This article is pretty silly. The example of "ringer" offered by the author specifically refers to instances of products that are made way better than what's a

This article is pretty silly. The example of "ringer" offered by the author specifically refers to instances of products that are made way better than what's available to the customer in order to mislead people about what the customer is getting. But the topic is the Nexus phones, which ARE available to any customer who wants one...it's just that a lot of people don't buy them. Claiming the Nexus is a ringer for Android because people buy other things is like saying Bently is a ringer for cars because a lot of people will buy a Toyota Corolla instead. I'll agree that judging all Android phones based on the Nexus experience is silly since you miss the vendor bloatware and lack of timely (or any) updates common in many Android products. But I'm not convinced many people are doing that, and the author certainly doesn't do anything to support the idea that they are. People might be buying a lot of bargain basement crapware Android phones, but are they doing so with the expectation that they're getting the optimal Android experience?