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As if the iPhone/iOS-Platform had no fragmentation: 1. different OS versions (The classic won't get 4.x and some users never upgrade) 2. different features on
by biafra 16y ago
As if the iPhone/iOS-Platform had no fragmentation:
1. different OS versions (The classic won't get 4.x and some users never upgrade)
2. different features on the same version (3G with 4.x has no multitasking)
3. different screen sizes (480x320, 1024x768, 960x640)
- icegreentea 16y agoTo be fair, the 480 vs 960 one isn't nearly as bad as the andriod stuff. It's just pixel doubling. With andriod... I mean, look at the driod. 54 extra lines! what are you going to do there? In other words, iOS fragmentation is not nearly as bad as Andriods, and furthermore, cannot get as bad as andriod gets, simply because there's only one manufacturer.
- blub 16y agoAny sane developer would pick iPhone fragmentation over Android fragmentation. I should know, I develop on a platform that's even more fragmented than Android. Google and Android fans refuse to acknowledge the impact of fragmentation as much as they can, but it's there and it's going to get worse. Look at what the Android developers are saying tough (even here on HN): it's more time consuming and it costs more to develop for Android than for the iPhone.