Marshmallow market share grows in new Android distribution stats, Nougat nowhere to be seen
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- james
- nC6
- 15 Sep 2016
really froyo?This handset are very old though.
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- AnonD-259152
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- 14 Sep 2016
AnonD-375713, 14 Sep 2016I agree that it's unfortunate that devices are released to ... moreVery right
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- Anonymous
- thi
- 14 Sep 2016
SamX, 14 Sep 2016what do you mean forced??? you have the option to install t... moreSure, allow me to revise it a bit for you. [Even though updating is notified and optional], the generally unrivaled fast adoption rate to the latest version update available makes updating iOS look either seemingly forced or seemingly uncomplicated, effortless, infallible, or seamless (as with dealing minimal hassle or hurdle, akin to the definition of easy). Since I have no evidence (or too lazy to look for one) to support my own implications of iOS' adoption rate as whether it is caused particularly by the aforementioned context (by force or by its easiness), I employed the terms 'look' to indicate an observable condition and a suffixed 'seem' to indicate a perceived condition. It should have occurred to you that I was not making any absolute, supported, factual, nor document-backed claims. The reason for iOS' quick adoption rate might not even be due to forced measures or seamless methods at all for all the average consumers know
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- Anonymous
- 0Bv
- 14 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 14 Sep 2016Android update getting slow. Update also cause old chipset... moreThere seems to be no company to do that for software and hardware.
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- Anonymous
- 0Bv
- 14 Sep 2016
Android was always at least one year behind.
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- Anonymous
- tx4
- 14 Sep 2016
Fábio Bertell, 14 Sep 2016I still stuck in android 5.0 thanks to xiaomi >:-(Redmi series detected.
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- OnlyTech
- MHx
- 14 Sep 2016
[deleted post]Only if there is new Open Source OS....
Only if there is an alternative to Play Store....
Only if there is an alternative to variety of Android Phones (From $50 to $900)....
Only if there that new Open Source OS is compatible with other OSes (Windows\iOS\others)...
Only if there is rapid development in that new Open Source OS...
Think and understand.....many companies tried their hands with this new Open Source OS....but seems never worked....Tizen from Samsung.....FireOS from Mozilla....
These are just various Android Iterations numbers....Android is here to stay
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- Anonymous
- dWg
- 14 Sep 2016
Android code get's open after it's final release.
So phone manufacturers have to get know with source,with new API, ask Qualcomm or Mediatek for drivers (because they never thought submit their drivers to mainstream linux kerne (that would be make easy not for only android, but also for other linux based mobile OS-es), build, port current software, test , test more and so goes...
And you know when it comes to do that for a device from where OEM makes about $10 profit, no one will care and no one gonna do that...
And as for flagships...
Even the fastest one will need at least two or three months to make update worth sending to users, not bug bag.
If Android had centralized update system with drivers distributed openly and being opensource, that would be easier, as OEM-s would have to test their propieatery software against already build images and drivers. They wouldn't waste time (And money) searching code and drivers.
It would be also good to get rid JVM and allow C apps instead.
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 14 Sep 2016Android update getting slow. Update also cause old chipset... moreIt's compatible, they just don't wanna make it
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- Anonymous
- PA7
- 14 Sep 2016
Android update getting slow.
Update also cause old chipset cant be compatible with new OS.
If only there is new open source OS, people will leave android
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- SamX
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- 14 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 14 Sep 2016Makes updating iOS seem like they are forced even though up... morewhat do you mean forced??? you have the option to install the update or not. at least in iOS when you want to update its there, ready to be installed, while in android, when you want to update, its not yet available or it will never be available
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 14 Sep 2016there is were IOS destroys andoid. 95% of android users ar... moreiOS never destroy Android with its basic user interface and few features. If you want many updates buy any flagship phone. Nexus is fastest in upgrading.
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- Anonymous
- thi
- 14 Sep 2016
Anonymous, 14 Sep 2016Nothing new. At least, for Android, it has always been a re... moreMakes updating iOS seem like they are forced even though updating is notified and optional. I personally haven't been following Windows Mobile's history of version distribution, so no comment about it. But Windows phones still make a solid piece of device with or without the latest updates. Not that I value version updates
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- Anonymous
- thi
- 14 Sep 2016
Nothing new. At least, for Android, it has always been a recycled news that, ON AVERAGE, the previous version, over time, catches up or even surpasses on market share growth when a later version gets released. Such an Android pattern anyone following Android's distribution through the years shouldn't be surprised about. While iOS may have a different story to share on the topic of adoption rate it, likewise, does not emanate any surprising factor either. Their history of distribution to the latest of versions have GENERALLY been timely or speedy
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- Anonymous
- 4rP
- 14 Sep 2016
there is were IOS destroys andoid. 95% of android users are using a dated version of android.
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- SamX
- t7{
- 14 Sep 2016
Of course its still the year of marshmallow, android takes about a year after release to be implemented
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- saumya
- 7ka
- 14 Sep 2016
When lava iris x8L receive marshmallow update..
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- Anonymous
- xj5
- 14 Sep 2016
AnonD-375713, 14 Sep 2016I really would hate if they impose this. Frankly the additi... moreDrivers can be imported from the previous version
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- AnonD-375713
- Pkp
- 14 Sep 2016
AnonD-558092, 14 Sep 2016It is unfortunate that new devices are still released, in 2... moreI agree that it's unfortunate that devices are released to market outdated, or left dead in development (some really bad quality ones just stay with BUGS for their entire life, not even dev. community fixes). But in my experience, I've really tried to find benefits from my upgrade from 4.4 to 5.0 on my tablet. Suddenly one day it came to me, and after that I tried to spot anything that 5.0 did better than 4.4. Could be just me, or my tablet's skinned Android, but it was close to no difference. The upgrade didn't improve speed much, nor smoothness, it was good to begin with and kept the same almost, some differences were easy to spot, but mostly just cosmetic stuff like task bar changes and the softkeys. I'll take a step further and say that not much changed since the 4.2 that my phone is stuck at, some few things (like SD card permissions) were actually better at 4.2.
Some people do notice differences easily and all, but aren't those the most tech savvy people that usually go for the best models or at least best bang for buck ones? Even tho I do consider myself one, the "stop the differences" game didn't give me much results, literally the only thing that came as a big hit was not being able to install Pokemon Go on my phone - that I don't have data plan to play on the go to begin with.
I've felt that it's been some incremental but not essential changes ever since 4.0 or such.