Google to close down web store

[Dragon2]

Originally Posted by mindfrost82

I read a story where they said the main reason Sprint and Verizon decided against it was because they didn't like the fact that people had to buy it through Google. They couldn't get the hands-on experience in the store.

Honestly, I don't know why Google doesn't offer both. They could sell them in retail stores so people could play with them and experience it, but then they could also sell it online.

Look at At&t/Rogers/Telus for example, they don't offer a subsidized option like T-Mobile does. Its not an official At&t phone, its just an unlocked version that works with their bands. So why not continue to sell those versions online? You can buy At&t-compatible Nokia phones online, why make this different?

QEven if a carrier doesn't want to subsidize it, they could still have it in the stores so people can get the hands-on experience.

I agree. Google f-ed up on selling this online only, it could have been a real hit sold in stores, that said, regardless of the sales being a failure, this is a sweet phone and the sales don't make it any less sweet....

I'm flashed to cyanogen and its fantastic....

I love my n1 so much I sleep with it.

[joe50000]

Honestly if they had this phone available in stores where people could take a look at how great it is, then it would have taken off even better.

[cg83]

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

ill have to find the story i read the other day. they dropped it due to the way it would have to be sold & serviced through google only. it didn't have anything to do with the evo or incredible.

but on the N1 site advertisement those are the 2 phones they recommended for Sprint and Verizon