[smackfu]

In a world where you replace your phone every two years, and you may get only one OS update in those two years for even a well supported phone, it's surprising how much people care about this. For tablets, I think it matters a bit more, since I think they'll have longer lifetimes.

[eropple]

I think you're right, but it's disappointing that that's the case; I think we've been at the "good enough" point for longer than we've realized. I recently dusted off my Galaxy Nexus and installed a Cyanogen build of 4.4 on it. After using it again, I prefer it to my prior Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3 and it isn't even close.

[TheLegace]

I cannot for the life of me understand why the Huawei Ascend P1 is faster than the newer Nexus 4. As soon as I upgrade Android to 4.4(Which was a huge hassle) the phone is perfect, it's thin and light and OLD and I just want to toss my stupid Nexus 4 away.

It has something to do with the screen latency and bunch of other factors.