Deutsche Telekom has announced the sale of 1 million G1′s in the US since October 2008 which may sound like a small number when compared to the iPhone numbers. However, when you consider the size of T-Mobile in the US and the relative maturity of the unit, this is an impressive start.
“In addition, the advance costs in the first quarter of 2009 resulting from the 3G roll-out contributed to the decline in results. The sale of more than 1 million G1 handsets since the market launch in October 2008 alone, and a total of over 1.5 million 3G-capable handsets sold in the United States, clearly shows, however, that customers are demanding products and ser-vices based on these increased bandwidths and that the provision of these products and services is an important selling point in competition. T-Mobile USA will therefore increase the number of POPs covered by the 3G net-work this year from 107 million to 205 million.”
What is odd to me is that I have yet to see one in the coffee shops I visit (Todd’s measure of how popular a phone is. The airport is my other measuring place). When the Treo was big, I saw them everywhere. Now I see the iPhone a lot. But not one GPhone. I finally had to go to a kiosk to see it.
If everyone with a G1 reading the site could go to a coffee shop near Todd that would be good:) I still don’t see many iPhone strangely, but apparently everyone has one?
I see a lot of people with iPhones but have only seen one person with a G1 (in the UK). I also see a lot of people with iPhones with a dea battery
I’ve not seen any other G1′s. Interesting I’ve seen far more original iPhones than 3G ones.