There is usually very little customisation of branded phones anyway, and the trend is toward the phone os maker to deliver the added services (App Stores etc.). What interest does a phone maker have in limiting the customers choice of carrier and plan? I cannot see any, what little kickback the phone maker receives is lost on the smaller market share.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:15 PM, James Clements <[email protected]> wrote: > But there is probably a price-point difference a generic $30 phone compared > with a $400 phone .... and then is your sim-Account going to support all the > phone's hardware or is the particular carrier have the services that you > just spent money on in the phone ??? > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Erik Martino <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Does anybody know if there are plans to make a carrier neutral Android >> phone. Traditional mobile phone makers spits out tons of carrier >> neutral phone models. The vast majority of mobile phone owners are not >> subscribers of T-Mobile and Vodafone. Its a huge market opportunity >> lost. >> > > > > > -- /erik martino --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
