You can only bypass Verizon if you did the update via download. If they do it via OTA then they need Verizon. I say all updates should be downloaded and if Verizon wants their software put it on Google play.
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Actually I meant fingerprints on the updates not delivery method. Are you saying Verizon decides when and what Nexus updates look like?
My wifi Galaxy Tab is still awaiting Samsung to push their ics update as well. I can't blame that on Verizon since it's not carrier supported and I actually don't think Samsung is totally at fault.
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HowardZ said:My guess is that when Verizon stops selling the HTC rezound Verizon will simultaneously stop fussing over the ICS OTA, and it just won't happen at all. why bother when the phone is out of production?
cdm369 said:If Verizon wasn't favoring one particular brand(moto), a lot of other devices would have already been updated.
Snoking said:While justice is looking at that they should look under the covers of phone pricing also. I just do not believe a smart phone cost 400-600 dollars.
Hell u can buy a decent laptop for that much.
k1ngr4t said:But keep in mind, today's smartphone are equal to or outperform a lot of those bargain laptops you'll find at that price. At least in the $200-$400 range.
NOT that I'm saying it's cool, but I think what makes cell phones so expensive isn't the hardware inside for the phone itself but the radio/wireless capabilities in such a small form. For instance, I have a pair of wireless headphones. If they weren't wireless, they'd probably cost about $120-$150. I bought them for $250. Wireless technology/satellites etc ARE expensive, we just don't think about it because it's such a common thing.
Also, they know people will buy the next best thing, no matter the price. That's why smartphone prices usually drop so rapidly within just a few month. I do agree a smartphone should be no more than $200, especially with a contract, MAYBE $350ish without. But the fact is, technology in a compact form is not easy to make and requires a lot of high tech stuff/staff to create. Mass production =/= simple, but new technology = expensive. This is the way of life. Sad, but true.
Let's just be glad we don't live in the future generation of marketing and advertisement. Otherwise, contracts are ESSENTIAL, and the only way to get a cheaper phone would be to take 100 random surveys and sign up for 50 website memberships so they can spam your phone with holographic notifications about their upcoming half off sale on flying couches.
hydro556 said:Sheesh, some of you people scare me. Are you suggesting the government should involve its corrupt self in phone pricing?
WTF? The reason this is such a great nation is our constitution and capitalism. The market dictates price. The government needs to be figuring out how to shring to about 10% of its current size, not extending its tentacles into the cell phone pricing game. For Gods sake people, calm down and let the market work.
hydro556 said:Sheesh, some of you people scare me. Are you suggesting the government should involve its corrupt self in phone pricing?
WTF? The reason this is such a great nation is our constitution and capitalism. The market dictates price. The government needs to be figuring out how to shring to about 10% of its current size, not extending its tentacles into the cell phone pricing game. For Gods sake people, calm down and let the market work.
