Phone makers PLEASE take note
Just. A. Plain. Vanilla. OS. With. No. Bloatware.
Nothing. Nada. Nowt. Zilch. SFA. Bugger all.
No custom apps to "differentiate" your product. Yes, you're differentiating it - by reducing the spacer users end up with, for apps and stuff they actually WANT.
No gratuitous "you can't do without this" apps in your product. Yes, you're differentiating it - by reducing the spacer users end up with, for apps and stuff they actually WANT.
If you have REALLY come up with stuff you feel we cannot do without, just make it available on the app store of your choice.
That way you'll be able to give people what they actually want, rather than what your marketing people imagine in their wettest dreams.
To reiterate, in case your marketing idiots are as slow on the uptake as they appear:
Just. A. Plain. Vanilla. OS. With. No. Bloatware.