Comments on: 5 Ways a Google Nexus Two Could Break Carrier Control

By: Headshots

Headshots — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:08:08 +0000

I was very excited about the Nexus One, but it didn’t take off. I like the Idea of changing the system that the Mobile carriers have in place. I think more compitition is good. $120 a month is too much for a mobile phone bill. Maybe the Nexus 2 will do the trick.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:02:23 +0000

Until we see the perfect google phone, better competition will have to break carrier control

The $250 Samsung Intercept came out this month for a prepaid MVNO! The $25/mo virgin mobile beyond talk unlimited data/texting w/300min plan… where’s the catch? $25 per month total including taxes and fees!

it’s not the fastest phone out there, but it’s android! so get better launcher software and that takes care of the bugs

By: Nadav

Nadav — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:08:46 +0000

Just root… It’s really simple on most devices.

By: cmax

cmax — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:00:27 +0000

nothing will break the ludicrous stranglehold these providers have on the US market….shame really

By: Jon CoolTrain

Jon CoolTrain — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:25:15 +0000

Go for Google. Really shake things up. Manus won’t quit using your free software. If you are putting out a Nexus Dos phone, then take it to the next level. Make it a LTE duo cdma/ gsm phone. I want to shop for the phone and then match it to the carrier. Not the opposite way around. I am sick of carriers dictating what you have created. The tethering is a perfect example. That should be free. I am sick of being charged twice(texting, email, internet) or three times for data plans. Now we are being charged three or four: Voice, Texting, Internet, and now Tethering. They are all data. At least the data is Texting, Internet, and now Tethering.

By: kpmsprtd

kpmsprtd — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:44:25 +0000

What Ric said!!!

By: Ric

Ric — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:11:08 +0000

Ironically, Wu hits the nail on the head as my experience dictates. I have refused to wade into the Android Koolaid until I can get a device without all the crappy mobile bloatware that each manufacturer trys to push on us like PC makers have done over the years.

Give me vanilla android or Im not buying. I want the ability to do exactly what I want with the device I PURCHASED.

By: Wu

Wu — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:55:02 +0000

I think alot of comments are very short sighted. The commenter is thinking of near term benefits v. long term benefits. Google is always looking for 10-20 years down the road.

Why should google give discount for buying a google phone? By doing this, more people will buy the google experience phone. The phone will not have any of the carrier bullshit or lockdowns or extra cost associated with Tethering. Overtime, the general public will not only get used to the idea of a standard no-bullshit android phone, they will also demand the carrier/phone makers to supply standard android phones. No more ui changes, no more nascar apps. It will reduce fragmentation, strengthen android identity, and make android more uniform as a whole.

By: Ian Betteridge

Ian Betteridge — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:12:57 +0000

Interesting post, Kevin, although I think your presumption that Google would want to “break carrier control” is wrong. Given it’s much-publicized love-in with Verizon over network neutrality, it’s pretty clear that Google will happily sell its own principles down the river in order to keep the carriers on-side. There’s no way it would anger them for the relative-peanuts it would make from a Nexus Two phone.

Secondly, I should point out that the idea that Google can subsidise a phone to a significant degree through advertising is a non-starter. Assume that Google subsidises by $200. Where is the incremental income to Google over and above another Android phone? If someone buys a Nexus Two rather than a Samsung Galaxy, where’s the additional money to Google which justifies that $200 subsidy?

Unless Google can add $200′s worth of additional ads to a Nexus Two over and above what a user would see on a Galaxy, there is no way it will get that money back. And Google is many things, but foolish about ad revenue isn’t one of them.

By: bearguru

bearguru — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:28:22 +0000

2 comments:

I feel major factor for Nexus One model’s demise was poor support from GOOG. Operator, however bad you may think, adds a valuable service in providing quick support. On the other hand, GOOG promised to support all customers via website with 48 hrs:)

GOOG cannot provide $200 subsidy to the consumers. Eric Schmidt said that goal of GOOG is to make $10/user/year. Operators make $1200/user for 2 year contract in data plan + voice at a min, so they can afford subsidy of $200.