Motorola Droid sales reportedly hit 100,000 since launch
By Will Park on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 11:35 AM PST In Android, Financial/Corporate News, Hottest Hardware, Motorola, Rumors
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is reportedly doing well with their Motorola Droid. Despite reports from some bitter bloggers about not finding any lines outside their local Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless store on Droid launch-day, the latest word on the street has Motorola pushing some 100,000 Android-powered Motorola Droid phones into anxious customer hands over the weekend. The estimate comes from an analyst citing Verizon’s nationwide stock of 200,000 Motorola Droid, of which roughly half have already found new homes.
We haven’t heard a peep from Motorola as to just how well the Droid is selling, but Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie believes that Verizon Wireless had about 200,000 Droid phones on hand for the November 6 launch. “I see the first few days as encouraging,” McKechnie said. “There seems to be pretty good demand — they’ve taken the right steps and picked a good partner with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on the Android side.”
The encouraging launch-weekend sales estimates could signal Motorola’s return to relevance in the mobile space. Motorola is expected to sell 1 million Android-powered smartphones this quarter, with 10 million units sold in 2010. Still, the numbers pale in comparison to conservative predictions that have Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) selling 8 million iPhones this quarter and about 28.5 million iPhones in 2010.
The Droid is obviously a good start for Motorola’s comeback, but the mobile phone maker has a lot of work to do in the long-term. It should be interesting to see how the Droid sells throughout the holiday shopping season, which has traditionally been a boon for iPhone-maker Apple.
[Via: Bloomberg]
Droid? Guys with Droids = No girlfriend. Welcome to the land of geek virgins. Droid? Good grief!
More drivel from the Internet and garbage from Motleyrola!
In a recent independent poll of over 900 Motorola Droid owners at droidreviews dot net(I do not have any vested interest in them), 96.01% rated their Droid 4 or 5 out of a possible 5 stars.
This is rather a high ranking when you realize that people with complaints are generally the first to speak their minds.
I personally found the camera to be pretty clunky, but aside from that, LOVE my Droid, and the TwiDroid Twitter app.