Android distribution chart for April shows close to 5% share for Oreo Comments
- Anonymous
- 7XY
but but but android P is just around the corner and android O is still at 4.6%, thats just crap
- PeterThePanda
- t7x
Anna, 17 Apr 2018Most of the OEM's delay in updating their pre-installed skinned OS or don't bother to update i... moreThat's not surprising because they can add various bloatware on their custom skins which provides supposed "value added services" which they charge the customer for more $$$ for their use.
That's why the first thing I do with a new Android phone is remove all the bloatware and disable what cannot be deleted, even the unnecessary Google Apps except for the Playstore (and Play Services), Chrome, YouTube.
- Anonymous
- tZk
PeterThePanda, 17 Apr 2018Well, brands do vary. Samsung and LG for example aren't really that good at updating, especial... moreLG is the worse in update department. Just look at all the LG's midrange. They never been updated to a major OS, ever.
- Anonymous
- fm}
ChronoRad, 17 Apr 2018Yeah, that's not that much of an excuse when there are phones like my Honor 9 with Oreo and Tr... moreThere is also an availability issue, these phones aren't sold in the country I live at least, it is usually a couple samsung j series, some flahship phones like S8 and S9 some iphones here and there and some huawei phones plus some tecno and itel phones, that is all what you get, even if you have money, you won't find more unless you preorder them which you can't unless you go to your local market.
- PeterThePanda
- t7x
ChronoRad, 17 Apr 2018I know, my Honor 9 received Oreo even before your P10. Honor is better at providing updates th... moreThe P10 did have a beta program for Oreo which lasted quite long, and yeah, sometimes it is dependent on the carrier and some other factors why some got Oreo faster than others. Some of the people I know got Oreo for their P10 earlier than mine.
- Nick
- n2x
A picture that tells me more than thousands of words. It just shows where android failed. They need to start from scratch and design a future proof os. Google needs to thoroughly re-engineer their services which are a primary source of weakness for android. Incremental upgrades on a weak foundation don't work. We've seen that already, so I'm not really looking fw to P,Q or R but rather to a new and fully functional os with no drain and instant updates for all devices running it.
- Rhizopus oryzae
- tDP
sadh, 17 Apr 2018Those phones running Jelly Bean are just.. omg i cant. For kitkat, i still understand. Many... moreI am still using a phone with Android 4.2.
- ChronoRad
- 0UY
PeterThePanda, 17 Apr 2018Well, brands do vary. Samsung and LG for example aren't really that good at updating, especial... moreI know, my Honor 9 received Oreo even before your P10. Honor is better at providing updates than even Huawei, hehe.
- PeterThePanda
- t7x
ChronoRad, 17 Apr 2018Yeah, that's not that much of an excuse when there are phones like my Honor 9 with Oreo and Tr... moreWell, brands do vary. Samsung and LG for example aren't really that good at updating, especially with the number of phone models they have especially for Samsung.. Meanwhile, some brands like Huawei already have Oreo even on midrange devices. My Huawei P10 is already on Oreo for example, and has the March security patch.
- ChronoRad
- 0UY
PeterThePanda, 17 Apr 2018Well, that's the price you paid for. Can't blame people because almost everyone wants a smart... moreYeah, that's not that much of an excuse when there are phones like my Honor 9 with Oreo and Treble support around only €300. Now of course not everyone in the world affords €300 but definitely a lot more than 5%.
- PeterThePanda
- t7x
ChronoRad, 17 Apr 2018Still so many people buying cheap or phones from shitty companies that don't provide OS updates. Well, that's the price you paid for. Can't blame people because almost everyone wants a smartphone even if its a cheap one. Of course, not everyone can afford a flagship phone, and there are people who can't even afford a midrange one so they buy a cheap one, or even a used one.
Really cheap Android phones will likely never get OS updates, or even security patches. Usually midrange Android phones will get 1 OS update, while the flagships get 2 or even 3 if they're lucky. Not sure about the Android One/Go phones.
- Anna
- tTd
Most of the OEM's delay in updating their pre-installed skinned OS or don't bother to update it at all. So far Nokia, Pixel & very few other handsets got latest OS updates. No wonder share of latest OS will always remain poor unless Google force them to update the OS or update it directly bypassing OEMs. Meanwhile, my so called low end Nokia 3 got Oreo update.
- ChronoRad
- 0UY
Still so many people buying cheap or phones from shitty companies that don't provide OS updates.
- PeterThePanda
- t7x
Well, what matters is that the OS isn't buggy and filled with issues. No point in having the latest version of the OS if it's filled with bugs *ehem* iOS *ehem*.
Nougat is working fine for most people, as long as they have close to the most recent security patches and they don't do stupid things like download from untrusted sources or access malicious sites.
- sadh
- tDQ
Those phones running Jelly Bean are just.. omg i cant.
For kitkat, i still understand. Many, MANY phones still have it.
Even in Android Studio (tools for making apps), Google still use Kitkat as minimum API support as default.
Strange because many API just wont work for pre-Lolipop.
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