RAZR ICS Upgrade- What will it look like?

[rscupari]

So we all know that Moto has promised to upgrade the Razr in the first half of '12.
What does that actually mean?

Since I'm coming from a fairly skin-less Orig Droid, I'm used to a more native android environment. The Razr seems to have a deeply-skinned interface with Blur- which seems to show it's look and feel completely throughout the os.

So when the upgrade happens what will we see-
-still the same exact motoblur skin, with just the backend ics platform being more efficient?
-will they revise the motoblur skin to accommodate the increased features? ie- more camera settings, Active App view, new notification swiped removal etc, but the look and feel stays completely MotoBlur?
-or will we see the new look and feel of ICS?

I have to admit a pure ICS experience is pretty appealing based on the demos we've seen- it is the first time Google has seemed to truly get it when it comes to interface design. I'm planning on getting the Razr, and I can easily wait 6 months for the ICS upgrade, but I'm concerned that a lot of the magic of ICS will get lost in how it is ported into RAZR.

 

[dhendriksen]

How do you expect anyone to answer that? You're asking what an upgrade that hasn't been released yet, will look like on a phone that hasn't been released yet.

 

[rscupari]

True, so true. I've never seen ANYONE speculate on ANYTHING in this forum.

Of course no one knows- the point of the question is more curiosity from a programming standpoint. It will be fascinating to see how Moto integrates(or does not) 2 entirely different UIs.

 

[Scout_313]

I don't think that question can be answered at this point partly due to the fact that Google's acquisition of Motorola hasn't been voted on yet, as that vote is scheduled to occur on the 17th. I feel that if the acquisition were to occur, it would alter Motorola's approach to Android. While I actually didn't mind the Blur UI that was on the Bionic, I'm still curious to see the RAZR run stock Ice Cream Sandwich.

 

[paul-c]

Yeah, if Google does end up acquiring Motorola I agree that it will bode well for a more pure ICS update. That would be great if it ran stock ICS. I'm not buying the phone for the UI, but I know that would make lots of people really happy. I guess we'll just have to see how it turns out. I do think that Motorola is in a better position than most of the other companies heading into 2012 if the Google thing happens.