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| Google-led Motorola phone still months away |
| By special contributor on 2012-10-18 22:02:28 |
| This has always bothered me. Google buys a huge hardware company called Motorola, and people expect new Google phones to appear within a few weeks or months. Of course, anybody with more than two brain cells to rub together realises buying and integrating such a huge company isn't something you just do in a few weeks or months. Luckily, The Verge reports Google has just stated the obvious. |
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| RE: Just an observation. |
| By Fergy on 2012-10-19 20:39:12 |
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> Is it just me or is every other article being apologetic (when needed) for Google, while articles regarding other companies always have a certain aggressive tone against them. Look no further than the 2 most recent articles regarding Google (this one and the earnings call). Heck most articles on this website feel like they were written by a Google employee rather than some independent writer reporting on the news. Can you explain how it is apologetic? I am biased towards Google because I really like most of their stuff so maybe I don't see it? |
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| By kurkosdr on 2012-10-19 22:21:55 |
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I thought Google had promised that Moto will be run as a seperate company? There is a high chance Google bought Moto just a)for the patents and b) so that there is at least one major OEM making Android phones. Lest the other OEMs start embracing WP8 en masse, or be bullied into embracing WP8, aka if Microsoft jacks up the price they charge to license their patents. You know, the patents the other OEMs foolishly recognized as valid by licensing them. And if a Google-designed Motorola phone does appear, why should it be any different from the Nexus phones you can buy today? It will probably feature the same lack of MicroSD card and unimpressive camera the Nexuses have. So, just buy a Galaxy Nexus or Optimus Nexus (in two weeks) and be done with it. IMO the reason everyone wants to see "Motorola phones designed by Google", is because they want to see a major OEM that offers upgrades for their entire lineup forever (forgetting how Google left the Nexus One behind). Sorry folks, that "upgrades forever" pipedream ain't gonna happen. Just get a Nexus and enjoy the upgrades while they last. Edited 2012-10-19 22:28 UTC |
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| RE: Motorola and carriers |
| By Priest on 2012-10-20 17:32:58 |
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The carriers heavily subsidize the phone price which makes it hard for manufacturers to push back against bloatware. Verizon/ATT sell phones at $200 or $250 that retail for over $500. If you play hard ball with them as a phone manufacturer they can just threaten to sell your phone at the $500 retail price. The $650 32G Verizon Galaxy S3 Developer Edition (without the locked bootloader) is a perfect example of this. For $400 in savings I'd rather unlock the bootloader and root my standard Verizon S3. |
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| RE[2]: Motorola and carriers |
| By WorknMan on 2012-10-21 04:50:42 |
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> The carriers heavily subsidize the phone price which makes it hard for manufacturers to push back against bloatware. Right, which was my whole point. If we're supposed to blame the carriers for the bloatware on phones, then where are all those stock Android tablets, with unlocked bootloaders? For the most part, carriers don't have anything to do with tablets, so there's no reason for vendors to skin them, right. |
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| RE[3]: Motorola and carriers |
| By kurkosdr on 2012-10-21 17:19:17 |
| This is why Google made a dumb move by not releasing a Nexus tablet sooner. Tablet sales are not controlled by carriers that much, so Google should have made a Nexus tablet from the first Honeycomb release. |
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| RE: Razr I(ntel) |
| By phoenix on 2012-10-22 20:03:05 |
| If only they'd spent a little more [time|money] on the GPU, they'd have a killer product. The PowerVR SGX540 is ancient and slow, and really drags the entire product down. Intel has a good CPU (way better than a Cortex-A8, better than a single-core Cortex-A9, equivalent to/better than some dual-core Cortex-A9s), good memory controller, good peripherals ... but it's all dragged down by the GPU. |
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