I purchased the GN to use stock. Coming from a BlackBerry, I do not see a need to root. Any else?
There are actually some ppl NOT rooting?
I unlocked and rooted my phone on day three simply because I knew that I was going to do it eventually and I wanted to get it done before I accumulated much on the phone because unlocking the phone wipes it entirely. I stayed stock for about two weeks, though, just to get a feel for ICS. I'm still very close to a stock experience now, though, because the ROM I'm running is GummyNex.
Yes. I was debating between the GN and the iphone, as i bet many other consumers were. Many consumers do not want to root nor know what it is. A real successful android phone will appeal to the masses. I asked this question to see how many "casual" users we have here.
Perhaps most users posting here are more than casual users or blackberry converts such as myself.
I flash roms maybe every 3 or 4 days and my phone is heavily modded.