Ouch. He's right though. Google's own stats back i

>>60760979
Android's for africans, chinks and indians. It's an OS for shit phones and poor people.

>>60760979
>let manufactures use your OS as they like
>don't try to control how they update the os at all at first
>gets surprised that most of them are releasing new phones with new updates instead of updating their older devices, resulting in having less than 10% of your whole os's userbase having the latest android version
Fuck google

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>guaranteed updates for 3 years, unlike Android where a device might not even get updates after 6 months (if it isn't already dropped after release)

Feels good, man.

>>60762913
Heyy! My S6 got two updates...in its lifespan.

>>60762913
>he needs a company to get him updates for his locked down toy os
my nexus 4 is on 7.1.1 right now

>>60762913
>Not buying a guaranteed updates nexus device

Anyone that buys a chinkphone or a $50 blu whatever knows what they are getting into

>>60763086
>being okay with early discontinuations

This sort of thinking is why only 7% of Android users are on Nougat after nearly an ENTIRE YEAR.

>>60763086
>"fuck companies, I'm more okay with pajeets developing a broken buggy rom for my phone"
Maybe you'll hit 15% nougat adoption in 2019 lmao

>>60763015
My s5 has nougat.

>>60763306
And that will be the last update you will receive (not counting custom roms), just like me :(

>>60763306
Did you have to root it and install an aftermarket ROM, and are the steps you took to do it simple and easy enough to do for the average user?

>>60763086

>I void my warranty to install literal malware from forum members called xXd4rkl0rdxX and 1337pajeet420

Fucking jej at the life of an Android user. Do you just like maintaining shit and wasting time or do you enjoy things you buy actually working?

>>60763161
2 years on Nexus vs 5 years on iPhone

>>60761057
Do apple fans really believe that ~$800-1200 is actually an impressive amount of money to spend on something? Literal teenagers can get that in a month at their part time job.

>>60762913
What are custom ROMs?
>>60763426
Yeah, open source ROMs are inherently insecure, but a proprietary iOS is so much better. Not to mention that you can uninstall system apps on Android.

>>60763537
>What are custom ROMs?

Something that the vast majority of Android users have no idea even exist and if they do, it's too complicated for them to do. They're afraid of breaking their phone doing something of that nature and their fears are quite justified.

>>60763356
Not him, but there are YouTube tutorials for almost every Android device imaginable. It's easier to install a custom ROM then it has ever been before. As far as the S5 goes, Max Lee has made a lot of tutorials.

>>60763161
>Anyone that buys a chinkphone or a $50 blu whatever knows what they are getting into

No they don't. The average user is not a /g/ user or an XDA user who's in touch with everything Android. They have no idea what they're getting into. Ask them if they know what a "flagship phone" is and watch their reaction.

>>60763619
This is not 2010. There are no motherboard related bootloops preventing you from installing custom ROMs. And just because you don't want to use your device to its full potential, that doesn't mean it's not there.
>>60763647

>>60763647
There are YouTube tutorials for replacing an entire car engine. This does not mean that people are going to actually do it themselves, usually out of fear of doing it wrong.

Most people don't even know you can install an aftermarket ROM. They have no awareness of this sort of stuff and many people in the hacking community seem to be elitists who would like it to stay that way.

iOS is made by the white man for the white man, andriod is for poor pajeets, niggers, and spics

>>60763760
False equivalence. It doesn't take a developer with a degree to flash a custom ROM. Checking boxes and dragging and dropping files isn't the same as replacing car parts.
>>60763760
>>>60763647 (You)
>There are YouTube tutorials for replacing an entire car engine. This does not mean that people are going to actually do it themselves, usually out of fear of doing it wrong.
>Most people don't even know you can install an aftermarket ROM.
For people with older and therefore slower Android devices, that's not true. Those users are almost desperate for custom ROMs and many older Android devices are usable again after doing so.

>>60762487
>apple forces you to use the latest iOS
>effectively forcing you to get a new iphone, as the OS is sluggish on older phones
at least you can keep using old android phones

>>60761057
only niggers and other low iq folk use a fucking phone as a status symbol

>>60763537

Wow, such compelling reasons! This must be why Android phones are the most popular smartphones in the developed world and why 90% of the people who have them are running the latest version of the OS. Oh wait.

>>60762487
Again, what are custom ROMs?

>>60763501
android fans seem to jerk themselves to death over price, so why not?

>>60760979
Numbers are nice, but I'm gonna keep kekking at iOS devices that are running software that was released more than a year after them (protip: they're slow)

>>60763501
In America, which none of the species that were listed naturally habitate.

>>60763856
Can I 1-click install a Nougat ROM on my Verizon Moto G1?

>>60763802
And both are consumerist toys that harm your privacy.

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>>60763837
Sure thing, just keep telling yourself that, poorfag.

I'm sure only blacks buy BMWs and LV stuff.

Hahaha... the extent to which poor people will go to to justify them being poor never ceases to amaze me!

>tfw you are in that <0.5% running v7.1.2
ty based pajeets

>>60763845
Here are some very compelling reasons not to use Apple products:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/apple-is-lobbying-against-your-right-to-repair-iphones-new-york-state-records-confirm
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/source-apple-will-fight-right-to-repair-legislation
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/iphone-7-home-button-unreplaceable-repair-software-lock
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8912714/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html

>>60763876
I don't care. My Note 4 costed as much as an iPhone when I bought it.

