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Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by Mindless2112 »

Osmium wrote: post #81
gergles wrote: post #24

The fact that it is 2012 and stores still refuse to just let you give them money and then have them ship you a product is ridiculous. I don't want to sit here and wait for a store to open or for things to come 'back in stock' to buy a phone. That's why we invented computers, to automate boring tasks. I give you money, you put my name on a list, as phones come in, you ship them in the order of the names on the list. P…

> I give you money, you put my name on a list, as phones come in, you ship them in the order of the names on the list. Problem solved. This is open to abuse; if something's that heavily in demand, fake buyers will put their names down en masse and then resell them elsewhere and make a profit while honest consumers lose out.

And they can't do that with the limited-stock/item-sold-out system?

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Post by mrinterweb »

ryanhuff wrote: post #105
Greynum wrote: post #88

There are 8600 likes on google+ for the Nexus 4. If you are very generous you could say that would translate to 860,000 purchases. No decent smartphone manufacture plans for sales of less than 1 million units of its flagship product. The fact that the nexus 4 sold out in every country it was sold within one hour would only demonstrate complete operational incompetence on every level to be that far off the mark. It's…

It does feel that Google celebrates what I feel is actually incompetence.

We don't know how many units were shipped. We don't know if Google is celebrating this or if they knew this would happen. It is possible that LG has supply chain issues and they can not crank out phones to meet demand.

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by eventualEntropy »

jondcampbell wrote: post #101
bvi wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's odd. I wasn't notified by email when it apparently became available. Were people just refreshing Google Play nonstop until they saw an option to buy it?

Yes. yes we were.

Anybody have any more luck in canada?

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by jusben1369 »

malandrew wrote: post #87
gergles wrote: post #24

The fact that it is 2012 and stores still refuse to just let you give them money and then have them ship you a product is ridiculous. I don't want to sit here and wait for a store to open or for things to come 'back in stock' to buy a phone. That's why we invented computers, to automate boring tasks. I give you money, you put my name on a list, as phones come in, you ship them in the order of the names on the list. P…

I wish the media instead started spinning the notion of selling out as negative. This headline could have also read "Google fails to forecast demand for Nexus 4. Runs out of stock"

Yeah. I'm not sure they'd ever go that far. After all, it's always better to be understocked than overstocked. Sold out after 24 to 48 hours may represent unprecedented demand. After 50 minutes it's kind of mindless marketing manipulation.

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by jwong42 »

Roritharr wrote: post #4

Just like in every other country that has launched it... It would make it so much less painful if they atleast give me the option to pre-order the next batch so i don't have to recheck all my info-sources all the time...

Yea, I agree. I was planning get one but didn't get a chance. Even if we can't pre-order, it would be great if they release some info about when the next batch will be available.

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by mrinterweb »

Greynum wrote: post #88

There are 8600 likes on google+ for the Nexus 4. If you are very generous you could say that would translate to 860,000 purchases. No decent smartphone manufacture plans for sales of less than 1 million units of its flagship product. The fact that the nexus 4 sold out in every country it was sold within one hour would only demonstrate complete operational incompetence on every level to be that far off the mark. It's…

You don't know that it was a stunt. It is possible they sold many phones. I really doubt that 8600 likes translates to sales numbers. There is no way of knowing if Google sold 500 or 2 million phones before it ran out of stock. It is also possible that LG does not have the production capacity meet demand. It would be a marketing stunt if Google is intentionally creating a supply shortage, but I doubt that is Google game. Then again, we won't know until Google releases a statement about how Nexus 4s have been sold.

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by Ives »

What's incredible is that the Nexus 4 is so successful that LG won't make it available in Belgium or the Netherlands[1].

So they clearly think they can sell all of their stock for the foreseeable future in just a few countries.

[1] http://tweakers.net/nieuws/85507/lg-brengt-nexus-4-niet-uit-... (in dutch)

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by bagacrap »

SODaniel wrote: post #128
edw519 wrote: post #63

1922: heroin 1932: alchohol 1942: nicotine 1952: amphetamines 1962: marijuana 1972: acid 1982: crack cocaine 1992: crystal meth 2002: X 2012: smartphones

You forgot 'Tickle me Elmo' back in 2008.

tickle me elmo was a craze in 1996

Re: Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 minutes

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Post by nsns »

dredmorbius wrote: post #117
nsns wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So now capitalism itself is the opium of the people?

Given my fascination with things dopamineagenic and their interplay in modern consumer commerce, that is a very insightful observation. Note that Marx's version is usually given as "the opiate of the masses", but still.

Not really that insightful... [0]

[0]http://www.wbenjamin.org/passageways.html

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