Comments on: Google Experimenting with Bringing AOSP to the Sony Xperia S

By: Hannah Martin

Hannah Martin — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:29:00 +0000

I recently got my Sony Xperia S after checking out this review http://search4reviews.net/ very pleased with the phone, ticks all my boxes-

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:17:00 +0000

That would make a great app, just a check list of things you want loaded or want turned off, like at system startups. Call it “Android Buffet” take what you want, leave the rest.

By: mikeym0p

mikeym0p — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:56:00 +0000

They should start this with VZW’s Toro as well!!

By: NicholasMicallef

NicholasMicallef — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:42:00 +0000

Remember the rumours about 5 nexus devices? could it be that what rumours meant was that Google is aiming to give 1 flagship device from 5 different manufacturers this treatment after checking how this one works out?

By: NathanDomier

NathanDomier — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:43:00 +0000

I was planning on buying an SGSIII in the near future, but if you could get the Xperia S with AOSP JB on it, I’d buy it instead.

By: Daniel Maginnis

Daniel Maginnis — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000

the only possibility of this ever happening is after VZW is completely switched over to LTE. that’s probably years off. but i do agree. i’d love to have an experia on VZW.

By: PhillipCun

PhillipCun — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Branding isn’t something they ripped off. Large companies like Samsung has a lot more money to spend on marketing and advertising agencies. They develop smarter and advertise better because they can afford it. I work at an advertising agency and anyone in advertising would agree; Samsung marketed smarter than other Android manufacturers. Verizon marketed the “Droid” line up, but IMO they did an OK job. HTC now has a “One” line up which was also inspired by Samsung’s Galaxy line up. Samsung did it right, now HTC is trying to catch up.

By: George264

George264 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Lol I like how we both replied to each other at the same time. Anyways yeah I think that would be good, but I want to be able to get a cool looking phone(HTC) and still get stock. Like I don’t have to wait for Google to come out with one phone each year that’s still lackluster.

By: George264

George264 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:50:00 +0000

that is true. very true. My friend who was looking to buy a phone on T-Mo last year wanted a smartphone. I told him to get a Sensation. He was skeptical, he said he wanted a “Samsung Galaxy”. He was about to get the Exhibit or the S4G! Thank god I stopped him and made him buy the Sensation, he is now happily running ICS for months. But this is coming from a person who knew NOTHING about smartphones and he just knew about the Galaxy line. Pretty cool. Guess Samsung ripping off the apples paid off.

By: PhillipCun

PhillipCun — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:49:00 +0000

OR better branding structure. Like “One X powered by HTC Sense” and “Galaxy S3 powered by Samsung TouchWiz” then “Nexus powered by Google”

By: George264

George264 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:46:00 +0000

This is great. Like let’s say HTC phones ALWAYS come with Sense, but if you know what you’re doing and want stock, you shouldn’t have to wait for someone to do it or do it yourself. It should be super simple, go to the Android website, download a file, and install it like you’re installing an apk. Done. Then, since you are verified as an advanced user, when you boot you get to chose one of the software as default or just dual-boot at all times. And people who are running AOSP on their phones, should keep getting instant updates.
That. Is my utopia. Suck it Apple.

By: PhillipCun

PhillipCun — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:41:00 +0000

When the OG Droid came out I THOUGHT this was what Google wanted to take android. Phones that said “Powered by Google” would run AOSP, but that wasn’t the case. But that was years ago when Google wasn’t sure if Android would be a primary focus, now that has changed. The world is evolving and Androids are still scary to consumers. Consumers love the Galaxy line up because Samsung did a great job branding their phones and the experiences with those phones. People buy it because its a Galaxy phone which has a reputation. They can easily identify that a Samsung Galaxy device is a good device. Android doesn’t mean much to consumers, and Google needs to know how to market their OS.

In my opinion, this is the right step if they want to keep it open source and create a standard for the market. I think the Nexus program needs to head into a more mainstream direction and set market standards. Only certain devices with specific hardware requirements should have the Nexus branding. This will help create a name for Nexus to the consumers and with that branding a certain experience that people can expect. Consumers these days don’t want to research about phones. All these talks about TouchWiz, AOSP, and Sense will only confuse the consumer. Google needs to make it simple.

By: master94

master94 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:36:00 +0000

I hope this is a sign of a Sony built Nexus. Big fan of their design.

By: DougZ

DougZ — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Something weird is going on. I’m actually starting to like things that SONY and Microsoft are doing. Their Xperia line is looking sex-ay.

By: AGreenV5

AGreenV5 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:32:00 +0000

I don’t care why they chose to do this. The implications are huge for us all. The limiting factor will be getting the necessary open source drivers for the hardware.