4 ms·
I 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 shor
by pmr_ 14y ago
I 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?