Google Nexus One Impact: The Winners and Losers
I sat through the launch webcast and wrote down some thoughts.
Winners
-T-Mobile: they have a hot iPhone buzz worthy product to sell exclusively at launch
-Consumers: finally some decent competition to Apple’s iPhone is always a good thing. Google Nexus One has a faster CPU processor, better 5 mega-pixel camera with flash and video recording, 2 microphones for noise-cancellation of background noise, expandable flash storage with Micro SD slot, voice-to-text feature in the OS where you can literally “speak your tweets”, Adobe flash video support, and the ability to use multiple apps at the same time (huge)
-Verizon: in a few months they will also have a iPhone worthy competitive offering
-Google: launching the best or at least second best smart-phone on the market, which will help their Android mobile OS gain market-share to be at least the #2 player for good
-HTC: manufacturing and being instrumental in the design of Google Nexus One. This product may sell tens of millions of units for them
Losers
-Apple: some buyers will definitely choose Android now over iPhone for the new features mentioned above
-Research in Motion: their java OS looks older and older each day. The market is clearly discounting the fact that some day in the future an Android OS phone with a keyboard is going to eat their lunch
-Palm: is anyone going to buy a Pre if a faster, more capable, with far more apps Google Nexus One is available on Verizon?
-Motorola: although Google did give them the carrot of selling Droid phones on Google’s phone web store, Droid on Verizon is the big loser when Google Nexus One for Verizon launches. For the best Android smart-phone contest, Nexus One crushes Droid at least in its current form