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All you've done here is just restated the fact that Android is fragmented.

That is because some people seem have difficulty inculcating this fact into their minds. Android is already fragmented. Whether you or Google or anyone else likes it or not. This fragmentation will not be reversed, prevented or otherwise mitigated. It will grow rapidly. Whatever Android becomes will accommodate this simple imperative.

It's written into the license and business model Google chose for Android

You are reading into the license more than exists; nothing prevents a manufacturer from building devices with capabilities that far exceed 'typical.' They are actively competing on every dimension including speed, capacity, price, size, exclusivity, etc. Nothing prevents developers from making apps that leverage those capabilities. After the device sale there are, effectively, no limits.

So the i7 gets stuck running software designed for the Atom and its single and dual-core ilk....It's the nature of a fragmented market.

Yes, it is, including the fragmented Android market. The PC market includes widely purchased and highly successful software that specifies quad cores as optimal. Those lacking the means accept less than optimal results or do not indulge. Android is now, and will continue to be, the same.

which is going to really sour their experience

This is already happening. Just google "angry birds too slow". Sour people are inevitable and they don't have a veto over everyone else.

How exactly do you expect this to work out in the real consumer world?

Same as consumers work out every other purchase decision they make. They'll decide what they want and seek something capable of doing it. Later, when they learn what they really want they do something else. The smartphone market has years to go before it achieves the sort of maturity you appear to expect of it. These are playthings for wealthy urbanites. Adopt appropriate expectations.

you likely didn't choose the best

'best' has no meaning. The calculation defies any credible model. People will trade in a car if they believe their pet dog is unhappy with it. Anyone claiming to measure 'best' is a charlatan. Anyone believing the results is a fool.

Normal people aren't going to put in the effort

Normal? Right there I know I'm dealing with a slew of preconceptions that won't entertain reason. People will certainly put in the effort. Just before they make a purchase. How is this any different from any other significant expenditure? Phones aren't special. People have been buying phones for years based on their arbitrary criteria and available information.

http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats [battlefiel...mpany2.com] [battlefiel...mpany2.com]
Both consoles have over 90k combined playing hours each, while PC gamers only accumulated 55k so far and have been nearly doubly as "efficient" in total (regarding this challenge).
Which of course makes one PC gamer 3-4 times "better" than a console gamer ;)

Why does the [...] part keep adding onto the end? Ohh, because the only original part of you post came from "So your Microsoft analogy doesn't fit the case at all."

As of now, (according to http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats?platform=pc), the consoles clock in at about 90M hours each. The PC is only at about 55M.

http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats?platform=360

I know its not since they 'started counting actions', but still its a pretty telling story.

1) agree
2) agree
3) http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats [battlefiel...mpany2.com]
Both consoles have over 90k combined playing hours each, while PC gamers only accumulated 55k so far and have been nearly doubly as "efficient" in total (regarding this challenge).
Which of course makes one PC gamer 3-4 times "better" than a console gamer ;)
So your Microsoft analogy doesn't fit the case at all

http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/globalstats
Both consoles have over 90k combined playing hours, while PC gamers only accumulated 55k so far and have been nearly doubly as "efficient" in total (regarding this challenge).
Which of course makes one PC gamer 3-4 times "better" than a console gamer ;)

On a more serious note, you have superior input instruments and superior communication channels on the PC, plus the crowd is generally a bit more "savvy".