>Apple doesn't have a problem with releasing timely updates. So how come the Android OEMs can't ? Because Android doesn't have the same ridiculous cult around

>Apple doesn't have a problem with releasing timely updates. So how come the Android OEMs can't ? Because Android doesn't have the same ridiculous cult around it that Apple does. The iPhone made enough money to make carriers beg Apple to let them carry their phone -- more often it's the other way around, which is why bloatware and disabled features and all that other stuff infects every non-Apple phone. The demand for iPhone is astronomical, and that is the only reason Apple is in a position to instruct the carrier. If normal OEMs try this, the carrier will simply destock their items, remove the subsidy, and the OEM will never get any meaningful sales.