G+_R Ballecer Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The success of Android may be it's Achilles' heel. Most handset cannot upgrade to newer version, unlike iOS. Unless you root, the handset is effectively a dead end device. I have always advocated every android device to have an Android 'core', while manufacturers can add attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 One of the benefits of buying open devices like the Nexus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bukola Ayokun Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Lionel D You may be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Richard Tan Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Google needs to solve this in the next couple of version of Android. Even the Nexus line suffers just because drivers or kernels are not up to date. Google needs to mainline android to the main Linux branch. They then need to help the ARM support and help get drivers upto date when applying it back to the Linux main branch. Once that is done, fix android to work like chrome OS so that updates can easily be done. Maybe they will eventually create a Pure Android version where Google can push up updates to all devices, something like how Microsoft licence works. So it is upto the consumer if they want OEM versions or Google Pure experience with timely updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Miller Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I wish more manufactures would make it priority to build unlocked devices that could/would receive updates directly from Google. I would love to have something like one of the compact Sony phones with the pure Google experience and immediate updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Gary Volk Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 It's not a dead end device until it can no longer do what you need it to do. That being said, I wish os upgrades where not at the whim of carriers or device manufacturers or third party roms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jacob Vander Plaats Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 There is another company that makes unlocked devices now, Motorola. Unfortunately, they apear to be making some stupid mistakes, but their moto X 2015 is unlocked, and pure Android.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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