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And doesn't happen to millions of others (particularly those who buy Nexus or other higher-end devices). In fact, it is entirely possible that there are more I

by fpgeek 15y ago

And doesn't happen to millions of others (particularly those who buy Nexus or other higher-end devices). In fact, it is entirely possible that there are more ICS devices "in the wild" than there are WP7 devices. If not, there will be soon (with the various upgrades and new devices rolling out).

zaptheimpaler 15y ago
The fact remains that if it does happen to millions of users, something is terribly wrong. It's pretty likely that there are more ICS devices than there are WP devices, but then again, they've been in the market for longer and ICS devices represent phones from many handset manufacturers as opposed to just one. It's like comparing browsers which use WebKit to IE alone, it's an apples to oranges comparison that won't tell you much. Besides, I'm not arguing that WP7 is superior, just that the article isn't stating all the facts that it should.
- fpgeek 15y ago
  > The fact remains that if it does happen to millions of users, something is terribly wrong. Not necessarily. Android targets a much wider range of price points than any other smartphone OS (tied with or lower-end than Symbian all the way up to flagship iPhone competitors). Personally, I'm not terribly troubled if the sub-$100 no-contract Android (down to $49.99 last time I checked) that someone bought for prepaid use never gets updated (and there are millions of those). In fact, if someone wants to make that trade-off (explicitly or implicitly) for a dirt-cheap device, why shouldn't they be able to? That being said, I'm not saying there aren't plenty of examples carriers and manufacturers not making the effort they should. There clearly are (the original Galaxy S is probably the most prominent example of this). I'm just saying that millions of devices not getting updated is not by itself an indication of a problem. To me, the real indication of a problem is that there are too many contract-subsidized and/or higher-end devices not getting reasonable updates (or, in the worst cases, any updates at all).

by fpgeek 15y ago

zaptheimpaler 15y ago

The fact remains that if it does happen to millions of users, something is terribly wrong. It's pretty likely that there are more ICS devices than there are WP devices, but then again, they've been in the market for longer and ICS devices represent phones from many handset manufacturers as opposed to just one. It's like comparing browsers which use WebKit to IE alone, it's an apples to oranges comparison that won't tell you much. Besides, I'm not arguing that WP7 is superior, just that the article isn't stating all the facts that it should.

fpgeek 15y ago
> The fact remains that if it does happen to millions of users, something is terribly wrong. Not necessarily. Android targets a much wider range of price points than any other smartphone OS (tied with or lower-end than Symbian all the way up to flagship iPhone competitors). Personally, I'm not terribly troubled if the sub-$100 no-contract Android (down to $49.99 last time I checked) that someone bought for prepaid use never gets updated (and there are millions of those). In fact, if someone wants to make that trade-off (explicitly or implicitly) for a dirt-cheap device, why shouldn't they be able to? That being said, I'm not saying there aren't plenty of examples carriers and manufacturers not making the effort they should. There clearly are (the original Galaxy S is probably the most prominent example of this). I'm just saying that millions of devices not getting updated is not by itself an indication of a problem. To me, the real indication of a problem is that there are too many contract-subsidized and/or higher-end devices not getting reasonable updates (or, in the worst cases, any updates at all).