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Originally posted by helveticarter
You're assuming that all new Android phones actually come with the newest version. We'd be lucky to see half the phones with 4.0 get upgraded to 4.1. And let's not even start with all the phones stuck on 2.3  |
This is slightly true unfortunately.
Give it another year. By the time Google releases 4.2, 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and 4.1 (Jelly bean) will be common enough to be the default for midrange phones. Manufacturers are already getting their **** together with the high-end phones. The best selling ones (i.e. the ones that matter: Samsung, HTC, Motorola) have already promised upgrades to 4.1 in the near future.
That's just one of the downsides to Android if you don't buy a Nexus device. Upgrades are sporadic because the manufacturer has to make it work with their custom skins.
Same gorls who happily emptied their wallets when Apple when made everyone pay for copy & paste.