42 G1 Reception
The G1 didn’t overtake the iPhone in sales, didn’t become a worldwide best-seller, and didn’t become the phone that everyone had to have.
The reviews shared the opinion that it was . . . interesting. The hardware wasn’t awful, although the screen was quite small. It didn’t support video recording. And there were not many must-have applications beyond the pre-installed Google apps.
On the Android team, too, the reception was mixed. As Fadden said, “The G1 was right on the edge of good but was a bit lumpy and awkward.”
Dan Egnor agreed: “It was kind of this enthusiast device. Some people were excited about it, but in many ways, it was kind of a crappy device. It showed a lot of potential. But for somebody to adopt it? It wasn’t ...
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