now that we are at 200??
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I've searched far and wide (not really) but haven't found a sub forum or thread hear for the htc 10 users of Sweden and Scandinavia. We need our own place to discuss the 10, it's accessories and the availability or lack their of.
I myself a resident of Stockholm are looking for some premium screen protectors and when the f is the ice case gonna drop?
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I also live on the same area and so far ALL my mobile phone accessories were ordered on eBay. The reason is simple: larger variety and much better prices. If you order from within Europe you get also fast shipping (like 5 days or so).
Anyway, to be honest, I do not think we should open a thread for each country... it doesn't really make sense.
-= Sent from a parallel universe through a wormhole =-
You have your own forum already, swedroid.com. Besides, cases and other accessories are the same for all the models afaik.