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"Devices going obsolete in months and new operating systems released on weekly cycles make it difficult for even Google's best partners to keep pace." I don't

by iaskwhy 16y ago

"Devices going obsolete in months and new operating systems released on weekly cycles make it difficult for even Google's best partners to keep pace." I don't have an Android mobile but I do have a first generation iPhone. The day iPhone OS 4 was announced and I learned most of the features wouldn't be available for my iPhone it was like it lost all its utility and I immediately thought of it as obsolete. It's stupid because it's a perfectly working device even without the latest updates but it's been really hard to keep those thoughts away. It's like I need a new iPhone (and I don't!). All this to say I wonder how people with an Android mobile deal with this kind of thinking since there's a new Android OS version twice a year against a new iPhone OS version every two years. I'm sure most people don't care about OS updates but most of us here do, right?

cloudwalking 16y ago
Developers certainly care about OS updates. What frustrates me the most about Android fragmentation, and a really essential difference between the Android and iPhone platform, is that you can still buy a new phone running 1.5! You can't buy a new iPhone running OS 2.
- mechanical_fish 16y ago
  You can't even buy a used iPhone running OS2, unless the original owner never plugged it in to iTunes or was really consistent about clicking "no".
  - cubicle67 16y ago
    I know it's not what you're talking about, but the way you've written that has just given me a rush of nostalgia for OS2, the awesome OS stabbed in the back by MS. My first encounter with the BOFH was in a friends OS2 magazine. *removes rose tinted glasses :)
sirn 16y ago
> I don't have an Android mobile but I do have a first generation iPhone. The day iPhone OS 4 was announced and I learned most of the features wouldn't be available for my iPhone it was like it lost all its utility and I immediately thought of it as obsolete. Coming from someone who've own a Windows Mobile device, I'd say three years of software support and two major OS update, with the third coming in an upcoming months, is enough to satisfy me even if I don't get all the features. Several years ago, I bought an O2-branded [HTC Magician](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Magician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Magician) and throughout its life, has exactly one update that not only not fixing most bugs but also introduce more stability issue to it. From that moment on, I refuse to buy anything without some kind of guarantee that I'd receive at least a year of software support. When my old WM device broke, the choice at the time were iPhone 3GS and Motorola Droid. Uncertain with software updates, I decided to go with a 3GS. That said, the choice would be much harder today even though I'd still choose an iPhone, because I'm not sure at this point if Google is willing to provide any update for the Nexus One three years from now, even without most of the new features.

by iaskwhy 16y ago

cloudwalking 16y ago

Developers certainly care about OS updates. What frustrates me the most about Android fragmentation, and a really essential difference between the Android and iPhone platform, is that you can still buy a new phone running 1.5! You can't buy a new iPhone running OS 2.

mechanical_fish 16y ago
You can't even buy a used iPhone running OS2, unless the original owner never plugged it in to iTunes or was really consistent about clicking "no".
- cubicle67 16y ago
  I know it's not what you're talking about, but the way you've written that has just given me a rush of nostalgia for OS2, the awesome OS stabbed in the back by MS. My first encounter with the BOFH was in a friends OS2 magazine. *removes rose tinted glasses :)

sirn 16y ago

> I don't have an Android mobile but I do have a first generation iPhone. The day iPhone OS 4 was announced and I learned most of the features wouldn't be available for my iPhone it was like it lost all its utility and I immediately thought of it as obsolete. Coming from someone who've own a Windows Mobile device, I'd say three years of software support and two major OS update, with the third coming in an upcoming months, is enough to satisfy me even if I don't get all the features. Several years ago, I bought an O2-branded [HTC Magician](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Magician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Magician) and throughout its life, has exactly one update that not only not fixing most bugs but also introduce more stability issue to it. From that moment on, I refuse to buy anything without some kind of guarantee that I'd receive at least a year of software support. When my old WM device broke, the choice at the time were iPhone 3GS and Motorola Droid. Uncertain with software updates, I decided to go with a 3GS. That said, the choice would be much harder today even though I'd still choose an iPhone, because I'm not sure at this point if Google is willing to provide any update for the Nexus One three years from now, even without most of the new features.