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>Where we are okay with a manufacturer never updating, or even fixing the bugs, of a very expensive product just months after they release it? And made worse by

>Where we are okay with a manufacturer never updating, or even fixing the bugs, of a very expensive product just months after they release it? And made worse by accepting that company's actions to make it hard/impossible/unacceptable for third parties to work on it? People keep buying them. In droves. I agree with you, but Samsung keeps setting records with phones sold. They seem to either be good enough at the time of sale that people are okay knowing that they may not be bumped up a major revision of Android, or frankly, they probably don't even understand that the SGSII was released for a couple of the carriers mere months before ICS was released. I knew and waited, but they don't. It's also why (frankly) a lot of people still have an outdated idea of what Android is like, because there are so many old builds on "current" phones.

evilduck 15y ago
The smartphone market has also been exploding. I'd guess the majority of Android owners haven't made it through their first contract cycle yet (or in the case of tablets, device lifecycle). It'll be more interesting in 3 or 4 years where the trends end up as consumer awareness increases. I did Android for two years, with 1.5 of them spent as an abandoned device owner. I gladly switched to a iPhone 4S. Likewise, I got my wife an iPad2 last summer due to Apple's support history. Galaxy Tab purchasers might be satisfied today with how the device ships, but give it two years. Those still stuck on 2.3 or 3.0 in 2014 when Android 6.x releases some killer features might sing a different tune about their satisfaction with Android and/or Samsung. I'm also still expecting [but not hoping for] a security problem to hit an old version of Android. It's practically bound to happen at some point with millions of pretty capable computers with unique IPs, its too tempting to ignore. Without any support mechanism available the consequences will be worse than they had to be.

evilduck 15y ago

The smartphone market has also been exploding. I'd guess the majority of Android owners haven't made it through their first contract cycle yet (or in the case of tablets, device lifecycle). It'll be more interesting in 3 or 4 years where the trends end up as consumer awareness increases. I did Android for two years, with 1.5 of them spent as an abandoned device owner. I gladly switched to a iPhone 4S. Likewise, I got my wife an iPad2 last summer due to Apple's support history. Galaxy Tab purchasers might be satisfied today with how the device ships, but give it two years. Those still stuck on 2.3 or 3.0 in 2014 when Android 6.x releases some killer features might sing a different tune about their satisfaction with Android and/or Samsung. I'm also still expecting [but not hoping for] a security problem to hit an old version of Android. It's practically bound to happen at some point with millions of pretty capable computers with unique IPs, its too tempting to ignore. Without any support mechanism available the consequences will be worse than they had to be.