Again that is the point of getting the Nexus name to the point of hitting Apple status.
that would take a long time. not going to happen overnight. it took apple years, and remember just att was on board. that was also a completely different situation because the iphone was so radically different than everything else currently on the market (at that time smartphone = blackberry), which made the iphone a hit, which made other carriers want it, but they had to do it apple's way if they wanted it. an android phone running stock android instead of an OEM skin isn't the same kind of "revolutionary change" if you will, that will spark demand and get the carrier's juices pumping to comply with Google for updates. carriers are not going to comply with the "terms" you listed because it just isn't worth their while, especially if you are going to have nexus phones compete with other OEM phones. why do they care? the nexus line hardly contributes to their sales, so why are they going to be "pushed around" by other companies? now this would be a different story if a significant portion of the OEM phones were "nexus" devices, as I stated earlier, because then collectively it would make a difference to their sales, again as i stated earlier.
The nexus has to be a money maker and held in high regard. It does have to be worth the carriers while. It cannot just be another phone.
has, does, cannot are keywords here. it isn't now. and thats what the carriers care about. now. att gave apple a chance, because it was so radically different and unique at that time. it was either a hit or miss with that. all the carriers didn't just jump in at first sight. they jumped in AFTER it became a hit. carriers are not going to assume that android phones running stock android and receiving updates in a timely manner are going to bring more customers and more $$$$. realistically, to the mainstream android customer, updates aren't as big a deal to say people like you and I. a lot of people get android because its a smartphone, and they are relatively inexpensive (of course im not talking about launch phones). youd never see the latest iphone for $50 or free (as was the GS3 this weekend), so a lot of people are enticed by the pricing. and to those mainstream customers, updates aren't their biggest concern. i bet most wouldn't even know what firmware # they are on (i.e. 4.0, 4.1, etc). and if this is not held in high regard to a majority of the consumers , why should the carriers feel pressured to offer speedy updates? I don't like this one bit, but I am just thinking about this from the carrier's perspective.
we can't just blame the carriers entirely. I know OTA updates are lengthy and take a long time to get to everyone, but the problem is that the OEM's take forever to update their phones. I got gingerbread on my GS 1 year after the nexus one got it. this was not because sprint had the update but decided to take an incredibly long time to distribute it to everyone. This was because Samsung just took forever to update their own product.
Another problem is that carriers get "exclusive versions" of devices (look what happened with the GS1 and GS2). It would be easier to just have a world version (gsm, unlocked) and to have other versions (exact same phone, just compatible with different networks) for the US networks. This would streamline the updating process significantly, I believe.
now lets assume for fun that a carrier decides to try this new concept. lets say its att, and they have their "nexus line". the only difference from their other android phones would be timely updates and stock UI. I just couldn't see that being a hit and bringing the nexus line to apple status, and having all the other carriers running in. another problem would be all the phones would be too identical (samsung nexus, one x nexus, xperia nexus etc.) so it would really be a difficult marketing strategy. if anything, it would just take away sales of other android devices on att (for this scenario).
Also it really will not get in the way of the other phones on the shelves. I personally prefer the added value that Sense and TW adds. AOSP is nice but we are getting past the old points where skins caused issues.
I disagree. I feel like every phone would become too alike, not allowing the OEM's to differentiate themselves enough for marketing purposes. same internals, same specs, same UI, I could see how OEM's could get uncomfortable with that.
Even if it is just another phone to them, it is another thing to sell with the added bonus of a focused group that want that type of phone specifically
this "focused group" in the past has proven to be a minority (look at the GN/Nexus S sales). so it is just another phone to them because this "focused group" is basically insignificant, at least as of now.
Instead of having this whole nexus system (aside from Google's one per year of course), it would just be better if OEM's updated their own phones. much simpler, much cleaner. if OEMs can keep pushing out new phones, why can't they take the time to support their own products? and if updating their products is such a pain in the a** for them, why do they have to skin the UI so deep? they could even offer the updates on their own websites and have it available for download so you don't have to wait for a long time for an OTA update from say verizon or sprint.