You managed to use 5 acronyms in one sentence. Unfortunately even though I have been an programmer for a while I was unable to understand any of them, also googling is not that helpful. Could you elaborate?
ODM: original device manufacturer
JDM: joint device manufacturer
OEM: original equipment manufacturer
EMS: electronics manufacturing service
Sorry about that (and thanks kogepathic for expanding)!
Curious to know what's the diff of using HTC and partnership with Huawei, LG for past Nexus. It appears to be the same arrangement as Nexus, except this time Google is able to place only their logo on the phone. If it is all deigned by Google, wouldn't it be cheaper for Google to get lower tier manufacturer such as Foxconn to produce?