Everyone reading this website is already a [H]ard core tech geek, and will know about the Nexus line of phones and tablets, with stock AOSP Android, etc... Plus Google Play Edition ROM's that give the stock vanilla Android to standard manufacturer phones like the Galaxy line and HTC's phones, etc...
But just curious, of all the many millions of Android phones sold annually, how many Joe Blow Mr. Public, ever even saw stock Android, like a Nexus phone, or a GPE, let alone know what the fuck a custom ROM is.
I think most Jane Doe's just know Touchwiz or Sense, and would think a Nexus OS, is a different brand of phone altogether ?
I just hate the trend of the new Android phones all going with this Flipboard / Metro UI style, like Blinkfeed on the HTC One, and now rumors of the Galaxy S5 having a Flipboard type home screen.
Will we ever see AOSP stock vanilla Android ever gain traction beyond just the Nexus line ? Will a Galaxy phone or HTC phone, ever offer stock as an option, before you turn it on for the first time ? And I am not talking about the $650 GPE phones either, but the ones you can buy from carriers fro $149.
But just curious, of all the many millions of Android phones sold annually, how many Joe Blow Mr. Public, ever even saw stock Android, like a Nexus phone, or a GPE, let alone know what the fuck a custom ROM is.
I think most Jane Doe's just know Touchwiz or Sense, and would think a Nexus OS, is a different brand of phone altogether ?
I just hate the trend of the new Android phones all going with this Flipboard / Metro UI style, like Blinkfeed on the HTC One, and now rumors of the Galaxy S5 having a Flipboard type home screen.
Will we ever see AOSP stock vanilla Android ever gain traction beyond just the Nexus line ? Will a Galaxy phone or HTC phone, ever offer stock as an option, before you turn it on for the first time ? And I am not talking about the $650 GPE phones either, but the ones you can buy from carriers fro $149.