Well, you did say that you want to own your device! The locked down version may sometimes be cheaper, but I bought a Galaxy Nexus upfront so I could use the $3

Well, you did say that you want to own your device! The locked down version may sometimes be cheaper, but I bought a Galaxy Nexus upfront so I could use the $30/month T-Mobile prepaid data plan. Compared to a $70 plan, I paid off the phone in 10 months and everything after that is savings. (The Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 phones, incidentally, will be the first able to run Ubuntu.)