Android N gets a Name... - Page 2

tubemonkey · 07-01-2016, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

"Despite??" Oh please, the difference is ENTIRELY about the difference in how Apple and Google do things. Any comparison of version adoption between the two is utterly meaningless, unless you're comparing the way they do things.

Most definitely! Apple has complete control over its platform and Google doesn't.

ApK · 07-01-2016, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Most definitely! Apple has complete control over its platform and Google doesn't.

Yes, and users all get the same choice of "I want the new version" or "not now" (and most people want it) at about the same time on about all devices, versus Android's added factors of phone manufacturer, model, cell provider plus user choice. If those two diverse ways of doing things DIDN'T result in a huge difference in fragmentation, then THAT would be noteworthy!

AnemicOak · 07-01-2016, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

The vast majority of apps run equally well on the vast majority of devices, despite version differences.

I'm sure the majority do. However I have multiple devices stuck at 4.x.x and can't run multiple apps I want to run at all. It's frustrating since one of my oldest devices, original Nexus 7, despite being incredibly slow runs the most up to date OS of any of my devices. It runs the apps, barely, yet I can't run them on my newer devices.

Shane R · 07-05-2016, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

I like it. I like nougat.

I heard they couldn't come to an agreement with the owners for the use of 'Nutella.'

Canuck_in_Japan · 07-06-2016, 10:23 AM

I don't get how almost 20% could be using Jelly bean still. It came out in 2012! And most phones get an update within a year so you think most of them would have at least been updated to kit kat.

tubemonkey · 07-06-2016, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

I don't get how almost 20% could be using Jelly bean still. It came out in 2012! And most phones get an update within a year so you think most of them would have at least been updated to kit kat.

Generally, it's only top of the line phones that receive major upgrades. Mid and lower tier phones rarely get them and are usually stuck with the version they shipped with. That explains why Jelly Bean is still in use. If it ain't broke, why get a new one!

Alpha o · 07-06-2016, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

I don't get how almost 20% could be using Jelly bean still. It came out in 2012! And most phones get an update within a year so you think most of them would have at least been updated to kit kat.

Maybe the device is still good. I have an Acer A500 tablet running ICS. There is no upgrade. It's wifi only, and it does not have any social apps on it.

I have manuals, scientific apps, nature apps, and use a very old edition of FB reader. The tablet uses standard USB, so I simply transfer any books downloaded on computer via USB stick. I no longer update any apps since the OS is old. But the apps' databases are still OK.

All the apps are self contained and need no connection. I use the tablet at the telescope.

The inkBOOK I just bought is running 4.2.2. Good enough to read on, and no Google. Also wifi only. I will not own a network tablet or ereader.

bullet · 07-08-2016, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpha o

Maybe the device is still good. I have an Acer A500 tablet running ICS. There is no upgrade. It's wifi only, and it does not have any social apps on it.

I have manuals, scientific apps, nature apps, and use a very old edition of FB reader. The tablet uses standard USB, so I simply transfer any books downloaded on computer via USB stick. I no longer update any apps since the OS is old. But the apps' databases are still OK.

All the apps are self contained and need no connection. I use the tablet at the telescope.

The inkBOOK I just bought is running 4.2.2. Good enough to read on, and no Google. Also wifi only. I will not own a network tablet or ereader.

I have a Nook tablet running Gingerbread. Everything still works. Its linux.

Dopedangel · 07-13-2016, 02:34 AM

Google updates a lot of the internal stuff from android without needing to update the os. So even someone on Android 2 versions back still has the latest version of almost all google apps.
Apple updates older hardware to newer os versions but then disables some of the new stuff in the OS as the older hardware is unable to support it. So when it comes to new features its almost the same thing just Apple old devices show a new version of iOS and Android devices don't in the end they both don't get all the new stuff.
The one problem with Android is that manufacturers are not releasing security fixes for older devices or if they do not fast enough.

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07-06-2016, 10:23 AM	#20
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	I don't get how almost 20% could be using Jelly bean still. It came out in 2012! And most phones get an update within a year so you think most of them would have at least been updated to kit kat.

07-13-2016, 02:34 AM	#24
Dopedangel Wizard Posts: 1,793 Karma: 30548723 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Device: Boyue	Google updates a lot of the internal stuff from android without needing to update the os. So even someone on Android 2 versions back still has the latest version of almost all google apps. Apple updates older hardware to newer os versions but then disables some of the new stuff in the OS as the older hardware is unable to support it. So when it comes to new features its almost the same thing just Apple old devices show a new version of iOS and Android devices don't in the end they both don't get all the new stuff. The one problem with Android is that manufacturers are not releasing security fixes for older devices or if they do not fast enough.

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