Related
COULD IT BE TRUE!!! sounds convincing and looks convincing too oh man im excited..179 at walmart in july! cant wait to get rid of my iphone for it ..long live tmobile!
http://phandroid.com/2009/05/08/t-mobile-g2-mytouch-coming-to-usa-in-july-via-walmart-with-icing/
Well that is what I have been wondering too. I am selling my blackstone on craig's list, and returning the LG Arena to Handtec that I just got yesterday. I REALLY WAN'T the G2, but cannot find concrete info on when it is coming to the states!
redrazr7791 said:
Well that is what I have been wondering too. I am selling my blackstone on craig's list, and returning the LG Arena to Handtec that I just got yesterday. I REALLY WAN'T the G2, but cannot find concrete info on when it is coming to the states!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
me to i sold my blackstone on ebay for 580..but the information seems like its legit..its a leaked roadmap and it has group of other phones on there..hopefully it comes
Yea i spoke to a t-mobile sales rep at a store yesterday and when I asked about the G2 they were sort of suprised I knew what I was talking about. they told me that when walmart gets their inventory, that they shouldn't be to far behind if not receive it sooner.
check this out
man i wish i would of gone to this..but atleast we know for sure its tmobile
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/27/google-i-o-attendees-getting-free-unlocked-htc-magic-with-us-3g/
Dam. I think I'm gonna wait a couple of months before getting a new phone. Check out the G2 or Morrison as well.
No important question, just wondering if anyone knows what happens with the unsold phones?
I guess not every X10 or other manufactured phone is sold, so what is SE doing with the remaining phones, and i think there are a few.
berbecverde said:
No important question, just wondering if anyone knows what happens with the unsold phones?
I guess not every X10 or other manufactured phone is sold, so what is SE doing with the remaining phones, and i think there are a few.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They are warehoused until a store runs out of stock and orders more.
that is not what i wanted to know.
now the x10 is a great phone but lets say in 1 or 2 years no one will buy it anymore, and i think that in the WAREHOUSE there are still quite some mobile phones left. I doubt that Se or any other mobile phone producer can make the exact number of phones they can sell. So the question is :
when no one will want to buy the mobile phone what will happen with the Phones in the WAREHOUSE?
- destroyed ? not likely ,pretty stupid idea
- gift to the poor people ? not likely,
someone?
Any device will only be produced in limited numbers unless they need more. That's why some places run out of stock and have to wait to get new stock in. The warehouse itself will only stock a certain number of units at a time and will distribute them accordingly.
Retailers will sell any device until it runs out, that's why you see "discontinued item sales" all the time. Once an item is discontinued from production, the warehouse will no longer be able to order it. Then they make sure they liquidate the leftover stock ASAP by offering rebates to vendors who order from them.
The short answer, the warehouse will likely never have phones left over that don't sell. They will just supply what's left until it's all gone.
thank you.
it is good to know
Why the delay?? Just as was the case with the Motorola Backflip, the little people at AT&T are busy crippling the Streak and adding their UI changes and their bloatware/crapware.
They promised Backflip purchasers an early update from 1.3x, guess how that has turned out. The UI and other changes done by the AT&T gnomes make the update much, much harder.
What is seldom mentioned is that with adding these changes to the Streak will also make it harder and harder to later do FROYO. Maybe impossible! Buttons are already non-standard right out of the box. Add the UI and the crapware.....
We should start a pool, whoever can guess the month and year you can get your Streak OTA to FROYO or GINGERBREAD gets a free HTC android phone with the latest upgrades Factory installed and de-bugged.
Knowing all this already, looks like AT&T has done a deal so that, at least initially, the've axed T-Mobile and there will be no direct competitive Dell sales of unlocked and uncrippled Streaks.
hmose said:
Knowing all this already, looks like AT&T has done a deal so that, at least initially, the've axed T-Mobile and there will be no direct competitive Dell sales of unlocked and uncrippled Streaks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting, and I'll take 03 '12 for the pool
Any source on the "...no direct competitive Dell sales..."?
