HTC has the most up-to-date Android phones (Android updates infographic)
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First of all, the list clearly shows that HTC updates its phones most often, while Samsung, LG and Motorola still have to catch up in the update department.
Sony Ericsson also stands out as the overwhelming majority of its newest devices sport the latest of Gingerbread.
Have you previously felt that a company has disappointed you with its slow updates? And do you think the situation with Android updates has changed since the AUA was formed?
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1. madmikepr posted on 06 Sep 2011, 04:08 3 0
well i think with the google acquisition of motorola this thing is going to change in a few years :)
in the mean time well done for htc keep up the good work :)
19. PeterIfromsweden posted on 06 Sep 2011, 09:50 0 0
And people still think Google will not make their own hardware : S
29. The_Miz posted on 06 Sep 2011, 18:21 1 3
Nope. They'll just copy other people's work like they do with Google+
38. Tony (unregistered) posted on 07 Sep 2011, 11:04 0 0
Copy all they want as long as they make it better.
2. jhgkiu posted on 06 Sep 2011, 04:12 5 4
and people wonder why i choice the evo 3d over the galaxy s2
11. ibap posted on 06 Sep 2011, 07:48 1 0
Other than the poor English or typing (which I usually attribute to on-screen keyboards) why should this post get 2 thumbs down? The sentiment is certainly valid - and I'm a Samsung Epic 4G user at the moment.
3. David Carrington (unregistered) posted on 06 Sep 2011, 04:29 0 1
"the list clearly shows that HTC updates its phones most often" - I'm not sure I completely agree with this. It may be true that they do it quickly, but the graph suggests that Sony Ericsson do it better, since all their phones are already done. Admittedly the graph shows that they have less phones, but at least you're guaranteed an up-to-date OS with them.
8. huhu (unregistered) posted on 06 Sep 2011, 05:43 2 0
yes sony ericsson is really quick on update, it so quick that it forgot to update my x10mini which stuck at 2.1 eclair and my sister x8 which also stuck at 2.1 eclair,
so SE is the quickest and king of android their even sell ARC with the price as same as SGS II in my country, and people wonder why i choose SGS II over ARC and they also wonder why SE still not making enough money to improve their financial report
37. Kaushik (unregistered) posted on 07 Sep 2011, 03:43 0 0
That is not correct. A few SE phones are stuck with 1.6. In fact, they have very few phones above 2.1. HTC have most of their phones 2.2 and above. Please note that the sample size here for this article is very small.
4. snowgator posted on 06 Sep 2011, 04:32 6 0
HTC is just a very good across the board company. They seem very serious about being among the leaders in all the most important areas: selection, quality, availibility and updates. I like Motorola and Samsung as well, but all things being equal I would take a HTC if I could.
25. Thunderstruck (unregistered) posted on 06 Sep 2011, 12:20 1 0
HTC are very good in the areas of build quality, fast hardware, updates and UI integration (Sense being head and shoulders above Blur, TouchWIZ, etc...)
Where they fall down is battery size. My Thunderbolt, with a 4.3-in LCD (regular LCD, not any type of energy saving LED or such), dual EVDO and LTE radios and 1GHz processor has a 1400mah battery. My older Samsung Omnia II, with a 3.7-in power sipping amoled, single EVDO radio and less power hungry 800MHz processor, has a 1600mah battery.
Many days, I get less than 6 hours before I need to change out batteries on the T-bolt, where I got a full 12-14hrs per day from the Samsung.
In all other respects, the Thunderbolt trashes the O2 (except the sharpness and color of the screen), but battery life is an inexcusable joke. Their response to this? Buy our extended battery, and put a huge hump in the back of the already thick phone.
30. The_Miz posted on 06 Sep 2011, 18:24 1 2
LOL, what pot have you been smoking? HTC is feeding you all lies and bullcrap, well Android is crap anyways.
HTC has crappy phones that break easily, they take forever to update like they're doing with the T-Bolt, and lol locked bootloaders.
36. Kaushik (unregistered) posted on 07 Sep 2011, 03:42 0 0
I have an HTC and I can see that I got what I thought I'd get and even better. No lies from HTC.
I think Android is one of the best things to have happened to the world in recent times. It has the power to change computing habits of people. It may force many laptops and desktops out of business (except for the niche) as users are actually moving onto the phone for their computing needs. If you left that to Apple, it would never have happened.
Break easily? Can you show me one set of phones that are tougher than the HTC ones (yes, a few are there, but as a manufaturer, HTC makes solid phones).
HTC has been proven time and again to update most of their phones to the latest, up to the extent possible.
HTC has recently announced that they will keep the phones unlocked for bootloading. So, your last argument is also not valid any more.
5. ilia1986 posted on 06 Sep 2011, 04:36 3 2
I really don't think that this is an issue. People who truly want to max out their Android experience, aside from those who own devices like the Evo3D or the Samsung Note which have unique OEM software on them - will want to install custom roms, regardless of the official Android version their device came with.
That's the beauty of Android really. If your device is popular enough - and it's hardware is decent enough - there is at least one custom rom for it, which works much better than the original OEM one.
9. remixfa posted on 06 Sep 2011, 06:42 3 0
90% of all non 2.3 phones on samsung are US SGS1's waiting for an official release! lol.
Of cours of all the SGS1 owners i know only a few of them arent rocking custom software by now anyways. I've actually taken their phone and installed it for them to force them off of stock software. lol. they have all thanked me in the end. :) (yes, i keep the software to root on my memory card. :) )
10. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 06 Sep 2011, 07:30 2 0
Dude you are the best, way to go above & beyond for those people. Ha I wish I knew you personally, you can hook up my brothers girls Samsung Fascinate. lol :-)
12. remixfa posted on 06 Sep 2011, 08:13 2 0
its so easy and it literally doubles the power of the phone when you get it off that crappy RFS filing system and change it to EXT4.
21. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 06 Sep 2011, 10:20 3 1
That is why I love Android. You can buy a phone & literally make it better with better software from aftermarket developers. That is the genius of Android. Imagine if you could do the same for iOS. iOS would not even exist now because anything is better than iOS! lol
24. ilia1986 posted on 06 Sep 2011, 11:54 0 1
Yep.. that's why I'm still waiting for the possibility to run Android 3.x on the iPhone 4.
31. The_Miz posted on 06 Sep 2011, 18:25 1 1
I do even better - I recommend my friends to throw their Samsung phones into the toilet where they belong and recommend them iPhones, which are infinitely better.