>>60763890
...And? How does that change that mean Androids are for poor people? Most of the smartphones used in ghettos are iPhones.

>>60763426
Why would a malware developer release nightlies, provide support for their software or write drivers for unsupported devices as was done with AOSP on S7, when they can just release a "doodle with karly" app for children and have 10 times as many victims and 10 times less work

>>60763895
One click installing a ROM... How are you this desperate?
https://youtu.be/77xrvph9dTs

>>60763837
t. virgin

>>60763537
Call me when it's the norm for Android ROMs to have respectable, responsible maintainers (think Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu) instead of forumdwelling script kiddies who get a rush off of people downloading whatever shit they pump out.

In a nutshell, the current situation is so informal and freewheeling that the FOSS aspect barely helps from a security standpoint.

>>60763964

Cry more. Those aren't reasons anyone cares about. I'm not a repaircuck, all companies have had some privacy issue and don't you even fucking dare bring up 1 single thing while using a fucking GOOGLE product you dumb cunt. Right to repair is horseshit, repaircucks are kikes, nobody can usually repair shit themselves anyway so its pointless. Apple's service is world leading, you'd know if you tried it.

>>60763967
You must stick out like a sore thumb, shitskin.

With every android phone I bought I have experienced this:

>Keep stock ROM
>Decent performance
>Proper support for hardware features, including camera quality
>Not much to have to fuck around with
>However...
>Shit can get dated, some big updates take a full year to actually come out
>Sometimes features that should be there are not present, and not accessible unless the phone is rooted (thanks motorola)
>A new update can take away advertised features, while not having that many extra features to begin with, or make the phone slower overall
>Bloatware shit, HP edition

>Root phone or put custom ROM on it
>A lot more features
>It -can- be faster at first
>Of course, a lot more control over what you have installed on that shit
>Much more up to date
>However...
>Have to rely on some community bunch of fags who could have stolen shit from someone else without you noticing
>The closer to stock and the cleaner it is, the less support for that neat unique feature your phone has there will be
>An OTA update can fuck things up for you
>It -can- also be slow as shit after 2 weeks with the same usage

>>60762913
I have a Galaxy S5. I still get updates every month or two. That's 3 years of security updates and more to come.
Only poorfags use their phones for longer than 3 years, right? So what in the world do you need long term updates for? Unless you're one of those iPhone users who got their phones second hand like a lot of them do.

>>60760979
The comparison is retarded and means absolutely nothing. If iOS was libre/gratis and other companies integrated it into their phones the same would happen. Ignore all the chink phones and you get v7 on majority of devices. You're basically comparing centralisation with decentralization where nobody is forced to follow the leader. It's correct, but means nothing.

>>60763829

say what you will about apple, but the useable lifetime expetancy of their devices is double that of their competitors (daily useability and smoothness of operation)

>>60764143
AICP ROM has a greatly organized and controlled development and they support a lot of devices. Resurrection Remix is similar, although AICP definitely has the most responsible developers.

>>60763802
Sure, the (((white man)))

>>60764164
>Cuck
>Kikes
>Cry more
And you expect to be taken seriously. Again, you can use custom ROMs, have the latest security patches, remove system applications, deny permissions, deny Internet access for apps. There are ways of fighting Google's behavior, unlike on iOS.

>>60764382
That's great to here. Do they have distribution and installation figured out, e.g. go to https://aicprom.io/, select device, click download, plug in your device, and push a button to put AICP on your phone or is it the usual "dig through forum posts, find a build that you hope is the right and up to date one, fidget around with rooting and bootloaders for a couple hours, and then maybe finally maybe install the rom"?

That last bit drove me insane while I had a Pixel C. It's so much of a mess that even the biggest shitshows of Linux distros are more smooth.

>>60764531
*hear

>>60764531
>Do they have distribution and installation figured out
As I've mentioned, it easier to install custom ROMs than it has ever been before. And https://aicprom.io/ this isn't their website, this is:
http://dwnld.aicp-rom.com/?device=axon7
And here are clear and easy to follow instructions for flashing ROMs and nightlies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtL33Om0MU

>>60763802
t. Tim Cuck

>>60764449

>I bought something to fix it
>and also to try make work like something else that's already available
>called iOS

I am jejing at your retarded life.

>>60764630

t. Sundial Bitchayy

>>60764618
That's a great step in the right direction, but they should really keep going. Clean up site design (not too much – what they have is a good start) and include high quality per-device instructions right on the site. Basically the experience should be like when you download Ubuntu, except with a phone ROM. At that point, they will have reached the bare minimum for mass public friendliness and rooting+flashing your Android device can become much more commonplace, even among non-technical users.

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>>60762913
>using the same iphone for more than 1 year

t.hobo

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>>60760979
You upgrade your Android OS when you buy a new phone. Same goes for security updates.

Android is pajeetware.

Why the fuck would you buy an Android if you're not going to use custom ROMs? That's like the one advantage it has over iOS. You're on a technology board and need to have a company holding your hand and decide when and if you can update your phone?

>>60763845
>This must be why Android phones are the most popular smartphones in the developed world
There's not a single country in the world where iOS has more than a 50% market share, not even in the US, are you retarded?

