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People are still selling Android phones with version 1.6 on them, which won't run software requiring newer versions (which software won't show up in the marketp
by notauser 16y ago
People are still selling Android phones with version 1.6 on them, which won't run software requiring newer versions (which software won't show up in the marketplace at all, confusing users).
This is the same for the App Store and firmware upgrades, and is a good deal more sensible than the alternative option of letting people buy/install software that won't work.
- irons 16y agoIt's not remotely the same. All iPhones made to date run the current OS, and are prompted to upgrade to it when users activate their phones or sync their music libraries or back up. Android's OS is upgraded by the carrier; most carriers aren't even a little bit interested in doing it; the few that are interested spend more time dithering than Google spends cooking up each new release. Meanwhile, iPhone OS 4 will support all phones except the first generation (even if the second-gen phones won't support multitasking, they'll still run the third-party apps). No comparable statement can be made about any Android OS release, referring to handsets of any age, from any vendor.
- tomjen3 16y agoTrue, but the best alternative would be to show a "cannot install please upgrade your software sign" otherwise, how are people to know that their phone is out of date?