Dear Apple, there’s nothing ‘really sad’ about using a 5-year-old PC

Re:Dear Apple, there’s nothing ‘really sad’ about using a 5-... by slantyyz on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:03PM (#11346257)

> That's irony, since Apple has a ~80% adoption rate for iOS 9 and Google has an adoption rate of <40% for Android 5+.

But I also wonder what the story is behind that adoption rate discrepancy.

Apple makes their own phones, so they can push out upgrades easily. Most of the Android phones sold were made by Samsung right? And Samsung has a a wide variety of phone models and penchant for making mods that slow down updates and/or make them infeasible for other models.

Aging iPhones also tend to become less enjoyable (carefully selected words) to use on their last viable OS update, so people tend to either upgrade to the latest iPhone or switch platforms.

Speaking of Moto X'es, I just got a notification for an update right now, while my wife who has the same model on the same network got her notification over a week ago. I'm guessing they like to stagger their updates?

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Re:Dear Apple, there’s nothing ‘really sad’ about using a 5-... by Roboprog on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:06PM (#11346793)

I think part of the Android version spread has to do with prepaid phones. At least 2 of my family members regularly lose/destroy their cheap Android phones and then replace them. These cheaper phones ($30 - $60) are usually running an older 4.x version (until recently, often 3.x).

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