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Originally Posted by DaleDe
I would agree. And there is a real problem getting updates for any of these versions of the Android OS. There are also marketing restrictions on app stores. You are never sure you can get what you want running on any particular device. If you buy it once and never look ahead for any additional features then Android is a good choice. Some vendors may keep their products up to date but they are few and far between.
Dale
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The quoted post seems to have disappeared. But FUD like this needs to be stamped on. I've been using the same Android phone for two and a half years. It's not been updated beyond v2.3. In all that time I've not come across a single app that wouldn't run on it.
Over 94% of all Android devices now run v2.3 or later.
Sure, if I went seeking out an app that needed NFC it wouldn't work as my particular device doesn't have that feature, but that would be true of any platform.
I think you can be increasingly "sure that you can get what you want running on any particular device", unless you're trying to use an advanced hardware feature that the device lacks - but those are rare.
Graham