rocketpig said:
Unless the iPhone has the specs you want from the phone. I'm not bashing Android's option set, it's what sets it apart from Apple. It's why I went Android over a year ago. But that still doesn't excuse manufacturers for being lazy and not supporting their own hardware for even one year. Just because Android has a lot of different options doesn't mean manufacturers get a pass on customer support. Google could easily force manufacturers to support their hardware for a certain amount of time (or, better yet, start handling updates themselves). Bingo, problem solved. Microsoft has done it for years with Windows. There's no reason Google can't do the same with Android. They don't even have to give all the features to every phone... They could maintain a tiered OS system like Apple does based on hardware capabilities (for example, the iPhone 4 doesn't have dual mics so it doesn't get Siri but the phone still receives the bulk of the iOS6 updates). There are plenty of workarounds to the problem, Google just doesn't want to do it or force manufacturers to support their own hardware. As an end-user, that's a shitty policy no matter how you look at it. |
They are with Android 4 ICS and beyond. I don't remember the exact time, I think it is they have a couple months to get the update out and it must be supported for two years or something like that. However, that's the big changes with ICS. That's why OEMs flavors of ICS are massively toned down from previous versions. That's why they are not allowed to change the menu system, etc.
