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by WillKirkby 3197 days ago
Sure, Google run staggered rollouts for the Nexus/Pixel line, but all the other OEMs (Samsung, OnePlus, etc) take months to release their customized OS versions, if they ever do.

In addition, Android devices often have very short OS update support lifecycles (2 years seems to be common), while iOS 11 looks to be supporting as far back as the iPhone 5S (2013)
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tony101 3197 days ago
I never understood why Google's Nexus/Pixel security updates are staggered over weeks, leaving a lot of people vulnerable.

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/123401/are-stag...

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muninn_ 3197 days ago
Why do they do staged rollouts instead of just releasing the OS for all ala iOS?
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pc86 3197 days ago
iOS rollouts are staged.
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Uehreka 3197 days ago
If by staged you mean that some people download the beta a couple months before the release date then yes. But on the release date iOS is released to all consumers with supported devices.
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fullsailor 3197 days ago
iOS updates are available for everyone at the same time, but Apple does stagger the update notifications. So users that know an update is available can go to Settings and find it immediately, but notifications go out in stages after the release.
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Uehreka 3197 days ago
Sure, but for the purposes of this discussion I think it's enough to say that Apple releases it all at once. Apple stages their updates over the course of hours, maybe a few days tops. The Android+Custom Skin sort of staging ends up spacing things out over months.
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