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Originally Posted by allen099
I do understand the costs of R&D for a company, however you're forgetting who the company in this particular case is. Google went to HTC, gave them the specs that they want, saw some HTC prototypes, and that was it. HTC has been doing this for a lonnnnng time already. On the marketing front, it's Google. They put it up on their adsense, pay a little bit for some web banners and that's it. You're not seeing ads on TV or anywhere else. It's meant to be a phone that geeks initially adopt and then spread by word of mouth. For this company and for this phone, not much money was spent. Not even in distribution!
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Yes but you're letting the few dictate the norm in this case. By few I'm referring to the iPhone and Droid, and the tremendous marketing efforts put forth and quantities made for both phones. This is in fact not the norm and marketing for the Nexus One, while almost non existent, more closely resembles most other smartphones that still carry a full price in excess of $500. Consider as well that this phone, even with a European version, is produced in much smaller quantities than most any other HTC. There should be no foul called for Google charging $530.
Now for their customer service? That's another story... and another (try many) thread.