Facebook Home Flagship Phone, HTC First, May Be Discontinued 192
zacharye writes "The HTC First, or 'Facebook phone' as many prefer to call it, is officially a flop. It certainly wasn't a good sign when AT&T dropped the price of HTC's First to $0.99 just one month after its debut, and now BGR has confirmed that HTC and Facebook's little experiment is nearing its end. BGR has learned from a trusted source that sales of the HTC First have been shockingly bad. So bad, in fact, that AT&T has already decided to discontinue the phone. Our source at AT&T has confirmed that the HTC First, which is the first smartphone to ship with Facebook Home pre-installed, will soon be discontinued and unsold inventory will be returned to HTC. How much unsold inventory is there? We don’t have an exact figure, but things aren’t looking good. According to our source, AT&T sold fewer than 15,000 units nationwide through last week when the phone’s price was slashed to $0.99."
Unbelievable. (Score:2, Funny)
I thought that the Facebook phone would have been the ultimate iPhone killer. It is, after all, the social media age and Facebook integration should have ensured success.
Blame HTC (Score:4, Funny)
There was a translation problem when the order came in,
"We want a smart, flip-phone" got translated to "We want a smart, flopped-phone".
And boy, did HTC deliver!
Re:Misread their market. (Score:3, Funny)
not everyone's phone gets discontinued so quickly... they should feel special