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"7 of the 18 Android phones never ran a current version of the OS." "12 of 18 only ran a current version of the OS for a matter of weeks or less."
That makes 19 out of 18 phones. That looks like an error. I wonder what other errors there are here?
I wrote the piece / did the research. Happy to answer any questions or comments people might have.
As JoachimSchipper said, provide a timeline and mark release dates of Os versions on it as well. This way it would be much cleaner and gives more context.
I do plan to provide all that information as a comprehensive list of phones/updates, ideally along with the ability to sort by carrier, manufacturer, etc.
I wrote the piece / did the research. Happy to answer any questions or comments people might have.
Have you considered extending the chart? Right now it seems very iOS versus Android, and is only useful for people in the United States.
I wrote the piece / did the research. Happy to answer any questions or comments people might have.
Have you considered extending the chart? Right now it seems very iOS versus Android, and is only useful for people in the United States.
Am I misunderstanding this: "7 of the 18 Android phones never ran a current version of the OS." "12 of 18 only ran a current version of the OS for a matter of weeks or less." That makes 19 out of 18 phones. That looks like an error. I wonder what other errors there are here?
Am I misunderstanding this: "7 of the 18 Android phones never ran a current version of the OS." "12 of 18 only ran a current version of the OS for a matter of weeks or less." That makes 19 out of 18 phones. That looks like an error. I wonder what other errors there are here?
I wrote the piece / did the research. Happy to answer any questions or comments people might have.
You should include iPod Touch and how apple forces a charge for updates on that device. This chart is also skewed a bit and should be based on intervals of releases rather than "years since". I don't recall seeing any iOS5 backports to iPhone 2G or 3G.
(And, no, they don't charge for iPod Touch updates any more - that was technically an accounting regulation issue that the government changed.)
I wrote the piece / did the research. Happy to answer any questions or comments people might have.
You should include iPod Touch and how apple forces a charge for updates on that device. This chart is also skewed a bit and should be based on intervals of releases rather than "years since". I don't recall seeing any iOS5 backports to iPhone 2G or 3G.
That said, the fact even that's off the scale is worrying for Android.
The current situation is somewhat unfair to the indiscrete / non-tech-savvy consumer since they might buy an Android phone without understanding the differences from the iOS ecosystem. At least several of my friends did. "They're about the same right? And this one was $30 cheaper!" And I genuinely feel bad every time this happens. Note that I of course have no gripes with Android OS/concept itself -- it's a good cont…
>And don't forget the mandatory "crapware" that carriers pre-install. ICS supposedly solves this problem but one has to wonder how many low-end Android phones will be sold in the next year (or even two?) that won't support ICS since the N1 won't be getting it.