Touted as a “super” phone by Google, its Nexus One phone is now history in the United States after it was launched in January in this year. The search giant has announced that it will no longer sell the phone through its website after it has sold away its present stock.
The company in its blog has said, “Customer support will still be available for current Nexus One customers. And Nexus One will continue to be sold by partners including Vodafone in Europe, KT in Korea, and possibly others based on local market conditions.”.
The Nexus One is considered a signature Android phone as it uses the Google’s own operating system that it first created. The phone was facing stiff competition from Motorola’s Droid, Droid X and HTC Droid Incredible running on Verizon Wireless, Samsung’s Galaxy S, which will be sold on a variety of carriers, and the HTC Evo, that runs on Sprint’s high-speed 4G wireless network. Google wanted to sell the phone only through its websites which also damaged its prospects after the $529 phone became available. It was difficult for the Nexus One to gain much momentum as its sales were very low through the website. One reason for selling only via website was that Google wanted to avoid direct competition with other Android based handsets.
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