G+_Craig Sotelo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 http://m.tuaw.com/2013/12/03/when-it-comes-to-supporting-older-devices-ios-outshines-android/?partner=skygrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Wisniewski Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ya that's for sure. Not sure who's to blame for it though. The manufactures or carriers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rob Saw Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 As far as I am aware, the 3gs is not able to upgrade to ios7, but that aside - the assumption here is that newer is always better? Have you seen an iPhone 4 running ios7? It is sloooow! We all like to think that our prized possessions are able to run the latest and greatest, but are we perhaps better admitting that they can't and using an older version at full speed? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Wisniewski Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Good point Rob Saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mr covert Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I just recently purchased a iPad 2 for my mother, it is all she needs. When it came to showing her how to set up WiFi hotspot on it for her laptop I could not find the setting. After a little searching for an answer I find out the feature has been removed in newer iOS versions. I would not call removing important features supporting... I wonder if the "supporting" of older devices is more related to continuing and improving other revenue streams like iTunes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ron K Jeffries Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 This is a fanboi article. But whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Clay Ginn Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Hahahahahaha. Oh you were serious. I think you need to think again.this time think about the entire android community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stephane Boisvert Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Up until this weekend, when I got the Note 3, my 2011 Atrix 4G ran Jelly Bean just fine, like the Nexus S (2010) can. If this blog post wanted to be disingenuous, it did so wonderfully by failing to compare Apple's line of phones to Google's Nexus line of devices. When you do that, they're identical in that both hardware lines released in 2010 support the last available 2013 OS (if we exclude Android 4.4 "Kit Kat" which just came out), while those in 2009 and older do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matthew Zier-Vogel Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Not all apple models get all the features of the new updates. IPhone 4 did not get voice navigation or siri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ricky Cash Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Having a myriad of choices has it's consequence. Of course apple that has all of what 7 or 8 different phones over its lifetime, can keep those updated to a degree. they are one company with one device. Android consists of a whole universe. Stars, planets, moons none of which are in the control of any single entity. So by having something for everybody you also wind up with everybody sometimes not getting everything if that makes any sense. The beauty of the future is that Google is starting to play god in the Android universe. Aligning the planets and the stars and the moons so it is getting more difficult for them to destroy the whole thing. Giving Apple fanboys one less thing on the ever dwindling list of bragging points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Clay Knight Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Soooo you can upgrade imessage independent from the rest of the OS like you can with Hangouts? Safari? No? Thought so. Look we all like new and shiny, but do we REALLY need to focus so much on software updates to the OS, glaring security issue arguments aside? My LG e980 is running 4.1.2. Big effing woop. Sure, I'd love some kit kat sweetness, especially since the spec is near identical to the Nexus 5, but I'm reasonably content. If its an issue for you to have the absolute latest version of Android, buy a Nexus device and quit bitching. Or better yet, jump ship to iOS. No, please, go. You obviously place all of your self worth in update subversion numbers and are not worthy of our Google Overlords' goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Injerd Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Clay Knight Nexus doesn't always have the latest, they're only guaranteed updates for 18 months after release. I found that out when it was announced that KitKat would not come to Galaxy Nexus. However, the obvious advantage of Android is that there's practically no limits with custom ROMs. I'll certainly have KitKat on my GNex when CyanogenMod releases it (soon... http://cyanogenmod.org/blog/cm-11-0-m1-nexus-edition). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matthew Zier-Vogel Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Mark Injerd, from my understanding it was TI's fault for not GNex update, they discontinued the chip inside so no driver support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Injerd Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Matthew Zier-Vogel That's news to me. Here's my source: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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