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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by vondur on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#16493483)
Yes, but do you have access to the latest version of Android?
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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by vetinari on Thursday March 01, 2018 @12:25PM (#16494029)
Android update is different when compared to iOS update. You don't need latest Android to get the latest apps. Google will not withhold the latest Chrome or Maps or Gmail or Youtube from you, unless you update to latest OS release.
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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by lowbloodsugar on Thursday March 01, 2018 @04:41PM (#16496657)
But he's also not forced to use the latest version of Android. Apple however doesn't make every latest version available for every device. They have a cut-off. And that's all fine and normal and everyone accepts it. So, say a 4S won't run iOS 10.

So lets be clear, apple has no problem stopping you from running the latest iOS.

But they do let you install iOS9, which makes a 4S totally shite slow.

They don't have a problem stopping you from running a recent version. They just have a problem stopping you from running the version that will make your phone shit, and then preventing you from going back to the previous version.

they deliberately "brick" phones. they don't have to let you run iOS9, just because its the latest version. The iPhone 3 couldn't run iOS9. And they don't mind making it so that the 4S can't run iOS10. So why not say iOS8 is the cut-off for 4S? Well, because the 4S could run iOS8 and still be useable, and then you wouldn't need to buy a new fucking phone.

So the very last version they let^H^H^H force you to install is the one that'll make it shit.

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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by mfoy_ on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:06PM (#16495075)
Apparently not.
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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by evanlivingston on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:42AM (#16493523)
Yes
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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by Spartan-S63 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @12:05PM (#16493793)
No, it doesn't. Not through the OEM. The last version of Android was Marshmallow which is two major versions behind the most current.

Sure, you can flash it yourself to the latest version, but there's no guarantee that it'll work. In my book, not having support from the OEM on the latest possible version of Android that can be loaded on your device does not count as having access.

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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by evanlivingston on Thursday March 01, 2018 @04:36PM (#16496601)
That completely counts as having access.

Lenovo doesn't provide OEM support for ubuntu on my thinkpad, but that doens't mean to I don't have access to it.

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Re:Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan by jvzr on Friday March 02, 2018 @05:57AM (#16500531)
Through a custom ROM or something akin, I imagine? Not through regular channels, such as a regular software update notification received on the old version

Not exactly the most consumer-friendly way to get software updates. That's not comparable to how Apple does it

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