Nokia 5.1 Plus may receive Android 9.0 Pie by the end of 2018

2. meanestgenius (Posts: 20791; Member since: 28 May 2014)

Being that this is an Android One smartphone, aren’t the updates supposed to come straight from Google? Seems to me that Google is dropping the ball here.

3. Venom (Posts: 2511; Member since: 14 Dec 2017)

Seems like Nokia isn't doing there part here by not updating their phones even though they are supposed to be Android One phones. There's no excuse for them not to since the Essential phone is already on Pie. It's been on Pie since day one.

4. meanestgenius (Posts: 20791; Member since: 28 May 2014)

Seems that people don’t understand that Android One means that the updates are pushed to these smartphones straight from Google. It seems that some people just want to give Google a pass, as usual, even though they are at fault here. OEM’s like Essential are on Pie already, but they had better be, being that they only have one flop of a smartphone to update to begin with.

5. Venom (Posts: 2511; Member since: 14 Dec 2017)

It seems that some people just don't want to admit that their OEM is at fault here since it says in the article that HMD themselves, not Google, are pushing the update out to some of their phones. The fact that Essential already has the update out without being an Android One phone just makes Nokia look bad.

6. meanestgenius (Posts: 20791; Member since: 28 May 2014)

It seems that some people choose to remain in denial about Google dropping the ball with an Android One smartphone here, since Google are the ones that's supposed to be pushing updates straight to Android One smartphones. The fact that some people still can't accept the fact that Nokia doesn't make smartphones anymore, they have a licensee that does this now, is also just plain sad. As I said earlier, Essential updating their one flop of a phone is no great feat. What would be a great feat for them is if they manage to stay in business through the end of next year and put out another smartphone, without the botched launch.

7. Venom (Posts: 2511; Member since: 14 Dec 2017)

https://www.xda-developers.com/best-android-one/ Seems that some people need a little lesson in Android One. Google didn't drop the ball. They have done their part and released the Pie update. Why else would the Essential phone already be on it. It's also far from being a flop unlike some devices that launched at a premium $600 price point.

8. meanestgenius (Posts: 20791; Member since: 28 May 2014)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_One

Seems like some people that say that others need a lesson on Android One are the ones that really need it. It's stated that Google supplies the OS and security updates to Android One smartphones at a quicker pace than non-Android smartphones. So why haven't they done so yet? The only way we can get these corporations to do what they say they are going to do is to hold them accountable when they drop the ball, and not cover for them and choose to be in denial about their mishaps. Essential only has one phone to worry about, and it was DOA from the onset, due to high pricing and buggy, unfinished software at launch. It's no wonder it flopped, and was even outsold by a smartphone that focuses primarily on the enterprise market, which is a niche market.