And my response to this comment is pretty much the same....
"Can you imagine a $100 Android phone with absolutely no contract like our friend Charbax suggests?"
Who cares?? Those of us who know android and follow it will NOT want it if it's smaller than the hero and if it's scaled down enough to be able to sell it for $100. Contract or no. And although Google is a popular "name," it's not a brand that the average Joe, or Jane, will be clamoring to go after in a phone because most people still simply know them for web based products; i.e., search engine, maps, email. Those people aren't going to jump on a phone just because it's Google. If they want to attract the masses they'll have to develop a phone that beats the iphone at all the things the iphone does well, not just those things the iphone doesn't do well, and it has to at least be equal in size to the iphone. AND it has to be as easy to use, which is a key ingredient Android has been missing. I know this isn't an iphone killer discussion, but the iphone pulls in so many people and has set the standard that for a phone with these kind of expectations they've gotta cut in to iphone sales.
However, I DO think the idea of ANY good cell phone being available for only $100 with no contract will attract a certain number of people, but not a game changer.
And for those of us looking to get a new Android phone and haven't made the plunge yet, I would venture to say 90% of us want at LEAST a 3.5" screen. I think 3.7 is the ideal size. Some are clamoring for the 4.3, but that's bit large, and my guess would be the majority of us would prefer a 3.7 to 4 range.
