Google's Been Unable toMeet Demand for Nexus6: CFO Patrick Pichette

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Google announced its earnings report on
Thursday where it reported a slowdown
in revenue up to 10 percent in the last
three months of 2014, when compared t
the same period in 2013. During Google'
earnings call, Chief Financial Officer
Patrick Pichette talked about few reason
for the company's revenue slowdown
and blamed the inability to meet the
demand for the Google Nexus 6
smartphone as one of the reasons.

9to5google quotes Pichette on the
earnings call addressing the issue , "Whil
the Nexus 6 was well received as a new
phone, we had real issues and were
unable to secure sufficient inventory to
meet the demand that we had forecast."
Further adding more Pichette noted that
production problems also hurt Google's
ability to meet demand for Nexus 6
smartphones.

Talking about more issues that affected
the company's revenue, Pichette added,
"Google results were dented by a strong
dollar, reducing the value of income
earned outside the United States."
Unfortunately, Pichette did not talk abou
how the company will improve the
availability of the Nexus 6 globally.

To refresh, Google launched the
Motorola -made Nexus 6 in October last
year while the handset reached Indian
shores last month. The Google Nexus 6
32GB variant went on sale in India at Rs.
43,999, and the 64GB variant at Rs.
48,999. At the launch Motorola had
confirmed that the Nexus 6 will be
available in 28 countries (including
India) across Europe, Asia-Pacific and
North America. The Nexus 6 handset
however has been a tough device to buy
for consumers. In India, Google Play
started off sales of the Nexus 6 much
after partner Flipkart, and both outlets
suffered from availability issues.

Currently, the Nexus 6 32GB is listed as
"out of stock" on Google Play India while
the 64GB version is still listed as 'comin
soon' - Flipkart lists both variants as
available however.

The Nexus 6 is also the platform lead
device of the most recent version of
Android i.e., Android 5.0 Lollipop, which
comes with a fresh look thanks to
Material Design and a host of new
features.

In other news, a data-tracking firm
recently revealed that Google Play in
terms of monetisation or revenue
generation was far behind than Apple's
App Store. It also added that the Google
Play outpaced Apple's App Store in app
download numbers.

http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/googles-been-unable-to-meet-demand-for-nexus-6-cfo-patrick-pichette-655612
 
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