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nlanier on Aug 2, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android Sales Overtake iPhone in the U.S.

+1 This more or less mirrors what I just said. The Nexus One is a tragedy not because the phone itself is bad; in fact it is quite the opposite - The Nexus One is a tragedy because it is the best smartphone on the market and Google/HTC/T-Mob didn't bother to tell anyone about it.

orangecat on Aug 2, 2010 [–]

And also because its failure (from a sales perspective) will further entrench the dysfunctional model of subsidized phones that are deliberately crippled.

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