>>60760979
This kills the poordroid

>>60765033
>California

checkmate idiot

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>>60764896
I hope you recycle the materials of the old phones you no longer use so they can be used in manufacturing new technologies, and not simply lying around your house gathering dust.

>>60762487
Awww, someone that's too lazy to program for compatibility with older systems. I'll be here over with Javascript waiting for you to cry me a river.

>>60762913
Moto /g/3, still getting LineageOS updates. Running 7.1.2 as we speak.

>>60765118
Not that guy, but developing for compatibility with older systems usually isn't the issue (though it can be supremely annoying when you have to work around issues that are present in x.0 but fixed in x.1).

The real issue is not being able to use new APIs until the herd has moved on to the version in question. It often means writing your own implementation of whatever the feature is, which is a lot of energy that could've been spent in better places, and chances are that your implementation isn't going to be better than what the OS provides. To make things worse, your custom implementation will eventually be scrapped in favor of the native one anyway. It's a total fucking waste.

For this reason, I'm avoiding Android with my personal projects unless the intended userbase is known for staying up to date and having reasonably new devices, and even then support will be limited to [currentversion] and [currentversion - 1].

>>60760979
>tfw kitkat
fite me
Although the battery is becoming shit, so I'm gonna replace it to extend the life.

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>>60765323
iPhone 6s was released within two months of the Moto G3 and is clearly still being updated.

The fact that you're actually bragging about an Android phone from 2015 still getting updates when the iPhone 5s from 2013 is getting updated to iOS 11 without any third-party aftermarket software is symbolic of the current state of Android.

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>>60765323
Meanwhile they already dropped official support for G4/+ and my G5+ is still stuck on January security patch

>>60765480
>ios 11
>on iphone 5
Bullshit, they said they wanted 64-bit apps on it only and since iphone 5 doesn't even have an 64bit cpu it makes no sense, unless they changed their minds.

I'm running Android 8 rite nao

>>60765520
Not 5, 5s. 5s is 64-bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_5S

>>60763950
>I'm sure only blacks buy BMWs and LV stuff.
Sure is on the same price league as fucking phones.

When you can buy a high-end phone with fully customizable and upgradeable OS for 400$
VS
a mediocre phone with a locked down OS that functions like a toy and is gonna stop receiving updates for 700$

you're just stupid for not getting the 400$ one, not rich.

Why are Android manufacturers not updating their phones to the latest OS version? If Apple can update phones from five years back (iPhone 5s is from 2013, still about to get updated to the upcoming iOS 11), why is it so difficult for Android manufacturers to do the same?

>>60765556
Holy shit, give me one single android phone that has been supported since 2013.

>>60764261
no fucking way.
I updated one of my iOS devices and it became practically unusable. Slow as fuck. I think I only managed to coerce 2 years of use out of it. My current android phone is that old and the only reason I'd like to switch it to something else is a need for bigger screen.

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>>60765761
Absolutely none of them.

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>>60765782
GOOGLE BTFO AND BANKRUPTED
HOW WILL ANDROIDFAGS EVER RECOVER

>>60765780
>practically unusable
but that's wrong

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>>60764164
I am just flying by, to tell you, that your retarded life made my day. You are actually the most retarded thing that i have read today. Thanks.

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>>60765761
Or since 2014...

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>29.7% of Android users running 4.x or earlier
>nearly 1/3rd of all Android users are running a 3-year-old version of Android or earlier

Good grief, imagine the torture developers have to go through to make sure their software supports these guys.

>>60763537
You can uninstall (yes, uninstall, not hide) standard apps from your iPad or iPhone since iOS 10 but okay.

>>60765954
Google should just lock out everyone running any version of Android older than 2 years old from using the Play Store, and make sure OEMs update all of their newer devices for at least 2 years.

>>60766022
Kek, those poor Pajeets will be angry as fuck. I can see it now. Riots because niggers, pajeets & chinks can't into the Play Store.

>>60764922
>no replies

panjeedroid shills btfo

>>60765954
Most developers just say "Fuck you" and make the android version requirement 4 and above.

>>60764702
But some things he wrote can't be done with iOS.
Or are you just shitposting.

>>60766080
They should make it Android 6 and above. Running versions of Android older than that is a security risk. Users need a hard incentive to upgrade.

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>>60766115
>But some things he wrote can't be done

Then you shouldn't be doing them.

>>60765480
Oh wow, it's soooo impressive that they manage to keep their less than 10 phones alive! Meanwhile Samsung releases 30+ android devices each year and still updates ones from 2014.
Your iSheeple arguments are this
>android is used by poorfags only
>android doesn't have 3+ year updates
But who other than poorfags uses the same phone for over 4 years? You do realize your arguments pretty much cancel each other out?

>>60765835
Samsung galaxy s5 >>60764233. Received an update on April 1st, 2017.

Just face the fact that most android manufactures only ship android because it doesn't cost them a penny, and only release a device to be sold short term. This doesn't mean a flaw in android, only those companies. An actual comparison should be Google's phones vs Apple's. Or Samsung/Sony vs Apple.

And all this crying when 50% windows users use windows 7, which is even more outdated and vulnerable than android.
Overall android is a much better OS than iOS and puts it to shame in terms of functionality.

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>>60760979
does this include shit like airplane seats?

>>60766177
get fucked lagdroid shill

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>>60761057

Uhum...

