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Four years? Do you expect anyone to take that kind of hyperbole seriously? Android 1.0 was released just shy of four years ago, in September of 2008. Are you se

Four years? Do you expect anyone to take that kind of hyperbole seriously? Android 1.0 was released just shy of four years ago, in September of 2008. Are you seriously trying to claim people are buying 1.0 devices? And yes, Gingerbread is the by far most common version in use right now, but it's barely 18 months old. Meanwhile ICS is fast becoming the norm for new devices. Seriously, Android fragmentation is an issue, but you'd be better served to keep your criticism at least in the same universe as objective reality.

batista 14y ago
> Android 1.0 was released just shy of four years ago, in September of 2008. Well, two+ years then, although it seemed much longer in my mind. I remember having an Android phone back in the day, I've had 3 versions of iOS and 2 iOS devices since then. According to Wikipedia, 20% still use Froyo (mid 2010) and 65% use Gingerbread (late 2010). >Meanwhile ICS is fast becoming the norm for new devices. With only 7% using it as of now, despite it being 8 months out already, I wouldn't hold my breath. And even if it catches one 6 months from now, the next version will also be similarly stalled, and so on.
- justinschuh 14y ago
  >Well, two+ years then, although it seemed much longer in my mind. I remember having an Android phone back in the day, I've had 3 versions of iOS and 2 iOS devices since then. That's still absurd hyperbole. You're claiming that more than half of Android users are on a 2+ year-old version, but the figures you're citing show 75% are running an 18 month-old or newer version. >With only 7% using it as of now, despite it being 8 months out already, I wouldn't hold my breath. And even if it catches one 6 months from now, the next version will also be similarly stalled, and so on. That number is for devices seen in circulation by Google Play. It makes sense that you'd see lower numbers for the newest version. Existing user haven't upgraded phones yet and old inventory takes time to clear out. More importantly, most handset manufacturers haven't been through a holiday buying season with ICS yet (because Verizon had a Samsung exclusive but shipped after last year's holiday buying peak). So, I appreciate the gist of your argument, but you undermine your point with hyperbole and outright falsehoods. Objectively speaking, fragmentation and version updates are a difficult problem for any manufacturer, and even Apple is not immune. For example, I had an iPhone 3g that became pretty useless after the iOS 4 update, meanwhile I had over a year left on my contract. All in all it was a very bad customer experience even though I did receive the newest version, whereas I'm extremely happy with my Galaxy Nexus running ICS.

batista 14y ago

> Android 1.0 was released just shy of four years ago, in September of 2008. Well, two+ years then, although it seemed much longer in my mind. I remember having an Android phone back in the day, I've had 3 versions of iOS and 2 iOS devices since then. According to Wikipedia, 20% still use Froyo (mid 2010) and 65% use Gingerbread (late 2010). >Meanwhile ICS is fast becoming the norm for new devices. With only 7% using it as of now, despite it being 8 months out already, I wouldn't hold my breath. And even if it catches one 6 months from now, the next version will also be similarly stalled, and so on.

justinschuh 14y ago
>Well, two+ years then, although it seemed much longer in my mind. I remember having an Android phone back in the day, I've had 3 versions of iOS and 2 iOS devices since then. That's still absurd hyperbole. You're claiming that more than half of Android users are on a 2+ year-old version, but the figures you're citing show 75% are running an 18 month-old or newer version. >With only 7% using it as of now, despite it being 8 months out already, I wouldn't hold my breath. And even if it catches one 6 months from now, the next version will also be similarly stalled, and so on. That number is for devices seen in circulation by Google Play. It makes sense that you'd see lower numbers for the newest version. Existing user haven't upgraded phones yet and old inventory takes time to clear out. More importantly, most handset manufacturers haven't been through a holiday buying season with ICS yet (because Verizon had a Samsung exclusive but shipped after last year's holiday buying peak). So, I appreciate the gist of your argument, but you undermine your point with hyperbole and outright falsehoods. Objectively speaking, fragmentation and version updates are a difficult problem for any manufacturer, and even Apple is not immune. For example, I had an iPhone 3g that became pretty useless after the iOS 4 update, meanwhile I had over a year left on my contract. All in all it was a very bad customer experience even though I did receive the newest version, whereas I'm extremely happy with my Galaxy Nexus running ICS.