And execs (publicly, anyway) seem pleased with 500,000 or so phones sold thus far On Friday's podcast we talked a little bit about the HTC One M8 and just how many — or how few, if your cup tends to be more empty than full — HTC has sold in the month or so that its newest flagship has been available. While HTC has declined to release specific sales numbers (no surprise there, as that sort of thing is a rare occurrence for any smartphone manufacturer — and HTC turned down our request today), we actually can get a pretty good ballpark estimation for just how many HTC One M8s are out there right now. And we have Google Play to thank for it.

We've been talking about the HTC One M8 for what feels like forever, but it's only been on sale for about a month. First, a little bit of context. The HTC One M8 was announced and was officially available on March 25, though in limited form. In the U.S., you could pick one up at Verizon, or order from the other carriers online. British retailer Carphone Warehouse began selling in stores at the same time as well. The other major U.S. carriers had to wait a couple weeks before getting the M8 in stores. Verizon is offering the Pixel 4a for just $10/mo on new Unlimited lines So there are a couple dates you could look at if you're counting how many phones have been sold since "launch." You could use March 25. Or you could use April 11. Or whatever other date you want, we suppose. Either way, figure a month and a half (give or take), and you're headed in the right direction.