You're being defensive. Someone asked: "Wonder if Android has 10% on the newest OS."
I answered. No, it does not. Not even close. Not according to Mixpanel either.
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You're being defensive. Someone asked: "Wonder if Android has 10% on the newest OS."
I answered. No, it does not. Not even close. Not according to Mixpanel either.
Of course, it is well known that Google doesn't care what version of Android are you running, but how many info can it collect from you for ad targeting.
Since data harvesting works flawlessly on back to 4 or 5 iterations of Android, it doesn't matter what version of Android are you running. Just keep using Google services, and please, turn your location sharing on (doesn't mean anything to us, we are gonna know your location like it or not), but please, do it for "better user experience" ***wink***
A comparison like this is a bit silly. A bit like saying Apple has such a small market share compared to the total number of phones sold annually then someone replying with but some of those android phones aren't really smart phones. If you look at just smart phones that can be or are likely to be updateable then Apple has a much larger share. Just like most Android phones wouldn't normally be updated.
Its well known that Android handset makers skin the phone and thus updates will be slow.
Would be better if the makers did not do this and updates would be more frequent.
It also doesn't help that iOS bugs you incessantly, at least it does on all my devices.
In august 2017 Google launched Android 8.0.
8.1 was an incremental update that mostly has fixes and tweaks for the Pixel phones.
8.0 has 15%
8.1 has 6.13%
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Nobody has to pray for anything just make a little research and see the update track record for the phone model and for the manufacturer they are buying it for.
My cheap mi a1 gets monthly updates and it will also receive Android Pie guaranteed. I knew all this when I bought it for testing purposes.
It is, but someone asked, and I answered.
There is lot of nuance to the comparison, such as Play Services and security patches being made available to some extent on older OSes. But that wasn't the question.
Well here's the thing with problems, people that have them complain, an if a few popular bloggers gerthe problems it turns into a regular s#$t storm,meanwhile most people don't have problems, but we ever hear from them. Are Is releases perfect on day one? Of course not, could Apple doa better job with qa/beta, in some cases yes in others not so much. Personally I can't remember the last time I was hit by a majir IOS issue so I"m in the same group as you, in fact I think this group includes most IOS users but I have no data atm so I might be wrong
More than it being Google's business model, Google has little control over if and when OEMs choose to roll out the update. Google is trying to make it easier for OEMs to issue timely updates but it's still OEMs choice.
Most cheap Android phones have little incentive to provide update support for older hardware and customers know this when buying a cheaper less known phone models.
So, if you compare iOS install base vs. Android's, it's like comparing apples and oranges. That's why look at the number of Android update on Pixel phones
Most cheap Android phones have little incentive to provide update support for older hardware and customers know this when buying a cheaper less known phone models.
So, if you compare iOS install base vs. Android's, it's like comparing apples and oranges. That's why look at the number of Android update on Pixel phones
That's Google's problem, not ours.
Google can't have it both ways. Either Android has a large market share, in which case the cheap devices that never get any upgrades absolutely do matter, or only good™ Android phones count, in which case Android's market share is pitiful. Google sells roughly as many Pixel phones in a year as Apple sells iPhones in a week. That's really not a useful comparison.
iOS 12 is the first iOS beta I've ever installed. It was actually faster, the hype was real on this one.
That said, I'd really like an upgrade to iOS 6 with current security patches. It was so much prettier.
That said, I'd really like an upgrade to iOS 6 with current security patches. It was so much prettier.
This is comparing iOS 11 performance to 12. Are there iOS 10 to 12 numbers?
Is jail breaking a thing? Why would one want to compromise the security of their phone by jail breaking? To each their own I guess. I don't jailbreak.
Apparently you aren't very familiar with iOS, which has had background multitasking since iPhone OS version one.
Also, the Play store now requires minimum Android 8 (API 26) compatibility for new Apps and after November for updates as well to be on the Play store, which means only about 20% of the Android installed base will get App updates or be able to get new Apps unless they can update Android. Also, API 26 places restrictions on backgrounded apps similar to iOS to finally catch up with power management comparable to iOS.
I think no remarks are needed on your ridiculous comments about bugs.
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Jailbreaking doesn't compromise security any more than being able to sideload apps on MacOS or Windows does - it is all in what you do with your new capabilities.
If that were true than google wouldn’t bother with android os updates, or project treble.
Just because android os updates are broken doesn’t mean they are useless.
They kind of have to. Not many users are on the new android os. So if they don’t app developers wouldn’t really have any reason to develop for android.
Look at how much fortnite made on iOS and you might begin to understand.