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What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am on
by 0xFFC 10y ago
What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am only aware of noncontract iphones, which do get update regularly from Apple itself.)
P.S. I do not live in USA. I am asking because this is huge mistake for Google. With their new branding I hoped they will deliver updates to pixel line as smooth as Chromebooks. But it seems nothing changed in regard to Android update problem.
- crooked-v 10y agoApple has 100% control over all updates to their phones.
- ecopoesis 10y agoVerizon does sell iPhones. They do not control iOS updates on them.
- hossbeast 10y agoOf course, you can just buy your pixel from Google
- 0xFFC 10y agoBut I thought buying from Verizon would cost less, because of the contract. Am I right? My point is people who will buy phone for 50$ (for example for two year contract) from Verizon will get direct update from Apple (which improves overall health of the its ecosystem), but pixel ones don't. I think this is shortcoming. So if you want fast updates like iPhone, you have to buy noncontract from Google itself. Do you see what is my point?
- dquigley 10y agoIt used to be the case that you'd get the phone subsidized by your service plan from Verizon, but not any longer. Verizon and the other major US carriers stopped subsidizing phones in the past few years. For me the biggest reason I wanted to buy through Verizon was they were offering a promotional $200 trade in value for my Note 4. For some people selling their phone separately would be a better deal though, so even that won't matter.
- 0xFFC 10y agoThank you, my information was outdated.
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoVerizon and the other major US carriers stopped subsidizing phones in the past few years. Except that Verizon just started subsidies again last month: https://www.verizonwireless.com/deals-landing/ https://www.verizonwireless.com/deals-landing/ Only they disguise it somewhat. Not sure if that shows up properly. But in September an iPhone 6 was "worth" $650 as a trade-in. As of yesterday it was still worth $650. Today it seems to be $100 less: Trade in and get iPhone 7 for $99.99. Get up to $550 savings. It's clearly a subsidy because an iPhone 6 isn't worth anywhere near $650 (or even $550) on the open market. Heck, I had an old iPhone 5C lying around that, last month, Verizon gave me $400 credit for toward an iPhone 7. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ...
- curt15 10y agoGoogle is offering financing plans for the unadulterated pixel: "Some people buy devices from a carrier because they don't want to pay the full unlocked price up front, but this year Google is also offering financing plans that are identical to what a carrier would offer. The company also has a two-year "device protection" plan for $100 that is similar to the insurance carriers offer." http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/psa-if-you-like-updates-dont-buy-the-google-pixel-phone-from-verizon/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/psa-if-you-like-updat...
- x0x0 10y agoAnd nothing will change because Google has very little control over android (they don't really own any of the important relationships which are between carrier and manufacturer) and is probably terribly afraid of antitrust issues, particularly in Europe, if they attempt to exert more control.
- 0xFFC 10y agoBut I thought pixel lines was best opportunity to at least fix update problem in pixel line itself. Let alone Android ecosystem which is disaster when it comes to update issues.