>>60764702
>Options are bad
>Apple knows what's best for me

>>60766177
>Meanwhile Samsung releases 30+ android devices each year

Why are they releasing so many devices in such a short time? They're only saturating the market and with so many devices, they can't possibly keep up with their products. "Release it and forget it" just doesn't work for customer satisfaction.

One phone for budget, another for mid-range and the flagship. Do the same for tablets. Much better to manage and update their products that way.

>>60765823
When you have to reload web page every single fucking time you try to multi-task I consider it unusuable.

>>60766223
<1% of Android sales.

>>60766235
People keep buying those phones since Samsung is saturating a lot of niche markets where anyone will find something appealing, especially in the budget segment where they have to make compromises.

To be fair they got pretty clear with their naming scheme lately, with A,C,J,On 3/5/7

>>60766295
> C10 pro is better than any A

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>>60766256

But ins't Android's for africans, chinks and indians. It's an OS for shit phones and poor people, like >>60761057 said?

>>60766213
>0 arguments remaining
Didn't expect I'd win this fast. Thanks, I'll leave you to your false sense of victory.

>>60766235
Honestly, because they're retarded. And I completely agree with you. I also accept that "release and forget" is a retarded model plan but they do this because it gets them more money. I think only "S" models are supported long term. At least I get that impression because they're shilled the most.
Samsung can do this because they're the most powerful company in south Korea. They're responsible for 90% of their economy. They're extremely large, influential and know they can release anything and their fans will buy it. Large companies never work for consumer satisfaction, they need to profit as much for as little effort and resources.

>>60766177
>this whole post
kind of pathetic desu
go jack off in your shitty galaxy, you cuck

>>60765363
If you're waiting for the OS to implement something for you, you're not really doing anything significant.

>>60766022
Holy fuck no please, I couldn't deal with all the people bringing their $50 devices to me complaining that they can't download Facebook anymore.

>>60766763
Is there a better way to get people to upgrade to devices with modern versions of Android with relevant security updates? The OEMs apparently refuse to update them, so moving to a phone that's still supported is the next best thing.

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That's not a good thing.

>>60767012
When there is an iOS update available and the phone doesn't support it, it's tough shit for the user when apps stop supporting the old OS. If adoption of new versions was even 50% on Android that could maybe happen, but that's just not how it's working right now. Google's decentralized approach to updates is the root cause of it.

>>60761057
Both Android and iPhones are shit, the smartphone situation is fucking pathetic, if you want a good bleeding edge phone you won't get it without all the botnet.

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There is NO reason for only 7% of users to be on the latest OS version after nearly a WHOLE YEAR.

Android manufacturers are doing such a terrible job that it looks like they aren't even trying; like they've given up and lost all their energy and just let things be while the majority of Android users have no access to security updates while exploits for the older versions they're on are being taken advantage of by malicious hackers frequently.

>>60767091
>without all the botnet.
Apple and Google are still probably selling data to the government, but at least one of them isn't an advertising company with interests in selling you shit that isn't a phone

>>60767154
Tech companies don't sell data to governments, they give it for free upon court order.

>>60767154
If I had to choose, I'd choose iPhone, if I'll get to be in a stinky hotel or a luxurious jail, I'll pick the latter.

>>60767151
only got 7.0 like last month here..

Do iPhones have a file browser that can let you copy and paste stuff around now?

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>>60767200
It's been out since August of last year. What's taking so long?

>>60767210
Yes. It was actually announced today.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/05/apple-new-ios-11-files-app-for-ipad/

>>60766683
It's not even about "waiting", it's more like, "hey, that's neat! There's a place in my app where it'd be handy."

And besides that, I'm more interested in making stable, efficient, high quality apps that people love than being first at anything. Quite often the devices and software that succeed in a big way are those that do well what someone else did first but executed badly.

>>60767216
My Verizon Moto G didn't get Lollipop until one year after it's release. In fact, I got it literally two days (November 14, 2015) after the one year anniversary of Lollipop's release.

The funny thing is, by that time, Marshmallow was already released so by the time Verizon was pushing Lollipop out to my model, it was already outdated.

>>60767242
Then yeah iPhones are actually better than Androids (now).

>>60763426
>1337pajeet420
I'm Irish but the next website that asks me for a username is getting that

>>60763015
My S7 has received updates every 2-3 months for a year. Lately it's been monthly :^)

>>60760979
I'm sticking with 6 because no xposed otherwise

>>60763845
I thought only pixel gets updates now

>>60764233
Yeah but every update makes your phone run worse. That's guaranteed

>>60763876
Because there are options for which phone they want.

When u have choice price will always be a factor.

If you're a slave then you buy whatever is given to you.

The only reason i would keep my S7 is for Samshit Pay and modded Spotify apk

>>60760979
They mention this every single keynote like Google somehow has control over an open system. It's pathetic. It just comes off as desperation honestly.

I don't even know what version of android I'm on that's how fucked Android fragmentation is.

Ayy lmao with all the different phones running different shit like Touchjizz and getting updates at different times, or no updates at all. How many normies even know what they have?

>>60763426
>1337pajeet420
my sides

>>60761057
It's not a crime to be poor unless you live in United Shit.

>>60766192
does it help apple's pitch? if so, then absolutely

>>60764922
chinkware*

>>60770599
united states?
united kingdom?
united arab emirates?

