Android 4.0 now found in 7.1% of Android devices

15. lubba posted on 02 Jun 2012, 06:40 4 1

Its alot of steps for 4.0 ICS.

5. dickwyn posted on 01 Jun 2012, 23:55 6 4

at least htc gives its androi users update not like samsung which only has ics update fro like 2 phones the Gs2, note, galaxys2 skyrocket

10. abdane posted on 02 Jun 2012, 01:40 4 5

at least samsung gives its android users ANDROID multitasking... not like HTC tring to be iPhonish with no true multitasking and non removable battery and no sd card slot...

12. QinEmpire posted on 02 Jun 2012, 03:21 1 3

Lol Android turncoat. Fragmentation is not just limited to Android but Android users.

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14. Leo_MC posted on 02 Jun 2012, 05:10 2 2

Ha-ha-ha!
Remember SGS? It was exactly like iphone 3g.
S3 voice useless stuff - just like useless siri.
The botton row of icons: fixed - just like ios's ones.
And this is are just superficial observations.

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19. dickwyn posted on 02 Jun 2012, 10:11 0 2

why are you looking to the past removable battery and SD card slot. the future is online storage that is why you have dropbox plus its more safer, because if you lose your phone you lose your sd card but not the online storage

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27. sorcio46 posted on 02 Jun 2012, 15:06 0 0

Yes, cause the count is taken by all the activations on Play Store

21. remixfa posted on 02 Jun 2012, 12:38 0 0

i think what it shows is that there are a lot of older android models out there that are just begging for the user to upgrade to a new phone. Nothing has really launched with less than 2.3 in quite some time.

25. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Jun 2012, 13:26 0 2

Basically it's saying ICS has not been widely distributed yet.

17. Sniggly posted on 02 Jun 2012, 08:55 3 1

Yep, it's disappointing. Oh well. Android is still awesome.

23. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Jun 2012, 13:24 1 4

Denial is even better.

16. roscuthiii posted on 02 Jun 2012, 08:39 0 0

Developing markets where smartphone use is only just blooming and other devices that only need a simple OS to handle simple tasks. I think the original Barnes & Noble Nook may still be running one of the earliest Android OS versions, 1.5 or 1.6.

24. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Jun 2012, 13:25 0 3

Motorola

32. mas11 posted on 03 Jun 2012, 23:38 0 0

Motorola only uses Android 2.3.6 in its current lineup of smartphones and they are about to update them to 4.0.4 in a few months. You really should look up the facts before you post stupid s**t like that.

28. vqc61 posted on 02 Jun 2012, 15:56 0 0

Yep. It sucks the big one for an OS that's supposedly "open source". If you're still at the mercy of phone manufacturers or carriers to release upgrades, what's the advantage of being open source?

30. networkdood posted on 03 Jun 2012, 08:46 1 1

You are missing the point judging by your comment...android being a more open source OS is the reason why the numbers are low. Manufacturers are free to bring out new phones to the market with whatever version of android they choose. I have the freedom to change that because the open source code is released the public and developers who in turn can bring it to the user...because they choose to....this is the power if choice that iPhone users will never understand.

31. lubba posted on 03 Jun 2012, 22:05 0 0

...and most users do appreciate the latest and greatest to something they bought with their hard earned money, not obsolete after a year or less. The Os is a system as a whole. If Google comes up with something new, we expect to get it. its android and we don't give a s**t if its version 1, 2, 3, or 4. It has to be updated because it's android. Frankly right now, no user of any os is understanding why only 7.1% of phones are updated to ICS.

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33. vqc61 posted on 04 Jun 2012, 16:51 0 0

True open source means that a user can choose to, and should be able to, build and load any version of the OS on his/her device any time s/he wants to. lubba is right, most users would want the latest and greatest version the moment it is released. May be I'm missing the point of the article, but what is your point? That Android hardware manufacturers chose to release their latest hardware with older versions of the OS? I'm sure that if the users have the freedom to change that, the number would be a lot closer to 100%,

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