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Not almost every Android phone. More than 62% of Android phones are either 2.1 or 2.2. http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

• akadruid 16y ago
  That's very interesting - 3 months ago it was just 27%, and Eclair has been out over 9 months. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/30/only-27-3-of-android-phones-can-use-the-official-twitter-client/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/30/only-27-3-of-android-phones... That's a pretty huge jump. Maybe we're seeing an attitude change for manufacturers already? I suppose some of them are now pushing their third generation of android handset and learning lessons from the second.
  • akadruid 16y ago
    Just noticed the historical chart at the bottom. It seems that practice of releasing updates is definitely increasing - at the beginning of the year, the average version was actually _decreasing_, as already obsolete 1.5 and 1.6 phones were presumably being sold faster than updates were being released. However, it does look like you're still likely to be left in the cold if you've got something other than a HTC or Motorola (particularly an LG - suckers!) or in some cases even if you live outside the US. Also, that's a survey of the android market, which will be slightly skewed towards newer handsets (i.e. people who've had their android for a year probably have every app they might use already)
• booticon 16y ago
  60% is 2.1, however, and both of these new Android features are only supported in 2.2. I have an Eris that went on sale less than a year ago, and chances are my phone will never be updated to 2.2.
  • dannyr 16y ago
    My guess is that most phones that are still on 1.5 or 1.6 will never be updated to 2.1 or 2.2 If the phone is 2.1 now, it will probably get 2.2 by the end of the year.
    • roel_v 16y ago
      HTC started the rollout of 2.2 for the Desire last week. The Desire is selling well in Europe. I presume they're also rolling it out for the Legend, which was heavily mass-marketed for the last 3-4 months. I have the impression HTC is the main Android vendor in Europe at the moment. Just this rollout will push 2.2 deployment numbers up, I think. As far as I know this is the first mainstream upgrade of phones from 2.1 to 2.2 (apart from the Nexus which is, imo, niche). Or did I miss any?
  • gmichnikov 16y ago
    Every day I regret buying my mytouch 3g instead of waiting for the nexus one on the same network at the same price.
  • carlrice 16y ago
    2.1 users should check out Edwin. It does a lot of this stuff, it's free and its made by a HN reader.
  • trafficlight 16y ago
    My Verizon Droid just updated to 2.2 yesterday.
    • portman 16y ago
      Can I ask what city you're in? I've been refreshing System Information like a madman waiting for my 2.2 upgrade to come in.
      • trafficlight 16y ago
        I'm in Helena, Montana. Though, as of this morning, the other guys in my office with Droids haven't been upgraded either.