>>60770931
He's gotta mean the U.A.E.

>>60760979
It's easy when you are only one company controlling everything not when it's multiple companies controlling everything. Then again Nougat is going to do behind the scenes updates and do it without the companies needing to authorize it.

>>60760979
Google seriously needs to get their shit together, tell manufacturers and carriers to fuck off and start providing updates directly. The whole cause of this shit is manufacturers making their own Android builds with every bloatware and botnet on the fucking planet and then being too lazy to update their abortion to the newest version of the Android core.

>Different people like different things.
>There are different things in the world and it should be this way.

Come on, guys. Quit samefagging some shit you purchased and did nothing worthwhile to get and use it for nothing worthwhile.

Nobody cares.

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>>60762913
>Dropped support upon release

Companies do roll support for at least 2 version updates they can even push for the x.2 update if there is a problem.

>>60763086

nexus 5 running 7.1.2

>>60767151

7% of Android install base is about the same number of devices as 86% of iOS tho

/thread

>>60763501
it actually is a lot of money. just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it. learn about this thing called value anon

yet miui and lineage are fully up to date on security patches.

iPhone babies btfo'd

Why are you in tech if you take the easy way out and use an iphone?

Everyone i've come across
>Hates macs and mac os
>love iphones and ios

>>60761057
>implying >80% of Americans have android 7 on their phones

>>60760979
I'm part of the 7% and the 14%...

>>60768147
Lol no. How retarded are you. If you genuinely believe that you don't belong here. I went from 4.4 to 6 and the performance difference is amazing. Later versions of android have a much better performance and battery life.

>>60770931
He meant USA

>>60771054
>>60767091
>>60767063
>>60765610
>>60764233
>>60763889
These people are right.

>>60771078
No they don't. My gf has an InFocus phone and she never received an update in the 2 years she's been using it. Chink tier brands work like that.

>>60767154
>at least one of them isn't an advertising company with interests in selling you shit that isn't a phone
And this is where Apple is shit. On android you have a system wide adblock even if you don't root your phone, and you can disable play store and services and even uninstall them on root. You literally won't see an ad on your android phones, ever. Whereas iPhones don't have system wide adblock and their apps will spam you with ads.

>>60764233
Your full of shit I have an S5 and have only had 3 updates in its lifetime

>>60774284
maybe he's including major community roms?
my S4 still gets weekly lineage builds

>>60760979
And how is that google's fault? Apple is a company that makes his own software and hardware, so to be fair you need to compare to the devices google made nexus like and pixel.

>>60761057
This.

If you're not poor there's 0 reasons to use android over iOS

>>60765752
The 5 years Apple is providing isn't even much. Microsoft provides Windows 10 updates to almost all computers dating back to 2006, more than a fucking decade ago.

>>60762913

>buy a Sony android device which has a history of supporting devices for 3 years
>it is carrier branded
>full of bloatware
>updates held back up to 6 months by carrier

Still on fucking 6.0

Eat a dick, softbank.

>>60774906
>buying a carrier branded phone
well there's ya problem

>>60774935

Never again.

Going simfree when my contract is up in July.

>>60762487
>the biggest mobile OS is fully open source and free to use
>bad
What has /g/ turned into?

>>60774989
I'm not saying it's bad that it's open source, but it's bad that google didn't tried to do anything about updates before 6.0. If they could atleast put in the contract "You are obligated to update the device with the latest security patches and features, regardless of how it will affect the perfomance". Maybe...it's not such great idea.

>>60774906

>softbank

r u jap

>>60767442
Yeah? Just wait until the end of the year, and see that the 2 years of support have ended and you get nothing.

>>60763501
no? We think it's the opposite. You must be really pathetic to settle for some shit because you're THAT poor.

>>60775093
what google needs to do is support major releases longer
that is, when "7.0" comes out, keep updating "6.x" for a while
like how everyone else does it
apple can get away with not doing it because;
a. they completely control the few devices that run ios
b. they're all high end devices which have little trouble keeping up with a couple major updates

>>60774284
>>60774304
No, I'm not including community roms. Official touchwiz updates. They (Samsung) release one update for S5 on the first day of every month or two. There were 9 updates last year alone.
Sure, I'm still on android 6.0.1, but they do push security updates and usually update versions every year. Although I doubt I'll ever get 7 but I don't really care.

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s5/SM-G900F/
Notice how it says 2017. You probably live in a 3rd world shithole (South Africa didn't get an update this year, for example). Even my 2nd world shithole still pushes monthly updates. Either that or you rooted your phone.

>get official 7.0 nougat on my s6
>still no 7.1
WHAT THE FUCK SAMSHIT?

>>60775528
Same on my A5-2016, but I got a security update afterwards so I guess that matches 7.1 atleast.

>>60774131
No wonder when updates slow your iPhone. Intelligent people don't use them. Though why you wanted that shit is beyond me.

>>60775322
>facebook kiddie
I'm not sure when was the last time I used my smartphone for anything else then calling somebody or sending a message.

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>>60765065
>California, aka the biggest hive of retards in the entire western world.

>>60760979
Android core apps are upgraded through Play services separately from the core OS now days

And Android O is going to separate the underlying system, restrict it from cancerous phone makers and carriers, and update it themselves

>>60765954
It wouldn't be so bad if important security updates were backported to the older versions, but alas.

