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Google Releases Android 9 Pie as Previous Oreo Release is Installed on Just 12% of Devices
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3D TV died, but it wasn’t a waste of time or resources. It helped in the creation of 4K TV. 3D TV doubled the pixels on the horizontal, just not the vertical.
How do you know those devices cannot run never version of AndroidOS, maybe the manufacturer does not have an incentive to do so due to cost, or whatever reason. You cannot simply claim planned obsolescence just because the manufacturer has opted not to do so, these companies have so many models available in so many markets and competing with other AndroidOS devices. After their sell you the device there is not much incentive to continue support long term, similar to an appliance after a year the customer is on their own unless their opt for extended warranties. 3rd party manufacturers do no control the PlayStore, their make money off hardware not software or services, unlike Apple and Google.
You are on a public forum right, and do you have any data to backup your claims, if not it is all noise.
Not defending anyone or taking sides, however I hear the battery explosion From time to time, that occurred over 2 years ago. Get over it, Samsung at least admitted it and discontinued sales. Apple just provided a free bumper for a short window and admitted nothing.
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NHK researchers built a UHDTV prototype which they demonstrated in 2003, I don’t believe 3DTV had anything to do with it, may have contributed however its hard to say for sure. Unless you have some information I am unaware of, that would be helpful.
As early as 2013, 3D televisions were being seen as a fad. DirecTV had stopped broadcasting 3D programs in 2012, while ESPN stopped in 2013. In the UK, Sky moved its content to on demand.
Fewer and fewer 3D TVs were sold and soon TV manufactures stopped making them. Vizio stopped production in 2014 and was followed by others. In January 2017, the last two major television manufacturers still producing 3D televisions, Sony and LG, announced they would stop all 3D support.
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What is amusing about this is that most developers do not even harness the power of the “A#” processors. Some games and apps, however most not so. Many apps have not even incorporated FaceID or designed for the notch. The power contained even in an iPhone 7 is overkill for what most users do daily with their phones.
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Interesting.
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Related to Android phones I’ve seen plenty of times in the past; indeed true for me.
Android's ‘version’ of the iOS screen time feature was announced first.
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third?
It launched with marshmallow and has been updated first to nougat and then to Oreo. It’s not getting android P so it’s had 2 major OS updates.
Your S7 will get security updates until next year but no more OS updates. So that’s 2 years of OS updates and 3 years of the security update. Your iPhone 7 will get 5 years of OS updates.
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I agree that malicious apps are more of a problem on android. However google are doing something to try and combat this, namely by issuing monthly security updates and the google play protect feature which scans every app you install on the playstore before it’s installed.
Incredibly inaccurate. I used iPhones for 4 years and my first Android phone is the one I currently have which is the S8. I have found the Android system is more than an equal to iOS.
I have no dislike for iOS and appreciate its integration with macOS which is clearly beneficial to me being a Mac user. It is for this reason I shall be moving back to an iPhone once my phone upgrade is due with my Network Provider in 2019. For the mean time however I am more than satisfied with the S8.
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This really works in favour of Android users and the developer community. By the time someone getting the upgrade, it would have been tested by a large number of customers across regions and many of the critical issues world have been addressed. Also, there is absolutely no need to upgrade to higher versions which are optimised for different set of hardware needs. Of late, users do not get to see great differences in OS upgrades. If big names provide three years security patches and minor tweaks and enhancements, it is enough IMO
Midrange and budget phones may not get updated, but you get what you pay for afterall. All android flagship phones will get at least 2 years if OS updates and 3 years ot security updates.
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Umm, what? The 4k spec had been around for years before 3D TVs were released. 4k would have happened without 3d.
Certainly hope so as whilst I might prefer actually using iOS, Android definitely looks nicer.
I can do more work and other miscellaneous stuff on Lollipop than iOS 11 and any other version of iOS......dont care what yall say but this is true.
Nope, all new security features, privacy features & all the new API has to be updated with "whole OS". So you might get new apps or some new components but still runs on same APIs & might take advantage of old privacy permission model on Android the same way
12% is alot more phones than those charts look.
Google just announced that there is 2 billion active android users a month.
So 12% of those is 240m phones running oreo
Google just announced that there is 2 billion active android users a month.
So 12% of those is 240m phones running oreo
How is what you're describing not planned obsolescence? The original iPhone had CPU and RAM* capable of powering the most common app usages of modern iPhones. Why should we need way more resources to do the same tasks as before?
*Not including GPU here cause it's a different story.
I love seeing the graphs of users using the newest version of Android compared to iOS. Just shows how Apple is better at delivering their software and making it clear to update. Plus supporting their phones for so many years. This is why I'm always going to be sticking with iOS.
Also is it just me or does this just look like an Android version of iOS?... Then again it's not like iOS has it's own original features lol.
Also is it just me or does this just look like an Android version of iOS?... Then again it's not like iOS has it's own original features lol.
LinuxMint maybe. My experience with Ubuntu Desktop has been that it downloads updates even when I thought I turned that feature off. I normally use Ubuntu Server but was afraid to do so on my (secondary) laptop.
Btw, I often leave my iOS out of date slightly so I can let other users test the new ones first. The notifications aren't that annoying. It asks me once a week or something. The actual thing that sucks is it sometimes fills my remaining free space with an auto-downloaded update, which utterly retarded (literally it slows down my phone) because it's not like I'm going to update on the go.
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It's not misleading, just a statement. The updates matter in Android too, as they do in other Linux-based OSs. You don't really know whether you've got all the security patches if you aren't up to date.
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It's to mask how out of touch with humans they are.
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