Quote Originally Posted by man View Post
Why is the early cancellation fee an issue? It keeps people from buying these factory-unlocked phones for $180 and turning around to sell them for $450+. Apple/ AT&T have a similar operation but they are able to get away with charging less, due to the fact that the iPhone is AT&T only.

And there is multi-touch on the US version.

To the first portion, the early cancellation fee is a problem because Google is also charging a cancellation fee as well as T-Mobile. Now the reason carriers charge a cancellation fee is supposedly to recoup the charges of subsidizing a phone. Now if Google is also charging to cancel then that means one of them is getting over on the consumer. They sale the phone for $530 unlocked and off contract. So you take the $350 Google charges, the $200 T-Mobile charges and the initial charge of $189 to buy the phone on contract and you just paid more for the phone than it's worth.

Apparently the Google charge for cancellation goes away after 4 months of having the phone on contract, but depending on your needs that may be too long to wait for some. I know how the cell phone carriers work to keep you under contract past that 14 day period. T-Mobile is doing it right now with customers who are having problems with their Nexus One. First they will swap out your phone, then they will say they need a few days to check the signal in your area, after that they will say there is an update coming that will fix the problem. Before you know two weeks have passed and you are screwed.

According to websites and something I saw in person the phone does not have multitouch in the U.S., but it does have it in Europe. Look at the article here.

http://www.androidcentral.com/europe...ave-multitouch