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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by vetinari on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @09:28AM (#15695223)
This is a function of market share and customer loyalty, and thus Apples ability to tell carriers to f-off. iPhones will sell regardless whether the given carrier does sell them or not.

On the other hand, iOS updates do cause problems and then it's the carriers, who scramble to modify their networks to make iPhones work (remember when Brits didn't have mobile data for a few days after an update?). They would not do it for Xiaomi or Sony.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by scarface74 on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:36PM (#15697845)
Apple rested control from AT&T and the few mobile carriers around the world that were selling the iPhone during the first year with less than 10 million devices sold. There was no reason that Google couldn't do the same. You even had to wait for Nexus updates back in the day that were sold by Verizon.
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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by vetinari on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @04:11PM (#15699157)
Apple already had loyal customers, who were ready to buy the devices without regard to mobile operators. iPhone was just continuation of computers and especially iPods.
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