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I don't think the problem people are complaining about Android fragmentation is a phone company decides it's not worth the trouble to build out ICS for a 2 year

by sirn 14y ago

I don't think the problem people are complaining about Android fragmentation is a phone company decides it's not worth the trouble to build out ICS for a 2 year old phone but rather there's still brand new Android 2.x on sale today with no upgrade path. Optimus L3 was released earlier this year, ships with 2.3 with no foreseeable upgrade path (thanks to its low price). The software is outdated the moment it was released. I'm looking for Android phone today and still undecided of what to get (inclined to get HTC One X) because I'm unsure whether it will get a 4.1 update or not.

vshade 14y ago
HTC has a good track record of updating their phones, at one time they were the manufacturer that was best at updating their androids.
- atopuzov 14y ago
  For me it was just the opposite I got an HTC phone with 1.6 (when it was already obsolete) and newer got an upgrade (except Cyanogen which doesn't count as HTC)
  - vshade 14y ago
    I was saying compared to the others manufacturers, specially motorola.
tatsuke95 14y ago
>"but rather there's still brand new Android 2.x on sale today with no upgrade path." But the fact that there is still an Android with 2.2 available, brand new is what gives Android it's market advantage: cheap phones. For all people who aren't really techies, Android 2.2 does everything you need, and far more than my original Motorola RAZR. That's bad for Android?