Ok, first of all, i have no idea what I am talking about. I am gonna type this as I think of it to get it out of my head and in "print". This is purely a mind dump. I started to not hit the submit button, but what the hell. I am no crazier than anyone else.
If the Nex is delayed, who is hurt?
Verizon? No. If they can delay a sure Nex sale to next year, that helps next years numbers. And they sell more current inventory. Truthfully, they probably have no inventory. They probably dont pay the hardware companies till the units sell. It's done all the time in all channels. They want the contracts. They dont make much, if any, on the subsidized phones anyway.
Samsung? No. They will get these sure sales eventually anyway. IF they still own the verizon inventory of current phones, they benefit by verizon sell more of their current phones. They sell more phones around the world than in the US anyway, so, just another piece of profit in the pie.
Google? No. They have their search engine and optimizations on the vast majority of verizons current inventory anyway. They benefit by seeding out older os's while ICS is introduced and refined with the early adopters that are gonna BUY SOMETHING, now or later. Plus, they want Moto to do well for obvious reasons. That would include the current inventory of premium razor, introductory priced Bionic, world phone D3, etc. Every customer that buys an "older" phone now, is probably a customer for newer phones and os's in a year or two. Gonna go to ATT or TMO or Iphone? Thats ok, google services are available over there too.
We are conditioned to accept "older" technology that is not cutting edge, simply because it is better than what we had before. This is true in ALL products, worldwide. For example, Europe and most of the rest of the world can buy MUCH more innovative motorcycles than the same companies offer in the US. They might dole out 1 cool motos to us riders for every 10 they offer to the rest of the world. Why? We are sheep.
As you know, LTE as it's being sold to us is not true LTE and slower than is available elsewhere or possible here. Why should they give us all the speed possible all at once, when they can dole it out to us a little at a time and have reasons to charge more later for even faster speed and more for the next crop of new phones to take advantage of it. Yes, I can be conspiratorial.
Moto? They are good to go. Who made Nex one? HTC? Who is making the second? Sammy? Who will make the third Nexus equipped with with the then new and next step in technology? LG? Pantech? Nokia? LOL I wonder who? Who is Moto tied to now?
So, NONE of the players are harmed if this phone is delayed. I mean, in the US, where you gonna go? You'll be back.
So, as "early adopters" we can pitch our fits about this or that, but most folks are very happy with a D3, Bionic, Rezound or the flagship Razor. Or even an iphone. Have you checked their market share lately?
Honestly, none of the management of the players give one rats damn what we think.
Until the Labor day 2.3.3 update on my D2, it was flawless and did everything I do perfectly. If not for it going to hell, I would be perfectly happy till I dropped it from a ladder again and shattered it.
So, I think I will just figure out how to sbf it back to 2.2, where it worked perfectly, use as much unlimited data as I can, help clog up 3g for the iphone users, and enjoy keeping this $300 in my pocket as long as I can. In the meantime, I can watch what happens and decide what and when to buy the next one.
I gotta have a phone. Mobile data has changed my life for the better. I am not giving up my unlimited data. If I have to use verizon, I will. The others are no better.
Or, I might buy this phone as soon as it comes out!
