According to Samsung, shipments of the Pebble Blue version of the Galaxy S3 will be delayed 2-3 weeks, “In order to meet the highest internal quality standards and to provide the best quality Galaxy SIII to customers.” According to ZDNet, manufacturing problems related to the blue hyperglaze coating are to blame. It seems that splotches (pictured below) were discovered on the back covers of Pebble Blue handsets, leading to the rumored destruction of thousands of affected handsets.
- Jeff McIntire w/RootzWiki
Not only has Samsung had its share of launch problems but every Razr owner reading this no doubt remembers the following: “Droid RAZR, Bionic and Xoom 'Will get ICS within 6 weeks of Google's public push.' ” Ha.
All that said, the question that reveals itself it is: are we to blame? More specifically, do manufacturers believe that we are so impatient that they must push haphazard devices and make unrealistic claims just to get our business? Are we really that impatient?
After bridging these questions to Rootzwiki’s fearless News Editor, Ashley Glenn, he astutely refocused the query. To quote,
It’s not just that [Android user impatience]. Isn't it in Android device manufacturers’ best interest to ignore our impatience?
- Ashley Glenn
That question, when given the appropriate time to consider, is as interesting as it is provocative. Would manufacturers benefit from not pandering to blogs like us and forums that we thrive on and just make devices that they believe in within a time-table of their choosing?
The company that does do this immediately comes to mind. Apple. Yes, they make devices that they want to make, and they essentially tell
Consider this the briefest open letter to Android device manufacturers ever.
As much as it pains me to say this, don’t talk so much. Don’t tell us what to expect too soon. Feel free to leak us a few brief previews of what may happen, but immediately disavow those leaks, and once you announce something, you better deliver on that promise post haste. Most of us are stuck in contracts and can’t jump willy nilly from one phone to another, if your device rocks, we’ll buy it eventually. Also: don’t lock your bootloaders.
- Android Users Everywhere
So, who is to blame? Are we so impatient that companies trip over themselves trying to sate us with too-soon release dates? Are the carriers making handsets sloppy by placing demand on the supplier to alter their software to fit a revenue-driving bloatware and monitoring system? Or, are the manufacturers too weak to buckle down and say "We'll release the phone we want to release, carriers be damned; now take it or leave it."?
