We don’t see a ship date listed on the pre-order site just yet, so you can expect a wait time. At least you will know that you have one coming eventually. Pop on over to the order page if you are interested in picking one of these up. They say they will be releasing unlockable developers devices to the U.S. in the coming months. We will see if we can keep track of them and let you know what and when anything becomes available.
Source: Android.os
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Let’s sum the reality of this announcement up:
Slap in the customer’s face #1:
- full price for a “developer” phone
Slap in the customer’s face #2
:- no 1 or 2 year contract pricing
Slap in the customer’s face #3:
- no additional “New every 2 years” subsidy pricing, at least on VZW, possibly on AT&T or others (not that I’d know AT&T/others, cause I’ve never been with them)
Slap in the customer’s face #4:
- carrier greed, instead of sensitivity to customer’s needs/wants/desires
Slap in the customer’s face #5:
- no -real- difference between a “developer” vs a “regular” phone
Slap in the customer’s face #6:
- lies and excuses about why carriers should be anything more than a dumb, QoS pipe through which they can address any and all misbehavior with constant, round the clock, human-aided network monitoring
Afterthought:
Buy HTC or Samsung. Korean vendors care more about what you want than American vendors/carriers. I know Moto will say “we blame Verizon, and we could care less if your device is unlocked”, but if they REALLY were committed to such a vision, they would have pounded VZW’s CEO/CTO over the head with their “ANY APP/ANY DEVICE” walled-garden bulls**t promise they made 2 years ago, until they gave in.Apparently, ANY doesn’t have the same meaning in Verizon’s dictionary. Maybe some lawyer ought to give them a re-education.