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Sunday, 21 December 2008 23:34 |
 I don't have any inside knowledge into T-Mobile's plans for follow-ups to the Google Android mobile operating-based G1, which according to Cell Phone Signal includes a G2 smart phone ready to roll out at the end of January.
But I will say that VentureBeat's MC Siegler looks at this notion through the proper lens; it's absurd. Why would T-Mobile launch a follow-up device when the jury is still out on the G1?
Siegler's right when he compares the situation to when Apple lowered the price of its iPhone by a couple hundred dollars. Those who bought the iPhone for $599 only to see the price go to $399 in September 2007 were furious, lighting into the company because they felt robbed.
With that precedent, consumers who bought the G1 would be ticked off at the idea of a new T-Mobile Android gadget just three months after the first iteration.
For Google's part, I recognize the company's rabid desire to see phones based on Android proliferate like rabbits and saturate the market to trump the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile on choice. But would it let T-Mobile risk alienating the alleged 1 million-plus G1 owners?
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