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by igravious
3590 days ago
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According† to https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html The recent Marshmallow has 15.2% market share
Lollipop (14.1% + 21.4%) = 35.5% (the greatest share)
KitKat has 29.2% (the next greatest share)
Jelly Bean† still has (6.0% + 8.3% + 2.4%) = 16.7%
Earlier than Jelly Bean is 3.4% of the total share. Jelly Bean was first unveiled in June 2012, four years ago. I think given the development model: large ecosystem of hardware companies, alternative software stacks like Kindle and Cyanogen, a good chunk of it being open-source; given all that I'll forgive Google that we all can't upgrade to Nougat on the day of its release.As a techie you have to know by now that if you want an up to date version of Android you ought to get a Nexus or a brand which has guaranteed frequent into the future updates. There's not much point in claiming that you're "stuck" at this point. † Data collected during a 7-day period ending on August 1, 2016. |
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Not true. I have bought: Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Nexus 5. Two of those were as expensive as iOS devices. None of them can get the N update (yes I could use Cyanogenmod but I prefer production versions of software for testing). We have our own app for Android phones and it is a pain to test (simulating touch with a mouse is not good). Other Android devices purchased for testing are no better...
Meanwhile the work iPhone 4 made it to iOS 7, the iPad 2 made it as far as iOS 9, and our other test devices are still getting updates to iOS 10.
I feel that Nexus devices stop getting updates quickly. The non-nexus Androids are way worse.
Don't buy an Android if you want a device to stay secure more than say two years (coming from somebody who loves Android!).