The speed of innovation is constantly at odds with the desire for customer retention. Multi-year contracts ensure carriers a source of revenue and help subsidize expensive smartphones that would otherwise sell for hundreds of dollars. But Android has added a third variable to this price vs. contract debate: software updates.
Motorola announced three new phones on Verizon, a CDMA network in the U.S., launching in the next couple of months. The Droid RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD and RAZR M are variations on themes, design-wise and specs-wise, we’ve seen from the company before. The RAZR HD was announced in Canada for the same day. The announcements themselves are not really of interest to us here in Canada; rather, the acknowledgement of an Android update conundrum and an amiable solution was what piqued my ears the most.
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