Let me sort of veer into another topic. Since the processor topic is being beat to death
Locked bootloaders....
Does anyone think the bootloader will be unlocked if the Nexus hits Verizon?
i still have a hundred more posts to read to catch up, so hoping i'm not duplicating....
with the RAZR, Moto is blaming the locked BL on VZW. convenient, yes; but, it does make some sense. with the saturation of the market with Andy devices, garnering more market share from other Andy customers has a certain cannibalism aspect to it. and, while Andy has obviously made serious inroads into iOS market share, you're not going to sway a ton of people away from iOS - generally, people who have iP's will stick with them.
rather, the easy prey/low hanging fruit here is RIM - they are circling the drain, but still have a substantial market share. but, the long standing attraction to RIM has been the business users, which Moto has been trying to attract for some time now. with the RAZR, i think Moto is clearly targeting the corporate users - touting the encryption features, the webtop, syncing docs, etc. and, in order to back up that promise of business security, i don't think they had any choice but to lock the BL.
when Moto just tweeted that the BL would be locked because of VZW, my initial thought was that VZW could insist on the same thing for the GNEx. but, on further consideration, the target market for the GNex is a different demographic - the Andy enthusiasts. the encryption and security features aren't necessary to attract those types of customers.
so, in the end, i don't think that today's announcement concerning the RAZR BL gives us any indication as to what VZW will do/want done with the GNex BL. could it still come locked?? sure. but, given Google's (and Sammy's) history, i don't think it will be locked.
