Personally, I've never noticed it, and I have a phone which is well over a year old.
It may be a point release older than the newest version. I'm not sure. Does it matter?
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Apple Executives Speak on the 'Low-Cost Phone', Android's Fragmentation Issues
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Personally, I've never noticed it, and I have a phone which is well over a year old.
It may be a point release older than the newest version. I'm not sure. Does it matter?
Android users just gave up expecting to have access to the latest version of android.
No it is not! It was sold as the brand new model alongside the 4s release in October 2011. Your argument is invalid based on this fact alone.
Not going to backfire at all. The 5c will likely sell way more units than a marked down five would have sold. The 5c is an improved device over the 5.
Fragmentation is mainly an issue with DEVELOPERS, not end-users. An end-user wouldn't notice.
It's a matter of degrees. A little bit of fragmentation is not the same as a lot of fragmentation. iOS 7 will probably be on more devices than Jelly Bean within a week. It will likely be on a higher percentage of active iPhones by the end of the day.
Do Apple release OS fragmentation numbers?
I'm with you! They used to introduce a new phone at $199, then sell older models at $99 and $0. NOW, they're selling a new phone at $199, another new model at $99, and then an older model at $0. The nerve!
For a second I thought you were serious. Then I saw the rolleyes.
The subtleties of a good sarcastic comment can make for a very entertaining conversation.
Only you are ignoring the fact that the core apps and api set gets updated constantly.
People who buy a cheap phone with an old OS don't really care about having an old OS. They are coming from feature phones where they could not download apps. Now they have a smartphone and they can get every popular app like their friends have.
If their phone doesn't have a gyro and a barometer, and therefore there are some esoteric apps that don't work - well they knew that when they bought the el-cheapo phone and they don't really care.
So your apple device is at least four years old. Your four year old android device is running 4.3? Right.
I give credit to Tim cook, he trolled the android fans hard with this one. As soon as I read it I knew there would be plenty of android fragmentation deniers posting itt.
Fragmentation? LOL! They just announced a legacy app system for devices that can't run the latest OS! I bought my iPhone 3G the first day it was available. Months before my 2 year contract even ended, Apple rendered it unusable with an OS update that didn't support a bunch of new features anyhow.
I currently have a 2+ year old Android phone running 2.3 and a nearly year old, albeit high spec, tablet running Android 4.2. I use the same current apps on both with no problems.
Those are the stock, manufacturer OS releases. If you're willing to hack around a little there is also an active development community that often has the latest Android OS available for much older devices.
Apple's solution to fragmentation is disposable devices with timed obsolescence. And their problem is compounded by locked down devices with a locked down, closed OS. I suppose if you have huge wads of cash to throw at Apple every time they force a hardware upgrade, that's great.
Apple's execs should get their own house in order and innovate around "fragmentation" before they whine about somebody else's problems.
I currently have a 2+ year old Android phone running 2.3 and a nearly year old, albeit high spec, tablet running Android 4.2. I use the same current apps on both with no problems.
Those are the stock, manufacturer OS releases. If you're willing to hack around a little there is also an active development community that often has the latest Android OS available for much older devices.
Apple's solution to fragmentation is disposable devices with timed obsolescence. And their problem is compounded by locked down devices with a locked down, closed OS. I suppose if you have huge wads of cash to throw at Apple every time they force a hardware upgrade, that's great.
Apple's execs should get their own house in order and innovate around "fragmentation" before they whine about somebody else's problems.
That one is from June. Here is the latest from September.
http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
Where is Android 4.3?? That's the one that added BT4.0 BLE support, for beacons and such.
There are NO devices with it? Released on 24 July 2013, and no devices run it, and Google doesn't recognize it's existence 2 months later.
That's not what fragmentation is. That is just stuff becoming outdated and not with specs current enough to run the newest software.
Of course, that's what business is all about. But that's not to say the customer isn't benefitting too. The 5c can now be called a world phone whereas the 5 certainly wasn't. Also a bigger battery and improved FaceTime camera too. So, if I were faced with a choice of a 5 or a 5c tomorrow, for the same price, I'd definitely go with the 5c because it's a better phone and therefore better value.
Lol at fandroids now claiming people who buy android phones don't care about getting access to the latest features and have access to the newest apps.
This is the defense for horrible fragmentation? That people don't care about apps or features when they choose android?
You are partly correct. The WHITE iPodTouch 4th Generation was introduced in October 2011 along with the iPhone 4S, but the 4th Generation was already on the market since september 2010.
However, I do believe Apple has done somewhat of a disservice by discontinuing iOS updates on devices that they were still selling as new as recently as May of this year!
Its not exactly fragmentation in the way that Android OS versions are, but it is a really poor show of support for "current" hardware in my opinion.
The galaxy gear watch requires Bluetooth 4 hardware, which is only available on a handful of devices. It's true that it also requires 4.3, which will be released on the S4 next month, at which point it will fully support the Gear