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."
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."
