Re: Low sales numbers on Nexus One.
20K units sold out of one store in one week has to be some kind of record!
Their new model seems to be a great way to increase profit margin, just not so sure it is overall more profitable. They pay actual developer cost for the phone, skip the major advertising campaign, bypass the normal retail channels AND get paid commissions/residuals for signing Tmobile contracts.
Also, Exclusive Tmobile resellers get higher payouts on contracts than retailers who sell other carrier's plans/products.
$300 profit per phone for 20K phones is 6 million dollars. Never mind the residuals from say 15000 $80/mo bills at 1.5% = $18000/mo. All of this is from one week of sales? I bet this launch has already more than paid for itself.
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