I Hope I am wrong on that but during the short history of Android on AT&T no manufacturer of any device sold by AT&T has at the same time sold it directly unlocked. Nor during that same period, has AT&T ever provided an upgrade to any of its Android phones. History has a way of repeating itself. Again, maybe this is the dawn of a new era. I hope AT&T and Dell are listening.
Apple likewise does not sell the IPhone direct and unlocked. Go figure!
As Apple has repeatedly warned this week, if you own an unlocked Iphone, it is not in warranty. That is now true of AT&T Android phones is it not?
I hope you're wrong too
My initial (gut reation) thoughts were towards 2 recent items, 1) the ruling that thou shalt not lock thy devices, and 2) Dell seems to be committed to direct sales of their devices and doing so unlocked.
However, these idealological thoughts aside, you're right, recent history doesn't support my dreams.
I went to a large Carphone Warehouse store in the centre of Bristol today. No Nexus S dummy models on display, no posters, no literature.
I asked an employee about the phone and here's how the conversation went:
- "Hi, do you have any Nexus Ss in stock?"
-- "Nexus what?"
- "Nexus S, it's the new phone from Google & Samsung"
-- "Sorry, haven't heard of it"
- "Err... it came out today and it's a Carphone Warehouse exclusive"
-- "Well... we'll probably get some in next week"
I know this isn't exactly the launch of the next iPhone, but you'd think since Carphone Warehouse have paid to be the only distributor in the UK, they might at least have a poster or something saying 'Coming Soon'.
I'll be disappointed if in the new year the tech sites start reporting poor Nexus S sales and lack of consumer interest in the UK. I fear that with a launch like this, the phone doesn't have a chance
Nexus s doesn't come out until the 22nd in the UK.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
japher said:
I'll be disappointed if in the new year the tech sites start reporting poor Nexus S sales and lack of consumer interest in the UK. I fear that with a launch like this, the phone doesn't have a chance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hopefully Google does better next time. Best Buy as reseller is EPIC FAIL however.
umbrella42 said:
Hopefully Google does better next time. Best Buy as reseller is EPIC FAIL however.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed. My anus is quite sore from being effed by bestbuy. All I want for christmas is my Nexus S
Carphone warehouse haven't got a clue half the time, i've been in that place countless times, asking about products, and they don't have a clue! But they know everything about the iPhone, typical.
I went in to a store in Newcastle today and they told me that they weren't getting any in store at all.
reckon3r said:
I went in to a store in Newcastle today and they told me that they weren't getting any in store at all.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In UK Nexus S is non-distributed exclusively by Carphone Warehouse, a as worse as Best Buy company.
This is so ridiculous - Eric Schmidt must be a Monty Python fan.
Vodafone was just like this with the n1 when it first came out. It might go down to profit margins compared to the more favorable models of phones that have a bigger profit. Nexus phones are good solid phones but don't seem to be the taste of Joe public only a small number. I'm not to sure why Google is with Vodafone again the only thinking i have behind this is they branch across Europe and parts of Asia.
http:// http://androidheadlines.com/2013/05/htc-one-still-not-selling-as-well-as-the-galaxy-s4.html
It's interesting reading this article and the readers posts.
From my experience unless your buying an iPhone or Samsung the sales assistant does not know a thing and will guide you to either if you ask for anything but these 2 brands?
If I try and buy accessories for my HTC One it's almost near impossible as well.
Yesterday I was in Bluewater shopping center in Kent, now until Westfield opened it was the largest shopping center in europe.
I walked from one end of it to the other and there's 2x carphone warehouse, 2x phones4u, 1x EE, 2X O2, 1x Vodafone, 1x independent phone shop.
Now I kid you not I just wanted a replacement case for my phone, no one and I mean no one had one!
