Motorola: Carriers 'don't want' stock Android phones

Maxxam

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Are Nexus devices the only phones that run stock?
I know they dislike Nexus phones because they aren't able to install their crapware, but there should be at least SOME stock phones considering there's a new android phone every week. A stock Android phone would be "differentiated" from the Sense, touchwhiz, motoblur shit that are on the shelves now.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2697939/motorolas-sanjay-jha-verizon-and-at-t-dont-want-seven-stock-android

At CES this week, we sat down in a session with Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha who covered a wide range of topics ranging from the company's newly-announced phones to Webtop and everything in between (although it's currently in its financial quiet period, so we didn't much detail on quarterly performance). One comment in particular stood out: Jha mentioned that the company wants to make fewer phones, bucking a trend most major Android manufacturers have pushed hard in the last couple years.

What's behind the decision? A big motivating factor is Jha's desire to better focus Motorola's marketing dollars. We pressed him on rather obvious examples of what he calls "incremental innovation" — the Droid Bionic and the Droid RAZR, for instance — but Jha defended them, saying the Bionic had been delayed significantly beyond Motorola's original target of mid-2011.

We also talked about OEMs' perennial press to skin the operating system — a trend that looks poised to continue in Android 4.0 — which developed into a full-blown conversation about the conflict between the mythical "stock Android device" and the realities of business between manufacturers like Motorola and carriers. "Verizon and AT&T don't want seven stock ICS devices on their shelves," he said, insisting that he "has to make money" and that there simply isn't a way to profit on a device that isn't differentiated. "The vast majority of the changes we make to the OS are to meet the requirements that carriers have."
 
:dunno: If I'm a carrier, I'm saying to hell with a truly stock device. My sole goal is to ream the consumer as much as possible. What I don't make on the ridiculous calling and data plans, I'll make back with my bloatware. For every one tech savvy Android user who knows that there's a free alternative for each of my pre-installed crap apps in the Market there are five to ten who will swallow whole any randomly purposed application with a free trial I shove down their throats.

People still pay for AT&T and Verizon Navigator. :smh:
 
:dunno: If I'm a carrier, I'm saying to hell with a truly stock device. My sole goal is to ream the consumer as much as possible. What I don't make on the ridiculous calling and data plans, I'll make back with my bloatware. For every one tech savvy Android user who knows that there's a free alternative for each of my pre-installed crap apps in the Market there are five to ten who will swallow whole any randomly purposed application with a free trial I shove down their throats.

People still pay for AT&T and Verizon Navigator. :smh:

I dont see why they can't put out stock ICS with their bundled crap. HTC can make a phone and exclude Sense... or at least give the option to turn it off
 
Would be nice to see a sotck version of Ice Cream Sandwich on a Motorola smartphone. Not sure if Samsung did such a good job with the Galaxy Nexus in terms of build quality and hardware.
 
see most consumers like myself have no idea what that even means by "stock"

This is true. The majority of people I know with android phones have no clue about the purpose(benefits) of rooting, custom roms, kernels, overclocking, what stock android is, etc. I don't even suggest it anymore. Unless someone shows an interest in it, I really don't make suggestions anymore beside an app here or there.
 
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