Comments on: As Android change slows, 1 in 4 phones run latest versions

By: AutoFill Jammes

AutoFill Jammes — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:20:27 +0000

Valid point but your numbers are not completely fair. Jelly bean 2.7% was from 2 week period of users logging into Google play not all devices may have logged changing the percentages. I’m sure apple releases updates through Itunes by passing slow carrier updates that android is currently dealing with

By: Randy Hill

Randy Hill — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:32:55 +0000

Jelly Bean was released over 2 months ago and less than 2% of Android users have it. iOS 6 was released less than 2 weeks ago and more than 60% of iPhone users have installed it. Just another misleading GigaOM headline?

By: jhgk

jhgk — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:12:48 +0000

This is how I see it: As Android change slows, 1 in 55 phones run latest version.

By: b

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:05:41 +0000

All of the phones we sell at work are powered by Android 2.2 or 2.3.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:01:09 +0000

“Older, less powerful devices will not be able to upgrade to Android 4.x.x.” I agree with you there. But I also think that many customers with those devices will be upgraded in the near future. Certainly not all, so the problem won’t go away completely.

By: sarayusays

sarayusays — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:37:56 +0000

Given that Mobile OSs are maturing it will be interesting to see what’s store in for future.
http://www.asksarayu.com/android-vs-iphone-wars/

By: A.J. Minhas

A.J. Minhas — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:04:27 +0000

Older, less powerful devices will not be able to upgrade to Android 4.x.x. They will continue to run Gingerbread until the end of their hardware life-cycle. Motorola Mobility recently announced that they would not be pushing ICS to 3 devices formerly on the upgrade list due to hardware restrictions. I bought my HTC smartphone last Christmas, because it was on the ICS upgrade list. I didn’t get the upgrade till early June when it was originally promised in late February, but I did get it and it has made a huge difference. Google, the manufacturers and the carriers need to coordinate and plan for more timely and pain-free upgrades for Android devices.

By: Dan G

Dan G — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:59:29 +0000

Having the most updated version doesn’t matter for most people. As long as they can get on Facebook, they’re happy. More important, are choices on prices, carriers and phone forms.