Google stopped sales of the Nexus One "superphone," but offered it unlocked to developers who, apparently, bought out the whole inventory.
Google’s Nexus One “superphone” was not a hit with consumers—although the phone has many positive features, Google stopped sales of the Nexus One after its Web-based phone store failed to resonate with smartphone buyers. However, Google did offer its remaining Nexus One inventory to Android developers as a testing and development platform, and developers responded: Google says the Nexus One is sold out.
“We blew through the (substantial) initial inventory in almost no time, and they’re back-ordered from HTC,” wrote Google’s Tim Bray.
After discontinuing U.S. consumer sales of the Nexus One, Google made the Nexus One available unlocked to developers through the Android Developers Program; only registered developers were eligible, and they had to pay the full $530 price tag. Android developers have often praised the phone for its openness, and the fact it’s a “pure” Android device that doesn’t have the top-level skins applied to Android by the likes of HTC and Motorola.
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