Sales of the Google Nexus One are now on the rise and beat the iPhone by 16 percent in February 2010, says RCS Limited, which expects the trend to continue. That data, based on U.K. results, contrasts with sales in the United States, where initial sales have been modest.
It isn't clear that the statistic means a whole heck of a lot, though. Sales practices are quite different in the U.S. market, compared to others where devices often are bought "unlocked" and at full retail prices. Since most U.S. iPhones are bought at subsidized prices, while many to most Nexus One devices are bought at full retail price, the sales comparisons are difficult. Any expensive device sold primarily "unlocked and at full retail" is going to have low sales volume in the U.S. mobile market.
Also, the Nexus One has been viewed by many as a "demonstration" project whose real objective is to show what can be done when Android open-source software and hardware are tightly integrated.
According to a report by Flurry, Google sold roughly 135,000 of its new Nexus One phones in its first 74 days on the market. By contrast, Apple sold 1 million of the original iPhones in the first 74 days, while Motorola sold 1.05 million Droid phones -- which are based on Google's Android software -- during the same timeframe.
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