Motorola DROID X included in the rare species list

2. JeffdaBeat posted on 27 Jul 2010, 07:18 0 0

I think it's different between Verizon and Sprint. Verizon comes out with a new Android phone every 5 or 6 months. Because of that, I think it's difficult to anticipate the demand of the phone and so it was purposefully understocked just in case the phone didn't take off like they wanted. Sprint...I have no excuse for. This was by far the sweetest phone they've come out with and they should have assumed that the first phone to work on WiMAX as well as the first powerful Android out there. There is no reason why Sprint shouldn't have asked for a huge stock of the EVO. With the amount of people that came out for the Instinct and the Palm Pre. They should have known. But it may also be that both companies want to make you believe the demand is much larger than it is. Sell out of something quickly and people believe that it's a hot selling item, even if you only sold 100 of them. We don't know how many Droid X's were sold and the Evo's sell out number isn't that huge, mostly because Sprint was understocked.

6. vzw fanman posted on 27 Jul 2010, 07:44 0 0

if you wanted the droid x so badly, you would have waited in line, got at your store before 12, or ordered online before 2 on release day. people who truly wanted the droid x won't wake up a week later and say, "i want a droid x so bad."

8. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 27 Jul 2010, 08:41 0 0

Exactly, i had mine on preorder the first day it became available to and i picked it up at 10 am on launch day at best buy right when they opened.

13. CHEFJEFF posted on 27 Jul 2010, 09:12 0 0

That's not the point. Can you read?

14. iHateCrapple posted on 27 Jul 2010, 09:33 0 0

Yea, you have a point fanman....but at the same time most people aren't phone whores like we are and some might have just found out about the phone. And advertising doesn't hit everywhere at the same time!

16. vzw fanman posted on 27 Jul 2010, 09:49 0 0

ya.

19. PapaJay224 posted on 27 Jul 2010, 11:13 0 0

The difference is if you "under order" you sell out and meet the damand of the sale then you get Market projections of the demand for the device to order more. If you order to much you end up haveing old phones sitting in your inventory forever like Sprint Palm Pre's and HTC Touch Pro 2's that nobody is going to buy. Not only that but by having a massive inventory the phone isnt as rare or desireable and leaves you vonerable to a better phone launching in the mean time. Imagine for a second that At&t opted for 1 million iPhone handsets and then WAM! A dominating Droid handset comes out and At&t cant sell all their phone because they orderd to many, that would be phone suicide! Cough cough, Kin phone, cough cough.

23. CHEFJEFF posted on 27 Jul 2010, 11:29 0 0

The Kin was a joke! It was aimed at teens only. Never before has Verizon marketed a phones as heavily as both Moto Droids. If your gonna hype the phone like that, don't run out of inventory. Kind of makes you look foolish! Then customers that wanted the Droid X, but can't get one, might end up going to AT&T and getting a stupid iPhone. Some people aren't patient enough to wait around for inventory to replenish. AT&T sold more iPhone4's than Verizon sold the Drioid X, did they run out of stock? NO!

29. ace1122 posted on 27 Jul 2010, 22:45 0 0

I think Verizon is doing this because they don't want to sell anymore of these phones until they start the tiered data pricing plans in a few days.

31. PapaJay224 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 11:10 0 0

Nice try, but no.

34. ace1122 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 13:04 0 0

Why not? What other reason is there? The incredible has its reason; limited amoled displays. What is the Droid X's excuse?

4. gambino37 posted on 27 Jul 2010, 07:35 0 0

Fail? Really? Not a chance in hell. Front facing cameras are a novelty at best right now. Have fun calling your one friend with that camera. The all mighty Droid X owns the EVO anyway.

7. anarkie posted on 27 Jul 2010, 08:09 0 0

Both the Evo and X are great phones. Why do you care to incite a pissing war? Ok, the Evo has the front cam. The X has a better GPU. In all technicality, the GPU takes a load off of the CPU, and helps the phone work faster and smoother. It's now your choice which one you'd rather have.

11. narley posted on 27 Jul 2010, 09:02 0 0

really? who do you know who uses the front facing camera? didnt think so...

18. Sinaps posted on 27 Jul 2010, 10:37 0 0

@gambino37 "Have fun calling your one friend" hahaha that made me laugh x]

22. Sniggly posted on 27 Jul 2010, 11:26 0 0

"The Evo is better!" "No, the Droid kicks its ass." "But-but-but the kickstand!...and the front facing camera!..."

33. herbiederb posted on 28 Jul 2010, 12:35 0 0

The main problem with the X is its a HUGE monstrosity.