Comments on: Motorola Lost $285 Million In 2011 Selling Phones

By: Bill Garrett

Bill Garrett — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:25:32 +0000

Hmmm…you build a massive fleet of smartphones with great hardware, then continue to supercede them with another model every month for 4 months, thereby requiring that you take an increasingly greater loss on what’s available next, and leave everyone guessing when the next one is coming and what it will do that the previous one doesn’t. And you do all this through a time when people are waiting for a new iPhone and Nexus phone. That’s a GREAT business plan (if you want customers to be paranoid and hold their money instead of spending it on your great products).

And David Pat, the custom roms are nice work arounds, but would be a whole lot more efficient and easier to produce if the bootloader was unlocked.

By: David Pat

David Pat — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:41:01 +0000

What would YOU do with an unlocked bootloader when custom roms are already available for all their devices?

By: alan

alan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:44:02 +0000

Perhaps if Motorola would unlock the bootloaders on their phones, they might sell a few more. Quality-wise they are my first choice product, but I won’t purchase another phone with a bootloader that is fully locked.