Android O Beta Program
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Android O Beta Program
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#2Have they settled on a dessert name yet?
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#3Have they settled on a dessert name yet?
Not yet, but they did provide packs of Oreos for attendees. Apparently they gave these out last year, so it's not a lock.
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#4Got O installed about an hour ago. Some nice changes. Nothing that I'd class as amazing (for users) but a lot of steady incremental changes none the less.
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#5I was part of the N beta with my pixel. Overall it was pretty smooth, but 2 minor annoyances. When it came time for the final, it didn't come for those of us in the beta until a couple weeks later (though you could manually flash it which I did). The other was that on reboot there was a popup that you would have to hit OK on to continue.
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#6No nexus 6 support. Sad face.
The shelf life of phones is embarrassingly low. For no apparent reason.
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#7No nexus 6 support. Sad face. The shelf life of phones is embarrassingly low. For no apparent reason.
The iPhone 5s was released in 2013 and it should get iOS 11 this year. The iPhone 5, which came out in 2012, is currently supported. However, it might be dropped this year because it's not 64-bit.
Android users should push for longer support. I had an original Nexus 1 and I was quite disappointed when it could no longer be upgraded. It cost me $600.
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#8My Nexus 6P died last night after Given the short support curve for most Android devices from Google and especially from third parties, that device is quite likely to be an iPhone. What was unthinkable to me just a few short years ago is now reality... I type this on a MBP and I might be convert my phone platform now as well. A true testament to the constant change in the marketplace, and the need to evaluate based on features and performance rather than fanboism.
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#9My Nexus 6P died last night after Given the short support curve for most Android devices from Google and especially from third parties, that device is quite likely to be an iPhone. What was unthinkable to me just a few short years ago is now reality... I type this on a MBP and I might be convert my phone platform now as well. A true testament to the constant change in the marketplace, and the need to evaluate based o…
Just to provide a counterpoint: I'm still rocking a 3.5 year old Nexus 5 with almost zero evidence of its age (the battery discharges a bit faster than it used to but it's not noticeable enough to even warrant a new battery).
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#10My Nexus 6P died last night after Given the short support curve for most Android devices from Google and especially from third parties, that device is quite likely to be an iPhone. What was unthinkable to me just a few short years ago is now reality... I type this on a MBP and I might be convert my phone platform now as well. A true testament to the constant change in the marketplace, and the need to evaluate based o…
A Nexus 4 handed down to my son recently stopped working when he dropped it, smashing the screen. Gave him my cast off Nexus 5 that was still storming great. My wife's Nexus 5 was working perfectly, though we replaced it with an iPhone 7 (to her great dismay, it turns out). My own Nexus 6P has worked perfectly, but for dev reasons I replaced it with a GS8 (which is simply a stunning device in every way, including the fact that I immediately dropped a UHS-1 64GB SD card it in and now do my data churning development on that).
The point, I guess, is that anecdotes vary. Heck, my son has been toying around with the G1 and G2, and Nexus One, I had sitting in drawers.