CaptainBeno Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 It's Laughable That The Most Popular Version Of Android Is Nearly Three Years Old . http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/finance/news/laughable-most-popular-version-android-175400643.html?.intl=us&.lang=en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 4, 2013 Member Share Posted June 4, 2013 As long as it works and people are happy with the way it works....that's the important thing. Raa, paul0544, djdanster and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedroth Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 It's Laughable That The Most Popular Version Of Android Is Nearly Three Years Old . http://m.yahoo.com/w...=us&.lang=en-us You do know the most popular versions of most things aren't the newest one? Such as iOS, Windows, Mac, etc. Mohitster, Nogib, fusi0n and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 You do know the most popular versions of most things aren't the newest one? Such as iOS, Windows, Mac, etc. +1 cough************* XP************** Cough fobban, fusi0n, y2k2r2d2 and 7 others 10 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Someone who wrote that is on crack. I have 2 phones... 1 has ice cream sandwich... and other has jelly bean. nothing is wrong with these phones.. they are working fine and smooth so far... I have 2nd generation iPod Touch that has iOS 3.x that is working fine.. the battery lasts 2 months now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Most used != Most popular Shiranui, SlimShady and FiB3R 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 +1 cough************* XP************** Cough Not most used, certainly not most popular. articuno1au 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 One reason I'm dumping android in a few months. Spent good money on a top line HTC device and it got "discontinued" within months. So if I hang around for the full length of my contract it'll be comically obsolete. Instead I'm buying out, ditching it (and my network) and moving on to pastures new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Not most used, certainly not most popular. You know, sometimes I feel you post just to troll :/ XP was at one time, most used even after Vista, it wasn't until 7 that XP use started declining hard. ( Not saying that it didn't during vista.) Praetor 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted June 4, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2013 Here is the main problem i have with this article. the word popular. The version is has a large market share but not because users want it to. Manufacturers are notorious for not following one of Googles requirements to support devices with newer versions of android for the required amount of time. they just make newer devices and ignore the old ones. the problem with this is exactly what has happened you get a large market share of older devices with older version of android on it because people are locked into a 2 year contract without the ability to upgrade economically. Popular, no, 4.1 and higher is VERY popular. it just does not as high of a market share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted June 4, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2013 Moved to Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 That's the problem with all these third parties... having almost every day a new (flagship) Android phone and not caring about updating previous models... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Not most used, certainly not most popular. It's been the most used for way more than 3 years though. It took a while before Windows 7 was able to dethrone it. If i recall well it happened last year actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 One reason I'm dumping android in a few months. Spent good money on a top line HTC device and it got "discontinued" within months. So if I hang around for the full length of my contract it'll be comically obsolete. Instead I'm buying out, ditching it (and my network) and moving on to pastures new. if anything you should dump HTC, it isn't Androids (Googles) fault HTC dumped that phone Buttus 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 4, 2013 Member Share Posted June 4, 2013 That's the problem with all these third parties... having almost every day a new (flagship) Android phone and not caring about updating previous models... A lot of the problem in the US is the carriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 The problem is the manufacturers take too long to update it with their custom interfaces and then most have to pass through the service providers too unless you're running an unlocked phone. Manufacturers also decide not to support their older phones too since they want you to get the newest phones they have even though most older phones should be able to run it if they don't have a memory limit issue for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 4, 2013 Member Share Posted June 4, 2013 I'm still waiting for the 4.2.2 update for the Note 2 on AT&T. Glad I didn't hold my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 This again? Alrighty then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Quite a lot of old phones had their upgrade paths stopped at Android 2.3 but Android 4.1 onwards is a massive improvement. It's the same situation as with Windows XP, eventually it will start dying as people buy new phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 The problem is the manufacturers take too long to update it with their custom interfaces and then most have to pass through the service providers too unless you're running an unlocked phone. Manufacturers also decide not to support their older phones too since they want you to get the newest phones they have even though most older phones should be able to run it if they don't have a memory limit issue for the update. For whatever else the iPhone did right or wrong, not allowing iOS to be tied to a provider was indisputably the right call. Circaflex and FloatingFatMan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 if anything you should dump HTC, it isn't Androids (Googles) fault HTC dumped that phone They're all at it. Biggest disadvantage of android unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 we already know the majority of android phones sold are cheap low end phones running ancient software. this isn't a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 5, 2013 Member Share Posted June 5, 2013 For whatever else the iPhone did right or wrong, not allowing iOS to be tied to a provider was indisputably the right call. I agree. Everyone should do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 One reason I'm dumping android in a few months. Spent good money on a top line HTC device and it got "discontinued" within months. So if I hang around for the full length of my contract it'll be comically obsolete. Instead I'm buying out, ditching it (and my network) and moving on to pastures new. You'll get that no matter what, with contract devices. For whatever else the iPhone did right or wrong, not allowing iOS to be tied to a provider was indisputably the right call. On this, there can be no dispute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 They're all at it. Biggest disadvantage of android unfortunately Hardly, take a gander over at xda-developers, the biggest advantage of Android is it's open source, if your carrier/vendor won't release an updated version XDA Devs will. You can get 4.2.2 on most if not all modern Android phones that have been released in the past few years and they are bloat free and often have improved performance such as newer drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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