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On Windows Phone the story was the same. Upgrade from 8 to 8.1 made the phone noticeably slower, another upgrade to 10 made it almost unusable. So this is not e

by Hurtak 9y ago

On Windows Phone the story was the same. Upgrade from 8 to 8.1 made the phone noticeably slower, another upgrade to 10 made it almost unusable. So this is not exclusive to Apple. It is probably that Android users usually do not receive updates, so they can't complain that updates made their phones slower.

oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
> It is probably that Android users usually do not receive updates I don’t know if that’s true - I use a Nexus and it’s well supported in terms of updates - but I actually think it might be the way to go anyway. I would quite like a situation whereby my phone gets minor and patch releases, but I have to upgrade my phone to get the next major. That way, I can have some confidence I’ll get vital security fixes and minor features without huge performance penalties, and each major release can be very highly optimised for the latest hardware.
- ubernostrum 9y ago
  I don’t know if that’s true - I use a Nexus and it’s well supported It is absolutely true. Outside of a few model lines which get directly supported by Google, software updates for Android phones are rare. This is one of the biggest causes of Android fragmentation -- for most people who have an Android phone, the version that came preinstalled is the only version that phone will ever have installed.
  - foldr 9y ago
    I recently switched to Android from iOS, and actually don't find this to be too big of a deal now that mobile OSs have matured somewhat. I was excited to finally be able to upgrade to Nougat a couple of months ago, but there were precisely zero user-facing differences, apart from a few inconsequential aesthetic tweaks. I can see that it is more of a problem for developers, who can't use new APIs without drastically limiting their audience.
pimeys 9y ago
I upgraded my HTC 10 from Android 7.0 to LineageOS 14.1. Instead of 24 hours I got over 48 hours of battery life and the phone is noticeably faster. I get a new update once per week now and I'm quite happy with my phone, which started to lag a bit too much with the stock ROM. And this also fixed the KRACK issue.

by Hurtak 9y ago

oneeyedpigeon 9y ago

> It is probably that Android users usually do not receive updates I don’t know if that’s true - I use a Nexus and it’s well supported in terms of updates - but I actually think it might be the way to go anyway. I would quite like a situation whereby my phone gets minor and patch releases, but I have to upgrade my phone to get the next major. That way, I can have some confidence I’ll get vital security fixes and minor features without huge performance penalties, and each major release can be very highly optimised for the latest hardware.

ubernostrum 9y ago
I don’t know if that’s true - I use a Nexus and it’s well supported It is absolutely true. Outside of a few model lines which get directly supported by Google, software updates for Android phones are rare. This is one of the biggest causes of Android fragmentation -- for most people who have an Android phone, the version that came preinstalled is the only version that phone will ever have installed.
- foldr 9y ago
  I recently switched to Android from iOS, and actually don't find this to be too big of a deal now that mobile OSs have matured somewhat. I was excited to finally be able to upgrade to Nougat a couple of months ago, but there were precisely zero user-facing differences, apart from a few inconsequential aesthetic tweaks. I can see that it is more of a problem for developers, who can't use new APIs without drastically limiting their audience.

pimeys 9y ago

I upgraded my HTC 10 from Android 7.0 to LineageOS 14.1. Instead of 24 hours I got over 48 hours of battery life and the phone is noticeably faster. I get a new update once per week now and I'm quite happy with my phone, which started to lag a bit too much with the stock ROM. And this also fixed the KRACK issue.