G+_Marlon Thompson Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 About those distribution numbers: revisited Jason Howell let me just provide some clarification on those distribution numbers based on some facts. I will even provide some handy charts. Kit Kat was released on October 21st 2013 as of the Feb 4th 2014 distribution chart Kit Kat was at 1.8%. Jelly Bean was initially released on July 9th 2012 as of the October 9th 2012 distribution chart Jelly Bean was also at 1.8% Ice Cream Sandwich was released on December 16th 2011 as of the March 5th 2012 distribution chart Ice Cream Sandwich was at 1.6% So it would appear that with Lollipop after 3 months at 1.6% it is actually right on par with previous releases. But wait there is more. Do you remember in January last year we were so impressed with Motorola pushing out Kit Kat updates to the Moto X and we had the moto g. And in September 2012 the Galaxy Note launched with Jelly Bean, just in time to bump up those October numbers. Also remember that these are percentages and the total number of Android phones keeps going up so that 1.6 % could actually be greater than the 1.8%. The other elephant in the room is the Android one program that was supposed to receive timely updates but it has fallen outside of the 3 month window for its update to lollipop. The fact is if we deem these distribution numbers important then Google would have to work with Samsung, LG and Lenovo to release the next OS at the same time as they are releasing their yearly flagship phones and ensure that these phones are launching with that OS.....which is never going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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