[whalesalad]

You're right... unfortunately most of the mobile device manufacturers out there are still in their mode of creating tons of devices one after another, forgetting about the older ones.

They're all scrambling to compete with Apple, but they're completely missing this. Follow the In-N-Out philosophy... do one thing really well and then keep doing it. So many handsets these days are utter garbage. They're all more or less leapfrogging each other with a few pixels there, a few GHz there, +1 MP on the camera.

Of course the carriers aren't helping. They all just want to sell units. It's a mess.

I'm happy with my Nexus One and T-Mobile for now :)

[rbanffy]

> They all just want to sell units. It's a mess.

Actually, they want you to buy a 12 or 24-month plan, The unit is just the bait.

In this scenario, it makes sense to build non-upgradable phones so that users opt to get locked in for another year just to get a "free" new phone.

[eru]

I am very glad, that I can just buy separate SIM cards in Europe.

[technomancy]

You can do that with the Nexus One in the US, but people don't. Possibly because the carriers try their damndest to make sure nobody knows about it.