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Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment

Posted by timothy on from the %&$%#-att-and-their-refusal-to-do-otr-updates dept.

MBCook writes "After seeing the announcement that Nexus One users won't get ICS, Michael Degusta made a chart to show how current the OS version on Android phones was over time... and the results are not encouraging."

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  1. Buy Apple by Hatta · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the most convincing case to buy Apple products I've ever seen.

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    1. Re:Buy Apple by mcvos · · Score: 0, Troll

      This doesn't deserve to be modded Troll, because it's true. Apple's software support is obviously far, far better than that of any Android manufacturer, Google included (though they are easily the best in the Android crowd). Noting that does not make you a troll, nor even a fanboy. I don't like Apple's walled garden, and really prefer the openness of Android, but manufacturers seem dedicated to destroy their own market, and that pisses me off.

  2. iOS5 won't run on iPhone 1st gen or 3G by Flipao · · Score: 0, Troll

    So that chart lies from the get go. Plus, Android being Open Source allows users to port newer versions to older devices as long as they're powerful enough to run them.

  3. Re:what's the obsession with the latest version by mcvos · · Score: 1, Troll

    Then TFA is definitely informative, because it points out that Android phones don't get the bonuses that iPhones do. It's valuable information.