>>60766118
Unless there are some KitKat/Lollipop specific exploits, how are they considered less secure?

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>>60760979
i'm 4 years in on a nexus 5 and going strong.
still using android 6.0.1
What is the problem with this? can the russians now see all my dickpicks? or drain my battery by secretly mining coin through my phone?
or are there in 3, maybe 4 years apps that won't be working properly on my phone?.
i figure that as long as you don't gaym on your phone being a little outdated isn't much of a problem.
i do have the luxury of not being life-dependent on my phone tho.
>those days you forget your phone. pic related.

>>60776183
Unless you do very sensitive stuff on your phone like managing bank account, confidential corporate/government stuff or illegal shit (really illegal, like 3D pedo, not 'illegal' like torrenting) then you don't have to worry about security at all.
Only if your phone gets bricked / slowed by mining (is it even worth it to target phones for that) do you have to start worrying about it.
As most things on /g/ it's just a meme.

>>60760979
>constantly has pop ups telling you to update
>phones dies in 2 years and a new one comes with the newest OS forced on to you
>make apps incompatible on older OS
not hard to see why people are on the newest OS with iOS

>>60776262
my gf's iphone 6 is still on iOS 9.something and theres no update popup nor app incompatibility, just a badge notification on the settings app.
as always apple haters have no idea what theyre talking about

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>>60765954
>torture
Is it? These versios aren't like from 30 years ago, I see no problem with suporting them.

>>60767151
>There is NO reason for only 7% of users to be on the latest OS version after nearly a WHOLE YEAR.
There's still no root available for Android 7.

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I POSTED IT AGAIN MOM! :D

>>60776752
Does this use the user client for browsers to collect data? Because a lot of people probably spoof their user clients to loaf a different version of a website.
I used to do it all of the time to load the iPad version of sites on my Surface.

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>not using a comfy Windows Phone

>>60760979
He could switch them around, remove the version numbers and write "OS share across all mobile devices".
Still would be true.

>>60777415
you said it, literally nobody is using a comfy Windows Phone

>>60777415
unfortunately, they stopped making comfy windows phones over a decade ago

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>having a good phone
Why?
Emulation machine with shit controls?
Media with shitty screen?
You only need battery life for music and shitposting on 4chan
Fucking normalfags I swear

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>>60760979
>green bubbles

>>60777415
reminds me of a tiling wm

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>>60779043
>Apple is on a fucking roll these days
Apple is a caricature of its former self

>>60777996
This nigga legit looks like he has Kleinfelter's

>>60776386
When it wants to update my iPad has popups constantly. idk what you're talking about.

>>60763426
Are you retarded?

>>60765074
Not the guy, but how do I do that?

>>60761057

Android is Linux of phones. iPhones are for people who want something easy to use and are willing to pay for it. I don't understand why a /g user would ever choose an iPhone unless they are posers desu senpai.

>>60775093
>regardless of how it will affect the perfomance
Nah, eat my dick. I'd rather have a smoothly working phone than something loaded with your planned obsolescence bullshit.

>>60780452
Kids in /g/ dint actually know anything about technology, maybe that's why they prefer Apple products

>>60780430
It depends on where you live. You should be able to Google for phone recycling programs in your area and easily find some.

If you're in the US, this list should be relevant:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-places-to-recycle-your-cell-phone/

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7% master race.

>>60763250

like a pajeet isn't updating your over priced iPhone and making obsolete w that one update that went to far for your hardware.

>>60780494
I'd rather them not profit off my recycling

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Samefag with a feature Apple still can't implement.

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Samefag pajeeting this up. Didn't realize incorrect scroll position.

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>>60780497
>>60780530
Ayy

>kiddies on /g/ can't even update their phones and need to be spoon fed Stevie Job's crusty semen by Tim Cook in a gimp suit

>>60780555
Based Assus brother.

They can't make good motherboards or monitors anymore but at least their phones are fine.

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>>60765074
>mfw I have a drawer with over 20 different phones I've owned previously

>>60760979
Is a lower percentage better or worse?
i have no clue what a "base" is.

>>60767031
then they go buy a cheap stolen iPhone 5s, because you niggas can't force us niggas to be updatin n shiet

>>60780575
It's much worse. It means only 7% of all Android users are using the latest version of Android: 7.x (Nougat), which was released almost a year ago. That's right, despite it being nearly an entire year after release, they could only get 7% of their users on Android 7 while everyone else is still using an outdated version.

>>60780621
that's actually a good sing.
It shows that Android updates are not necesary to fix your phone.

We all know that iOS will just ruin the current iPhone and you will have to buy a new one anyways.

>>60779170
>black 3.5mm
What?

Well yea OP is right.

Is this wrong? Probably.

Can you flash a custom ROM with proper maintenance like Lineage OS?
Yea

Not sure what the issue is here. Is choice bad or something?
If I want to upgrade I'll do so, else I won't.

I really don't understand this meme.

ProTip: Just because it's an update does not mean it's good for you as a user.

>>60780655
Security patches are currently distributed through Android updates. As long as that remains, it is not a good thing.

>>60780670
BLACKED

>>60780781
vs IPhone updates decreasing security and increasing entropy.

