[linhat]

I wonder what part LG actually plays in this shortage. When you are producing a device for somebody else that is strikingly similar (as in sharing the exact same hardware platform) to one of your own devices, which you are selling for way more (with of course small but nonetheless important differences)...well, something just screams conflict of interest to me. I am in no way accusing LG of doing so, I'm sure they have had their contract with Google on this and followed it to the point, but still, something just doesn't feal right.

Uhm, well, maybe just my paranoia distortion field kicking in, I for one hope I am completely astray on this one.

[tadfisher]

LG isn't selling their device directly to consumers, they are selling them to carriers and retail channels. For your statement to be accurate, you'd need to compare the cost to the reseller to purchase either device.