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The update situation has improved quite a bit since the early days of Android. I don't see any reason to think that "all of a sudden now" the market will shift
by tensor 15y ago
The update situation has improved quite a bit since the early days of Android. I don't see any reason to think that "all of a sudden now" the market will shift entirely to Apple. The new iPhone caused some market shift, and new Android handsets and OS version will likely cause some shift back.
Hopefully Google's new "streamlined and integrated" philosophy will continue to reduce update times and further polish and unify the interface. Only time will tell.
It is nice to have a good new contender on the scene with Windows Phone though.
- jerlam 15y agoIn regards to regular updates, Windows Phone is looking more and more like Android. Even on Microsoft's "preferred" US carrier, smaller bugfix updates are being delayed or skipped by AT&T: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2017856705_att_to_offer_windows_phone_os_update_--_just_not_y.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/20178567... Previously, Microsoft provided exact details on when specific phones on specific carriers would be getting software updates, but this policy ended in January 2012: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/01/microsofts-newold-windows-phone-update-policy-keeps-customers-in-the-dark.ars http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/01/microsofts-new...
- cageface 15y agoQuoting from the original article: I’ll point them towards Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone instead. At least with these platforms, you’re guaranteed core OS updates and bugfixes for the length of your contract. I think this just isn't true. Maybe WP is currently more homogeneous than Android but clearly MS is somewhat at the mercy of the carriers here too.