Steve Kovach for Business Insider:
Apple also isn’t nearly as versatile at adding new software features to its devices. Apple usually makes users wait a year or more for a new version of iOS, and even then some older devices can’t access all the latest and greatest features.
As opposed to Google which releases major updates to Android on roughly a yearly basis with more than half of the devices currently still running versions from three years ago and cannot be upgraded even to the version of Android released back in 2011.
Kovach really should look at Android’s pattern of updates before saying such things and by saying that “Apple makes users wait a year or more” implies that Apple’s updates take multiple years to arrive when in fact major iOS versions are released once per calendar year.
Sure, Apple’s not exactly a saint in this matter, because yes, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 can’t use all of iOS 6’s abilities, and yes, the original iPad cannot be upgraded to iOS 6 despite being newer and more powerful than the 3GS, but Apple makes it clear which devices will get the update and which will not even before the update’s release. When an Apple update arrives, it arrives simultaneously to all eligible devices.
Android owners have to wait for months following the release of the latest update from Google before they know whether the manufacturers of their devices will bless them with an upgrade. The solution to most Android OS upgrades is buying a new device or doing it manually if you’re technically adept or willing to get someone to update it for you through unofficial sources once an update is out.
[update] Here’s a more detailed response to this rubbish
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