If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be the Winner Over Native

Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by khedoros1 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:51PM (#14412460)

> Apple, Samsung, LG, HTC, etc... independently as companies I am sure some have crappy upgrade policies and some have great policies.

Well...yes. Great upgrade policies: Apple. Crappy upgrade policies: Samsung, LG, HTC, etc.

Let's look at the flagships:

Apple: iPhone 5 from 2012 supports their newest OS release.

Samsung: Galaxy S3 from 2012 supports Android 4.3 and 4.4 (depending on model). Those are 2012 and 2013 OSes.

HTC: One X from 2012 supports up to Android 4.2.2.

LG: Optimus G from 2012 supports up to Android 4.4.2.

Google itself: Nexus 4 from late 2012 supports up to Android 5.1.1. A maintenance release from last year, with a base OS release 2.5 years ago...but certainly better than other Android vendors.

Android itself is still being updated as far back as 4.4.x, but that doesn't help much when the vendors aren't picking up the updates (and installing LineageOS tends to lose access to some of the features I paid for).

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by sqeaky on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:13PM (#14412658)

I have been using cyanogenmod and lineageOS, and the updates just worked. So I wasn't aware so many of the big names refused to ship updates.

Do any android handset manufacturers ship updates?

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by khedoros1 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:41PM (#14412860)

Most of them do, but usually only for a year or two after the release of a particular handset, and more for their flagship models than their more obscure ones. In most cases, those updates include a single major OS version jump, and maybe a year or two of security patches after that point.

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