>>60780781
Android phones can still get security updates without updating to the next version of the OS

>>60780781
>Security patches
>he uses phone for sensitive stuff
Post more.

>>60774836
phones literally cost the same

>implying a choice makes you poor

what the fuck is up with this apple brand loyalty and premium market bullshit. flagship smartphones all do literally the same shit and cost way to fucking much regardless of os.

>>60781463
It's a cult

>>60780452
Android is just as easy to use as iOS. Where is this "iPhones are ez to uze xD" meme coming from? I used both and generally think android is much easier to use in certain aspects especially system-wide adblocking and downloading apps and files from external sources. They're both phone OSs and all you'll use 99% of the time are the apps. Which are identical across platforms (messaging, social media, camera, games, music/video players). So they're literally both the same difficulty of use. The only single difference is that iOS is more locked down, thus restricted.

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>>60781428
Mobile devices have become an integral part of business. These institutions need the level of security necessary to confidently conduct business and get the job done.

https://www.android.com/work/

https://www.apple.com/business/products-platform/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/lumia-for-business/

>>60763501
that's not what he said though. why are you replying to his post with a totally unrelated thought?

>>60781502
and it has a half eaten fruit on the back and some aids patient told them it was revolutionary, the most premium, and the only phone that could do anything.

what people can't seem to grasp is that phones are not status symbols, they're a utilitarian tool in your pocket. nothing fucking more.

>>60780967
>big word
Did you drop out of grade school?

>>60781515
Just get encrypted line connection for confidential stuff. Better than smartphone.
Drones can use whatever phones they want, if you give them all confidential information it will get out either way.

I only just got the Android 7 update pushed to my Galaxy S6 last night. Fuck google & fuck my carrier for delaying it this long.
It's kinda shit in comparison to what I got used to with 6, but I'll get used to it eventually.

>>60766192
No. Unless they connect to the Google Play Store and utilize Google Play Services.

Google only tracks active devices that are properly licensed under their Gapp programs.

>>60771202
If you seriously think that's a valid rebuttal, you're a fucking shill in need of a noose.

>>60782220
>Th-that doesn't c-count!

>>60781502
This. If you find android difficult to use you should probably consider suicide

>>60782238
It's all about ratios, you idiot.

The latest software is installed on only 7% of the all the active Android devices out there. That's fucking pitiful.

>it's okay that Windows XP is still ~7% of the market share XD das more than all the applul dewices which makes it better cuz appcuck XD

>>60782304
>10 times the number of users on Android than on Apple
>surprised when it takes ages to update tens of thousands of different phones made by thousands of manufacturers

But keep praising your cuck phones for getting gimped updates. I remember when my iPhone 4 never got Siri because it didn't have the right hardware or something, only for people to crack it and run Siri perfectly on it
Apple is so full of shit I don't know why people listen to them

>>60782358
>a-a-a-android is used by m-m-m-ore people t-t-t-thats why samsung releases 20 phones a year and only actually updates 2 of them

>i-i-i-ts FREEDOM to be able to install custom ROMS from XDA! FREEDOM I TELL YOU!

what works:
camera
gps
sound
gyro

what doesn't work:
lte
cell service
the screen
flash

This comes with a custom theme I made. It features pitch black everything to save battery and red accents to make it feel l33t. If you like my work, please donate to [email protected]

>>60782421
Imagine if we could weaponize this autism...

>>60782438
Dude, I know. Imagine what people could accomplish if they just got updates from their manufactures rather than having to spend time porting everything to their phone?

Fuck. What would all those indians do?

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>>60782491

>>60782529
I'm sorry the truth hurts Bodhi :(

>>60782540
>Bodhi (Sanskrit: बोधि; and Pali) in Buddhism is the understanding possessed by a Buddha regarding the true nature of things. It is traditionally translated into English with the word enlightenment, although its literal meaning is closer to "awakening." The verbal root "budh" means to awaken

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>>60782561
Literally just picked the best sounding name here.

>>60763501
You're most definitely not poor if you can afford an iphone, apple even allows for payment plants so poor people can have one. The richest people in society like donald trump own an iphone to show how fabulously wealthy they are.

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>>60782595
Trump still uses a Galaxy S3

>>60782595
>The richest people in society like donald trump own an iphone to show how fabulously wealthy they are.
No they don't. They use it because of the easy to use meme

Otherwise they'd use those designer Android phones that cost tens of thousands

Is this another "iOS is the most used mobile OS if we don't count people who use android" thread?

>>60782644
>>60782660
Nobody rich uses an android because they don't want to be associated with poor people. It's a fact. No wonder you still don't have a girlfriend with your android phone, who would date a greenlet.
Wealthy and white people predominantly choose iPhone.

