Memo to all Android OEM's (and US carriers)

[ECrispy]

Dear Manufacturer,

We are very glad you are introducing yet another flagship Android handset. Please make sure you follow these simple sensible rules and guidelines -

Hardware -

• Choose a SoC which has a decent cpu *and* gpu (note - this means no Tegra 3)
• No physical keyboard
• No hardware buttons (it's 2012)
• A big battery (min acceptable is 2000mAh. It *is* possible to have a thin device with a large battery)
• Thinness is not the ultimate end goal
• HD screen is preferred
• Don't reserve 1/2 the storage space and advertise it falsely
• MicroSD
• HDMI
• NFC
• Decent camera (zero shutter lag, low light)
• Loud volume (handset and speaker)
• Quadrant scores and benchmarks don't matter

Software -

• Unlocked bootloader
• Give users an option to turn off your custom skin
• At least pretend you'll commit to updates in a timely manner (this means at most 2 months after a new Android version, and support for at least 2 years)
• Make drivers for your proprietary components available, or better yet open source
• Commit to release dates

None of this is hard. You are free to introduce 10 different variants which don't have these features, but for your flagship these are a must. This is all your users want - the geeks posting on this forum, and the ones who walk into your stores. It will save you dev costs, you'll save millions on all those market research firms and consultants, and you'll have a huge hit.

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Thank god nobody will listen to this.

Choice. look it up.

[moosc]

Hmm yea ok unfortantly the manufacturer sells the device carrier and carrier then makes demands before they buy it.

[sniffs]

Here's why the manufacturers don't care.

"short term profits" - This means more to them than long term.. and guess what? this is 100 bajillion percent WHY THEY WILL NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS APPLE.

[sniffs]

Originally Posted by moosc

Hmm yea ok unfortantly the manufacturer sells the device carrier and carrier then makes demands before they buy it. Unless the manufacturer is Apple

I fixed your sentence.

[cmunic8r99]

Yeah... good luck with that.

[bdfull3r]

Agree

• Big Battery
• Thinness is not the goal
• HD screen is preferred
• Don't reserve 1/2 the storage space and advertise it falsely
• MicroSD
• HDMI
• NFC
• Decent camera (zero shutter lag, low light)
• Loud volume (handset and speaker)
• Quadrant scores and benchmarks don't matter
• Unlocked bootloader
• Give users an option to turn off your custom skin
• Make drivers for your proprietary components available, or better yet open source

Disagree

• At least pretend you'll commit to updates in a timely manner (this means at most 2 months after a new Android version, and support for at least 2 years) While software and timely updates should be a focus point of OEM's two months is a relatively short time for some many devices. Look at CM9 some devices still don't have alpha's despite none stop work since November. It takes a while, with a lot of devices, skin issues, carrier support, it takes a while
• Choose a SoC which has a decent cpu *and* gpu (note - this means no Tegra 3) Tegra has game support, HD video isn't the end all be all. Different SoC offer different advantages
• No physical keyboard Its choice, what is wrong with a keyboard?
• No hardware buttons (it's 2012) Again whats wrong with choice. I prefer hardware buttons. I know when i click a button, i don't always know when a software button registers. I also don't have to chase the buttons in ICS builds

[moosc]

But the average user on vzw got screwed because of the apple deal. We lost alot

Originally Posted by sniffs

I fixed your sentence.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk

[anothernewphone]

Memo to all using initials: There's no need to use an apostrophe when pluralizing. It should read as such:


"Memo to all Android OEMs (and US carriers)"

See? That's not so hard.

[c00ller]

Why was this low quality thread recommended on the front page?