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Can't there be a manufacturer that would make vanilla Android like Google with the Nexus brand ? We would need that especially when a LG can't get enough stock
by conradfr 14y ago
Can't there be a manufacturer that would make vanilla Android like Google with the Nexus brand ?
We would need that especially when a LG can't get enough stock.
- untog 14y agoAs much as we techies would like it, there isn't a mass market for stock Android devices. Most people don't care.
- conradfr 14y agoIf customers don't care (and I think you're right), why ALL manufacturers spend so much money to make custom UI, especially as that prevent quicker system update (or any update at all sometimes) ?
- pmr_ 14y agoI thought that the recent sales of the Nexus {4,7,10} showed exactly the opposite. There is still the possibility that the supply of those devices has been short on purpose, but I haven't seen anything reliable to back that claim up. Most people want Vanilla devices and we techies want everybody else to have Vanilla Android devices because it reduces the amount of fragmentation we have to deal with when building things. Additionally I have literally never seen OEM additions in mobile or desktop computing make something better for the end-user and everybody should just get over with it.
- nealyoung 14y agoTo be fair, the Nexus 4/7/10 devices are being sold at or near cost. That model isn't really tenable for manufacturers who aren't getting support from Google.
- 2muchcoffeeman 14y agoI doubt stock Android had anything to do with it. The Nexus 4 is a good smart phone at iPod Touch prices. Who doesn't want that?
- untog 14y agoMost people want Vanilla device That's exactly what I don't believe. To someone not in the know vanilla, stock, or standard all sounds sub-optimal. Android With Sense? I'm getting Sense for free. Why wouldn't I want that?
- jussij 14y agoSure. But what would drive the sales of these devices? They would be just another 'vanilla Android' in a sea of 'vanilla Androids'.