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[harecurtis]

bassmadrigal, on 20 December 2011 - 10:18 AM, said:

Yeah, if we can manage to get one out there, I am sure the carriers would ease up. It is just a matter of getting that first one. Essentially, I think the phone would have to be another "superphone". Something that turns the heads of people like the Nexus One did when it first came out. But then we saw how well that was adopted outside of the developer and early adopter phase. But I think a lot of it had to do with how Google marketed it. Marketing would definitely be a huge factor in the success or failure of a CM device.

marketing is everything! if the first phone broke ice it would need to be a 2.0 GHZ dual (maybe a quad core) with 1 GB of RAM (2 if its even possible) 720p resolution, and 32 GB built in storage.
the phone would need to stand out, without costing a fortune to the consumer.
so we would need a OEM to get it rolling but first we would need that technology capabilities.

[harecurtis]

okay everyone I have talked it through with investors and they cannot see this as a very viable idea as android right now is under multiple patent infringement cases from apple, they dont see it a wise move.


sorry everyone!

[雾非雾]

Like miui？

[LetMePutDaTipIn]

DO IT!

[shvelo]

I am dreaming of a phone made by normal people , not damn corporations who don't upgrade phones'  software.

[conmajia]

Good idea!

[thelonnie]

Everyone had really good comments.  I just want to say... Stick to what you know best. The idea of a CM phone is nice.  But my first thought is how much time and effort would be lost on the OS. Everyone has a specialty, CM is with software! The current phone manufacturers are doing a good job. Hopefully, someday, enough people will have CM on their phones that most/all phones will ship with an option of what OS we want when we order it. CM or the OEM's!

Now that's a dream I'd like to see come true!