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Re:Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 min... by jxi on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:05PM (#4779468)
My gut feel is the opposite. This is a ridiculous phone, for a ridiculous price. I personally wanted it and couldn't get it Today yet, and I know of at least 5 other people (outside the US) who've been pinging me to see if it's going to be available anytime soon. Pretty sure it's a demand-issue this time.
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Re:Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 min... by kemiller on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @01:07PM (#4779480)
If the numbers are good, they'll brag about them. If they don't, it's a pretty good sign that it's supply.
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Re:Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 min... by KirinDave on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @06:51PM (#4781284)
Given it's 50 minutes, the numbers don't have to be incredibl good to make a really impressive-sounding rate.

Let's say they had a quarter million units for sale for their first run (given their Nex7 sales, totally reasonable). That means they're selling ~80 phones a second.

Now did Apple sell more? Sure. Does that mean these numbers are bad, even in a relative sense given the obscurity of the Nexus brand, the troubles during launch and the location of sale?

No. Supply or Demand, this is good for Nexus.

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Re:Google's Nexus 4 smartphone sells out in the US in 50 min... by billnguyen on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @05:49PM (#4781091)
If this is Apple that'd be true, but since when has Google really bragged about any sales numbers?
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