The iPhone 3GS turns three this summer.
You'll be able to update it to Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, this fall.
That means once the New iPhone or iPhone 5 or whatever you want to call it launches later this year, there will be four generations of iPhones running the most up-to-date software.
Now, let's compare that to Android.
-businessinsider.com
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Apple could put a sh1t on a stick and if it has the apple logo it would sell!
7%, only a measly 7% of android users have access to the latest firmware and features available. 93% of android users run years old firmware lol.
All I ever see on articles like this are android fanboys slagging apple off, I rarely see apple fans attack android. It's a testament to apple that iPhones are so compatible with the latest features.
Only 7% lol. And that's when their battery isn't dead.
Here read this :
http://techspy.com/news/101...
Funny....Lets take a deeper look into the features the latest Android OS offers.....notice how a bunch of "older" phones have some of those features? They just didn't update fully. Google isn't lying to you thats the issue. Apple is. "oh yeah you get the latest software, but we really just slapped a number on it, the true update is the latest devices"
Google tries to support as many devices as possible, but when you have companies like Motorola throwing crap out there, and Verizon being greedy, its harder. My GF has an Iphone that can't even use half the apps on the store.....
Fail article is Fail.
The reason android 4 doesn't run on older phones is because of the minimum specs required mean its got so much new stuff that just won run on older models due to hardware limitations. which means that the industry and tech will be constantly pushed forward unlike the iPhone which has barely changed or had anything interest happen in years. People will upgrade to the new os and 90% of apples user base will not be able to tell the difference.
exactly how many android devices is 7% of all the android devices compared to the 6 devices in total that are running the newest Ios device
nice try.
its like having hardware thats an 8/10 with software that 4/10. then making software thats 8/10 to run on said phone and saying we doing something amazing.
First, Apple lets you upgrade 3GS and Iphone 4 but not all or newer feature are available on the older phones. Which is of course logical given the dating hardware. Jailbreak ... go!
On the plus side, that´s does represent little fragmentation thou and truth be told the build quality is there, the phones last quite a while.
Android on the other hand has all the "ton-a-load" phones coming out 3 in 3 months. Aside from the newer ones... the previous only get the newer odd named OS´s in some cases, which is lame. ROOT ROOT ROOT. WOOT did someone say high fragmentation rate?
Android is reportedly more "open" (debatable) and they are feature rich phones but aside from the flagships that cost the same of what the Iphone do, the build quality is shit.
So both facades do have their glass roofs per sé but it all boils down to the experience you prefer... which ecosystem you like, what you need out of a phone and how long you want to hold on to it.
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The thing that really annoys me is that the cost of the average phone has gone up about 200% or more. Ok so you can get cheaper ones, but your put under a lot of pressure to get one.
The reason why the latest ios is used on most iphones is since the hardware is all so similar. That is, incremental upgrades.
The reason for fragmentation on android is that you have phones ranging from 320x240 single cores, to 720p quad cores and everything in between. Adjusments have to be made