What they did have mind is racks of s4 cases! But ironic as it is they didn't have any s4 phones!
When I did enquire they just brushed me off and always gave a negative passing comment.
This I would like to think would not be having a negative effect on their sales but I can bet is has? When I upgraded the sale assistant was 'advising' me to wait 4 weeks for the new Samsung handset as it would be 'worth the wait'.
Has anyone else had experiences like this?
My local cpw prefered the one over the Sony I went in to look at. They suggested waiting for an iphone, I wasn't interested. They only had the car holder available for the one, no cases or anything else. The car holder I bought for £14 less from ebay, shopping around helps.
The shop didn't have a real one as a demo unit, so I bought it without seeing one. Glad I did though
jiggle_ said:
My local cpw prefered the one over the Sony I went in to look at. They suggested waiting for an iphone, I wasn't interested. They only had the car holder available for the one, no cases or anything else. The car holder I bought for £14 less from ebay, shopping around helps.
The shop didn't have a real one as a demo unit, so I bought it without seeing one. Glad I did though
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have to agree with both of the above comments. I tried cancelling my contract via retentions and wanted to ask for deals on the HTC one. All I gotwas deals on cheap ass phones and when I asked about deals on the HTC one they realised I wanted something high end and said I could pre order the s4 or the iPhone is a good phone. I was like.... No .... I'm interested in the HTC one. Sure enough any "deals" were the same as a new customer could get by goinng through the website! Needless to say I got my Pac code and left.
The retentions guy and subsequent calls had no interest in offering the HTC one at all and like mentioned above. It's either Samsung or iPhone they offer people. Unless people see the one for themselves and don't get swade by the sales people HTC will miss a lot of sales due to the sales pitch of customer reps pushing other brands instead of being impartial like they claim to be!!
Can anyone tell us whether commission or sales bonuses etc have a bearing on this?
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
Yes I noticed this too, already when I was deciding on buying a desire and wanted to see some all sales assistants always wanted to show me the sgs too.
Anyway Samsung is smart I saw they make a lot of accessories for their phones too. I still haven't found a pouch for my One and indeed lots of accessories for the sgs4 even when it hadn't even been released.
One assistant though assured me none of the pouches would fit because he had tried them for his own One.
jamiee6610 said:
Has anyone else had experiences like this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a shop assistant.
It knows less than you do but is convinced that it knows more.
See also record shops and hi-fi shops.
Clothes shop assistants are the opposite because they always know you look a total spunt in what you've chosen to wear but will never tell you.
Avoid shop assistants.
Maybe we should make HTC aware of our experiences if this is happening to us I wonder how many more it happened to?
Surely this has to be having some impact on their sales?
I was in Carphone Warehouse the other day; a couple in front of me were wanting to Upgrade there HTC Incredible S, first of all the assistant kept calling it the One S, obviously not having a clue what phone they were on about. Secondly the couple said they were preferable looking for another HTC and the assistant came out with "oh I wouldn't bother, Samsung is what everyone wants and should have now" and tried to tie them down to a S2 for 2 years.
This isn't the first time I've seen Carphone Warehouse and there Samsung biased. It's ridiculous. After they were gone and I finally got served, I told her the One was the best phone I'd ever used and not everyone "wants a Samsung" she didn't have much to say this time around.
UOKM8 said:
I was in Carphone Warehouse the other day; a couple in front of me were wanting to Upgrade there HTC Incredible S, first of all the assistant kept calling it the One S, obviously not having a clue what phone they were on about. Secondly the couple said they were preferable looking for another HTC and the assistant came out with "oh I wouldn't bother, Samsung is what everyone wants and should have now" and tried to tie them down to a S2 for 2 years.
This isn't the first time I've seen Carphone Warehouse and there Samsung biased. It's ridiculous. After they were gone and I finally got served, I told her the One was the best phone I'd ever used and not everyone "wants a Samsung" she didn't have much to say this time around.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This behaviour is quiet concerning, I took the time to email them yyesterday after reading the replies.
