About HTC ditching the One X OS updates after 4.2.2 (maintenance updates will continue) as it crossed 18 months of life
I think this is really unfair, it's Google who have set the 18 months rule, in fact they just implemented this rule over their own Galaxy Nexus which did not receive the KK update (a device just a few months older than the One X)
As for comparisons with Samsung updating ancient devices, we all know this is non sense, Samsung often updates the background OS without any changes or even fixes to the UI, in fact many times they leave issues open and it's simply a regression, examples are the SGS4 messy 4.3 update and the SGS3 JB update which completely neglected to implement project butter
Compare that to the life time of the One X software update, which at one point was receiving maintenance updates every 2 weeks, by sw 3.x HTC completely reinvented the device and brought it to it's full potential, a stuttery Sense 4 jumped to the 60fps smooth Sense 4+ UI
The One X was also HTC's first ever device to reach a 4th gen of Software upates ie: firmware 4.18.x.x
It brought the device to Sense 5.0 with most of the M7 main selling features (blinkfeed, zoe readability and video highlights, as well as massive camera app improvements) this gave the One X a three generations of UI complete overhauls, Sense 4 > Sense 4+ > Sense 5
I am yet to see such passion from Samsung for any device
as for Apple? well we know the drill by now, the last device to ever receive an iOS update will often get killed by that update forcing you to upgrade, this is an unacceptable intentional disservice from Apple
examples: the iPhone 3Gs iOS 6 update and the iPhone 4 iOS 7 update, both destroyed performance on these devices, making them a shore to use
Not forgetting that iOS devices usually receive major updates or software additions on yearly basis, unlike HTC which been optimizing the One X and One 2013 series software and UI to high heaven in less than One year, most of the time adding significant additions, fixes and changes, its like a compressed three years of iOS firmware improvements
As for HTC of today, they have reached the 4th gen of HTC One updates in just 8 months, with 10 months left ahead (JB 4.1.2 / Sense 5 > JB 4.2.2 / Sense 5.0 > JB 4.3 / Sense 5.0 / Sense 5.5 > KK 4.4 / Sense 5.5)
or do you prefer to go back to the HTC Diamond days? :laugh:
I think this is really unfair, it's Google who have set the 18 months rule, in fact they just implemented this rule over their own Galaxy Nexus which did not receive the KK update (a device just a few months older than the One X)
As for comparisons with Samsung updating ancient devices, we all know this is non sense, Samsung often updates the background OS without any changes or even fixes to the UI, in fact many times they leave issues open and it's simply a regression, examples are the SGS4 messy 4.3 update and the SGS3 JB update which completely neglected to implement project butter
Compare that to the life time of the One X software update, which at one point was receiving maintenance updates every 2 weeks, by sw 3.x HTC completely reinvented the device and brought it to it's full potential, a stuttery Sense 4 jumped to the 60fps smooth Sense 4+ UI
The One X was also HTC's first ever device to reach a 4th gen of Software upates ie: firmware 4.18.x.x
It brought the device to Sense 5.0 with most of the M7 main selling features (blinkfeed, zoe readability and video highlights, as well as massive camera app improvements) this gave the One X a three generations of UI complete overhauls, Sense 4 > Sense 4+ > Sense 5
I am yet to see such passion from Samsung for any device
as for Apple? well we know the drill by now, the last device to ever receive an iOS update will often get killed by that update forcing you to upgrade, this is an unacceptable intentional disservice from Apple
examples: the iPhone 3Gs iOS 6 update and the iPhone 4 iOS 7 update, both destroyed performance on these devices, making them a shore to use
Not forgetting that iOS devices usually receive major updates or software additions on yearly basis, unlike HTC which been optimizing the One X and One 2013 series software and UI to high heaven in less than One year, most of the time adding significant additions, fixes and changes, its like a compressed three years of iOS firmware improvements
As for HTC of today, they have reached the 4th gen of HTC One updates in just 8 months, with 10 months left ahead (JB 4.1.2 / Sense 5 > JB 4.2.2 / Sense 5.0 > JB 4.3 / Sense 5.0 / Sense 5.5 > KK 4.4 / Sense 5.5)
or do you prefer to go back to the HTC Diamond days? :laugh:
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