Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by jeromegv on Sunday January 06, 2019 @11:39PM
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Public stats on android usage per version contradict your theory. In overwhelming huge majority, those phones never get updated, ever. Most people don’t search the web for third party distribution. That’s just what the data shows us.
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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by shaklee3 on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:14AM
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It doesn't contradict the theory. People can update to a later OS if they want to by visiting XDA. Just because they don't doesn't mean it's not possible.
Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by volkl48 on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:45AM
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And people who would do that are a tiny rounding error in comparison to the general market.
For 99%+ of the general market, if the update is not available by clicking update in their phone, it doesn't exist and end of support is when the carrier/OEM stops releasing them.
Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR
by shaklee3 on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:30PM
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I never said that those people were the majority, nor did I say that everyone does it. Neither did the original poster. all we said was that it is possible to do, and you made the assertion about how many people do it.