Comments on: LG boosting Nexus 4 production in light of high demand http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/ Sat, 25 May 2013 06:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rann Xeroxx http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1305600 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1305600 Its a solid phone at a good price and it does Android OS right and keeps it up to date w/o the crapware.

This is really Google’s first best seller and so I can give them some slack as not knowing what demand would really be. Now next year if they have the same problems with an updated one, then you start to wonder.

Quite frankly I have no idea why a tech savy person would buy an iPhone over a Nexus 4 compared to the cost and OS unless you are just entrenched in Apple’s walled garden (as many are).

]]> By: robin http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1302483 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:26:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1302483 Preorders are generally frowned upon due to the illegal/deceptive actions/practises of some other companies.
Google did do what you have suggested in a roundabout way, they took expressions of interest by email, and said they would get back to people. So they DID know in advance what demand was.

]]> By: Geno http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1302250 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:31:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1302250 Why doesn’t Google take preorders? I would be willing to place a deposit to preorder my phone. That should help them get an estimate on demand.

]]> By: adamson http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1302152 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:33:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1302152 given up waiting, off to find something else

]]> By: John Thomas http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1302087 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:32:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1302087 There may be a mistranslation here. I think Cathy Robin said that Google’s sales estimates were 10 times higher for the UK and Germany than for France, not that Google underestimated demand by a factor of ten,

]]> By: Danox http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1302017 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:42:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1302017 Samsung, Amazon, and Google never report actual number’s sold, and it is reflected in their quarterly earning reports.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1301957 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:19:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1301957 No and I don’t think either company would. Sales figures are hard enough to come by these days; production figures even less so.

]]> By: eric perlberg http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1301955 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:18:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1301955 Did anybody mention any concrete numbers so we know how to interpret the vague descriptors of demand.?

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1301945 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:40:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1301945 While we’re touching the subject of the Play Store’s hardware sales, how can Samsung’s Chromebook be out of stock for 8-10 weeks?

Something is off here. It smells like relationship problems and persistent incompetence (which can easily go hand in hand) in Google’s retail operations.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/lg-boosting-nexus-4-production-in-light-of-high-demand/#comment-1301920 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:58:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602908#comment-1301920 A press release 10 weeks after a disastrous launch, promising to boost production in a few more weeks, deserves more critical analysis before publication. Or it’s free promotion and a nearly free pass for both Google and LG.

They underestimated demand? OK, it happens, but to then be effectively out of stock for 10 weeks? What are LG’s production lead times? What else is going on here? Has the Optimus G, which uses many of the same components but brings in a much higher margin, been similarly supply-constrained?

And how about Google? Why did they ship some units within days, when customers in the same region who’d ordered weeks prior had to wait? How can they not ship even the peripherals when they launch the Nexus 4 (bumper), Nexus 7 (dock) and Nexus 10 (flip cover, Pogo charger). Who was in charge of Google’s hardware sales in November? Are they still in charge?

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