Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model

Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by Tichy on Monday December 26, 2011 @02:09PM (#3393641)

I don't get iOS 5 on my iPod Touch.

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Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by mattparcher on Monday December 26, 2011 @03:12PM (#3393811)

I’m curious to know when you bought your iPod. Depending on the timing, it is fairly likely that your iPod was less powerful than the latest iPhone at the time, with less RAM and weaker graphics.

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Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by Tichy on Monday December 26, 2011 @08:12PM (#3394427)

I don't remember the specific date, but I bought it specifically for doing iOS development. In any case, the fact remains that it is iOS hardware that won't get an update. Will the iPhone 3g be upgradeable forever?

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Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by msbarnett on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:28PM (#3401215)

No hardware is upgradable forever; that's an absurd standard that no one is expecting.

The fact remains that Apple consistently provides 2-3 years of updates, for their phones, whereas even new Google-branded Nexus phones are in some cases getting cut out of updates in less than one year.

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Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by Samuel_Michon on Monday December 26, 2011 @07:13PM (#3394296)

The third generation iPod touch (and the subsequent generation) runs iOS 5. The 3rd gen iPod touch was released on September 9, 2009.

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Re:Why Android updates are a mess: it's the business model by Tichy on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @06:48AM (#3395491)

I think I bought my iPod early 2009, not sure anymore.

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