When I read this I realize that Apple has set the landscape in your mind and thus you compare Android to it and Android comes up short. Which is ok because Goog

When I read this I realize that Apple has set the landscape in your mind and thus you compare Android to it and Android comes up short. Which is ok because Google themselves initially feel into the same trap! Google's approach is to update core apps on a super frequent basis. That's really the functionality that matters. The underlying OS requires less frequent updates now that it/they are more mature. So pining for an OS update is probably putting your energy in the wrong location. Apple made OS updates relevant for the first time in years with iOS7 but I suspect iOS8 will be a relative sleeper and probably 9 too. It's the core set of apps that really still can impact how productive your phone is much more so than the OS these days.