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In response to "I was thinking last week when listening to an NPR TotN tech segment on this phone that it sounded rather underwhelming. Even the tech guy reporting on" by HdnAgnda

It's groundbreaking in the fact that Google is selling it "unlocked" and not specifically tied to a carrier.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jan 13 '10, 06:06

In that way, once they get it to the point where you can go in the order of (a) choose your phone then (b) choose your service provider, that will be a big change from today's (a) choose your carrier because (b) that carrier has the phone you want to choose. (Like with AT&T / iPhone.)

It would be like Motorola selling their phones then being able to go with any carrier who has the plan you want.

*shrug*

Too bad T-Mobile is the only one the Nexus works with currently (afaik).

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Not so much. Nokia and other mfg have been doing this for a long time -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:27 2
- I thought I read the goal of the Google online store is to have deals with the major carriers for their phones. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:39 1
  - Phones are rarely exclusive to 1 carrier. Most lower-end models are available at many. The iPhone is exclusive in the US, but not everywhere - Guigue Jan 13, 06:41
And without the T-Mobile contract it costs like $500? Not the time for numbers like that, IMHO. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:15 3
- Have you priced an unlocked phone lately? That's pretty standard -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:30 2
  - Most people don't buy their phones that way. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 06:31 1
    - True, but it's not some new paradigm or ground breaking effort -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:58

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It's groundbreaking in the fact that Google is selling it "unlocked" and not specifically tied to a carrier.

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