I have to ask how damaging must this been to a company like HTC who right now are on the ropes?
Well its taken 4 high streets, 1 retail park and 2 shopping centres but i managed to find a case!
O2 had 3 in stock, they said the only get a few at a time because of lack of interest, again asked why didnt i wait for the SG4?
I remembered after I posted, I went to cpw 3 times altogether, first time I was told the phone was free with the contract I wanted. But my gf was moaning so we left. I went back just before the shop closed but then found I needed to pay a bit towards it. I didn't have any money on me.
I went back the following morning, the nice girl told me they where out of stock. I said you had them last night when you closed, can you check.
The nice girl came back with the phone I wonder how many other customers where turned away. If I hadn't insisted they had them I would have left without it.
HTC could do with better support from retailers
Samsung offer very large subsidies/rewards to retailers who sell their phones especially the flagship model which is maybe why everyone gets redirected to those phones. Also HTC brand awareness is not as strong as Samsung or Apple whose marketing budget is ridiculous! Samsung have released several adverts for the S4, especially in America where as I can only just remember the HTC one advert.
I know HTC in America have started offering vouchers or cash back to customers who buy their phone so may be more ONES will be sold in the future.
posted from a month ago, but While I was at the At&t store, Really surprised how:
A): not a single person was looking at the 3 HTC ones they had displayed -the guy couldn't even find them through the sea of other phones. I barely noticed them and showed him where they were - after I finally found them. No one there seemed to know anything about the phone either. Was there for an hour and NO ONE (except me) even looked at one and there were probably 30-40 people there. Funny thing is i thought there would be a crowd and id have to fight for one. SADLY was a breeze. This was the first week they were out.The store was litered with samsung, apple and LG.
And B): the ONE display was facing the back of the store and was no where even remotely visible to anyone that could walk in. Not even noticeable unless you knew that the phone was aluminum and knew exactly what you were looking for.
you expect too much from these shops
its like expecting camera advice in pcworld
they have heaps of phones and want to sell the latest, because these have the highest margins
the CPW i went into were quite sanguine about the one vs s4, the assistant said the one is nicer and they were roughly selling 50/50
i eventually bought it from a phones4u as it was cheaper and they weren't umming and arring about selling one off contract
There are two things about this issue.
First of all, not all of the sellers have tech knowledge good enough and yes it doesn't make sense. BUT, it is kinda understandable. I mean, there will be someone else there who can help you.
But what really annoys me had happened to me a few days ago. I was in a biiiig techmarket, comparing XZ, S4 and One, and some stupid sales assistant came and was like "omg why are you checking them just buy s4 rest is crap"
Even if what he said was true, this was the most annoying thing i've ever heard from a sales assistant. You are only there to inform, noone cares about your subjective comments. I'd have fired him right away.
Two largest T-mobile centres here and another operator (3 total) never heard of One, still don't have it and don't know when will it arrive. They all redirect me to information about One S, SV, etc.
People are raging like nuts here, spamming T-mobile and HTC pages on Facebook, etc.
Consequences of bad marketing...
I work at Cpw and I do my best to promote the one. We only have two types of cases and at least 6 different for the s4
verminatorno5 said:
I work at Cpw and I do my best to promote the one. We only have two types of cases and at least 6 different for the s4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The sales assistant that helped me with my One today complained about same thing. He said that HTC One is the "not so popular" big gun. He said they don't have any accessories yet, not even from HTC.
Oh well, at least the phone is sooo good this time.
I just picked up my One yesterday.
I walked into the Telus store and asked the salesman what he would recommend in an android phone and the first one he showed me was the HTC One!
Also the Nexus 4 was recommended as well.
He barely mentioned the SG4. It was tucked away with the rest of the phones but the One was right in front of the door as you walked in and couldn't miss it if you tried.
When asked what phone he would use, he picked the HTC One.
Things are looking up.