Why do people buy non-Flagship phones

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

That's the carriers fault. The GSM version that's not sold through carriers get the updates right away. The Nexus line doesn't sell well enough for Google to strong arm the carriers into updating the phones when they want to like Apple does. The Nexus line may be there flagship device, but the majority of consumers can care less about it. I'd rather them skip the carriers altogether and sell this device themselves through the play store.

Again, Google's fault.

 

[head shots101]

Again, Google's fault.

Word nikkaz blaming everything on the carriers.

 

[jalamanta]

Androids stans themselves cant figure which phone is flagship and which isnt

take a look. Nokia - ZTE level

 

[CTech83]

Again, Google's fault.

The Nexus line was never meant to sell initially. (Hell, the reason the injunction on the Galaxy Nexus was lifted is cause it doesn't) They created the phone for developers and to showcase the latest version of Android. It was never meant to appeal to the average consumer, and that's why the original Nexus was sold exclusively through Google when it first dropped. There was a decent amount of Sprint/Verizon CDMA users that wanted in on the action, so they decided to drop it for the carriers as well. The carriers could care less about the device since it removes all of their beloved bloatware. Like it was said before, the carriers are trying to do numbers, so they could give a fukk about releasing updates when they can get you to throw down $200 or more to buy a new phone.

That's starting to change now since the release of the Nexus 7. They need to just drop all of their flagship devices on the Play Store exclusively while undercutting the carriers. Who the hell needs to buy a phone from a carrier in 2012? They have the potential to change the way people purchase phones/tablets from this point on, they just need to market it right.

 

[Jutt]

What yall dont realize about these updates, is that the CDMA carrier updates take longer because everything has to be made compatible with the radios inside. Its much much easier to push updates for GSM devices because they typically dont need provisioned for the network..you just pop in a SIM card and be on your way.

 

[Rohiggidy]

Google suck at promotion and marketing. I dont get it. They are terrible and have poor customer service also. They will push the chromebooks also like their version of the mac air. They have to get better at this. Or have a deal with the OEM to help push the devices. Samsung didnt push the g.nex at all nor did carriers nor did google. Combine the chrome storea nd the play store and put the chromebook in the device section

 

[head shots101]

Word a lot of people don't kno shyt about this phone when I pull it(gnex)

 

[Rohiggidy]

Google dont want to spend the marketing dollars but look at samsung and motorola droid push lol

samsung gs3 all over espn, olympics, NFL etc.....

motorola droid line pushed by verizon allover the NFL

Where is google at??

 

[CTech83]

If I was Google, i'd be advertising my Nexus devices right on the Google main page at all times.

 

[Rohiggidy]

they cant do that. Lawsuit + people will claim google is being unfair

they did promote the nexus 7 on the home page for a week

 

[Will Ross]

Samsung copied apple and they have a phone people want.

 

[STAN JONES]

Samsung killing the game right now

if you copping a htc or lg phone over them thats a L IMO

you can always put stock android on the phone if you prefer it over touchwiz

 

[Rohiggidy]

Samsung copied apple and they have a phone people want.

 

[HHR]

yeah....the HTC Sensation was a great phone though

 

[R=G]

It goes like this..if you dont get the Nexus or the legit Galaxy S line, then you are content to be mediocre.