HTC has high hopes for the G1, like $18 billion high
- October 2nd, 2008
- 7 Comments
The excitement around the T-Mobile G1 is palpable (as is the skepticism), and HTC is planning on the Googlephone to contribute a huge amount to their bottom line. Over the next year, they’re hoping to ship $18 billion worth of the things, with a full $7 billion of that being in the rush and holiday season. That’s a lot of phones!
They really could hit those targets, especially with T-Mobile pushing the thing on new customers; after all, it’s not much of an investment, and it’s not too much of a stretch to tell unsure buyers that it does everything the iPhone does but costs less and has a full keyboard. Plus, as the Android Market starts heating up, we’re going to see a lot of really attractive apps — everyone’s building teams and I’m sure there’s a big independent effort as well.
Andrew (Who am I?)
2 months ago
That is 45M phones @ a carrier price of 400$ (probably less) in 12 months, for a SIM locked phone with no headphone jack or native Exchange compatibility. I think they are on opium, but best of luck to them.
Devin Coldewey (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I’m with you there. Maybe they’re including some kind of revenue sharing or behind the scenes dealmaking. It wasn’t very specific.
Ronnie (Who am I?)
1 month ago
They obviously mean $18billion profit, and they make $1 per phone in profit.. ;)
James Britton
1 month ago
Why on EARTH is there no headphone jack in this thing?
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