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Verizon claims they sold "a lot" of Droids on it's first weekend
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It turns out "a lot" is about 100,000 Motorola (MOT Quote) Droid phones sold on the first weekend.
Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie estimates that Verizon (VZ Quote) sold more than half of the 200,000 Droid phones Motorola supplied to its stores. All Verizon would say Monday is that it sold "a lot."
But 100,000 is not a lot, especially for a device that is crucial to the revival of a fallen Motorola. Nor is 100,000 a lot for Verizon, the No.1 telco hoping to hold that position by stopping customers from defecting to AT&T (T Quote) for the Apple (AAPL Quote) iPhone.
"This puts the Droid debut in the same category as the Palm (PALM Quote) Pre, and that's a little troubling," says Nielsen wireless analyst Roger Entner.
One has to think that Plan A for Verizon was to have a blockbuster Droid and an ongoing partnership with Google (GOOG Quote) that would rival the winning combination of AT&T and Apple.
Plan B will now almost definitely include the iPhone.
"Verizon wants the iPhone and they will get the iPhone, but it certainly strengthens your negotiation hand if you have a viable alternative," says Entner.
AT&T's exclusive iPhone sales agreement with Apple is set to expire next year and Verizon is widely expected to add the iconic phone to its lineup.
I wonder how much Verizon spent on their ad campaign?
Yancy are you planning to sell your IPhone/leave AT&T and buy a Droid/Join VZW? because i'm not sure why you are creating this Droid/VZW thread unless a) you have a genuine interest or b) you're creating the threads so you can unknowinly start conflict between the phone/carrier and your phone/carrier and bash it in the process..
i'm curious
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Yancy are you planning to sell your IPhone/leave AT&T and buy a Droid/Join VZW? because i'm not sure why you are creating this Droid/VZW thread unless a) you have a genuine interest or b) you're creating the threads so you can unknowinly start conflict between the phone/carrier and your phone/carrier and bash it in the process..
i'm curious
I've said it before, I like Android because it has potential but it hasn't come far enough yet to make me leave my Iphone/AT&T and move to VZW. When the Motorola Milestone is launched in Canada, I may purchase an unlocked version & use it with AT&T since AT&T has been great for me so far. This article was just so surprising because I thought with all the ads, they would've sold more devices. Especially since, VZW has much more customers to upgrade to the Droid. I consider myself a technophile so I like gadgets. I'm not loyal to any brand.
Verizon claims they sold "a lot" of Droids on it's first weekend