>Yep, it's true: Android is the poor man's phone worldwide
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/19/its_true_android_is_the_poor_mans_phone/

>Still Don't Believe Android Is For The Poor? This Chart Proves It
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-iphone-market-share-by-price-2014-8

>Proof That Android Really Is For The Poor
>Google's Android mobile operating system has 1 billion users — more than twice the 470 million people on Apple's iOS equivalent — yet Apple pays out twice the amount of revenue to app developers on its system, according to Andreessen Horowitz analyst Benedict Evans.
>That's because Google is aggressively going after lower-income users on a global scale. The company recently launched Android One in India, which allows device manufacturers to make $100 smartphones. Apple, by contrast, prefers to sell its iPhones for more than $600.
>So although it sounds crass to say "Android is for poor people," on a global scale that's exactly how it is being used.
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-v-apple-ios-market-share-revenue-income-2014-6

> Android Is For Poor People: Maps - Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-is-for-poor-people-maps-2014-4

>A new Pew study says the majority of Americans now own smartphones and the majority of rich, educated adults own iPhones.
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/pew-everyone-buys-android-rich-educated-people-buy-iphones

>Surprise; Apple's iPhones Are Expensive So Rich People Are More Likely To Have Them
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2014/04/05/surprise-apples-iphones-are-expensive-so-rich-people-are-more-likely-to-have-them/

>>60782714
>the richest people in society like donald trump own an iphone
>trump owns a galaxy S3
>nobody rich uses an android
>trump owns a galaxy S3
pretty shitty b8 tbqh, 2/10

>>60782806
Trump did it for political reasons, not because he actually likes android.

>>60782714
Is this a new copy pasta? Only really applies to Amerilards anyway

>>60782839
>hehe if I move the goalposts nobody can beat my argument
>a-android btfo

>>60782839
Political reasons such as...?

>>60782714
No, that's American aggressive marketing. It literally doesn't make sense since there are android phones for over $1000. Stop trying to cuck the world into buying shit American brands. Can't you afford the Sirin Solarin Android phone, poorfag? Don't you have 16K to spend on a phone? Kys, poorfag.

>>60782855
>>60782858
Remember apple refusing to unlock the terrorists phone for PR reasons? That's why trump moved to android, it was purely for political reasons.

>>60782889
So why the fuck would he use an old and insecure as fuck Galaxy S3? A 5 year old phone

>>60782904
I think he was forced to get a new one, but during the campaign said he was boycotting apple till they unlocked the phone.

>>60760979
Okay? But android OS itself still compromises 80% of the world's phones.

>>60766177
Lmao what's funny is that i sold my 5s after 3 years at 40 % of its launch price.
I simply love how iphones look ,simple as that.
I am also not that poor that 400$ would make a difference

Enjoy never getting laid loser android virgins, I'm banging hot chicks every night who use iPhones.

>>60782954
Wasting money is how poor people stay poor

>>60782976
Try being more original with your bait

>>60782976
it's all about those blue text balloons.

>green text balloons will never get laid

>>60783007
Says the salty virgin with his anime themed poordroid.

>>60766253
Apple held on to 1GB of RAM for FAR too long. iSheep were defending it too, because iOS is sooo optimized and doesn't need all the RAM android phones do, despite it being blatantly obvious that their devices badly needed more RAM.

>>60783020
They'll die alone. Poordroid cucks are pathetic who will never get to experience the joys of a girlfriend or having friends. They'll die alone with only their pathetic pillow to keep them company, what a loser.

>>60765780
yea sure, go lie somewhere else, stupid fucking pajeet

>>60783937
>has no argument
>better call him a Pajeet
God I hate you idiots

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>>60782934
Turdworlders don't matter

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>>60763829
>forces you to use the latest iOS
Since when? I have a 5 that's been on iOS 9 since I upgraded to 9, and my current SE is running 10.2

>>60763828
>the actual LG and Samsung phones that need custom roms don't have any made for them or hack job middle schoolers making them

h-haha yeah a-android for the win!

>>60781463

Yeah people are retarded...

That being said and not trolling.. I for sure prefer android over iOS.. Larger market, more customization, don't have to have all of my apps on my 'home screen'... , accessories aren't stupid expensive,

Yes the phones are way more expensive than they should be. But I hate probably half of the 'die hard' apple people that I talk to... Very snobbish, and certainly love showing off their 'status symbol'...

I had to spend about 15 minutes trying to tell a lady that windows and linux based computers aren't 'counterfit' computers because she likes apple more. and also with that logic... Every American brand other than Ford is a 'counterfit'...

>>60760979
nah, its 10% now.

>>60784159
lmao post the story

>>60784159
>the snobbish Apple kids that drive around with Apple stickers in their shitbox Corollas

>>60760979
That's because most people are poor and poor people care greatly about appearing wealthy. Niggers, white trash, it makes no difference.

Rich people who stay rich can do that because they don't need to constantly buy the latest status symbol. They stay frugal / affordable and don't piss their fortune away.

Those rich celebrities and pro athletes you hear about in the news because they ended up bankrupt? It's because they blew their money on six-figure cars and expensive homes and other bullshit, they wanted to live "like rich people" even though very few rich people are actually that stupid.

>>60784286
Truth. Just look at Warren Buffet

>>60760979
My G4 is still on lolipop. The only thing t-mobile ever does is give me bullshit security updates.
If I had the money i'd buy an iphone.

>>60784661
>The only thing t-mobile ever does is give me bullshit security updates
You mean the only things that really matter?

>>60784688
I want my fucking nougat.

>>60784711
Update it yourself

>>60784730
how? There's not even a root for the newest version of lolipop i'm on.

>>60784711
>>60784730
This
https://download.lineageos.org/h811

This is a technology board you lazy fucks

>>60784750
Roll back, you only need to unlock your bootloader and flash a custom recovery

Should be able to do it using ADB

>>60763950
They actually do, poorfag
Richchums don't drive "Black Mans Wish" anymore