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Apples and oranges. An actually useful version of this graph would compare the Google phones to the Apple phones, and then in a separate table, compare the sup
by jellicle 15y ago
Apples and oranges. An actually useful version of this graph would compare the Google phones to the Apple phones, and then in a separate table, compare the support for OS updates for other parties using the operating system (Apple would have no entries in that second chart, of course, but that's their choice).
In the first hypothetical chart, I believe Google's support for Google phones compares acceptably well with Apple's support for Apple phones.
- ericd 15y agoSemantics. What matters to consumers is whether their phones get the new features, not who wins this pissing match.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoIt is an issue of Semantics. Buying a Sense ridden phone from HTC and buying a Nexus from Google mean two entirely different things about the consistency of the phone and the timeliness of the software updates.
- ericd 15y agoRight, I was talking about my original parent's point about how to make it fair, the chart maker should have split off the ones not made by Google and just compared the Google made ones vs. the Apple made ones. But not many phone purchasers actually care about that comparison - which company spawned the better ecosystem, they care about the phone they end up with. Hence, throwing them all together like he did in comparing the ecosystems was the appropriate thing to do.