Official "What Version of Android are you running?" poll

[Chocu1a]

Galaxy Nexus using XenonHD 4.1.1 jelly bean.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[Skurge]

4.1 on GSM Nexus.

 

[olds]

Gingerbread on my 2 year old Evo.

 

[Bateluer]

There will be a lot of JellyBean users here, because this is a tech forum.

Who's the putz who voted for 1.0?

 

[Phynaz]

I don't know, what's on a Kindle Fire?

 

[tfinch2]

2.2 on my Motorola Triumph.

4.1.1 on my Nexus 7.

 

[Glitchny]

JB on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7

 

[ilkhan]

JB on both devices (<3 Nexus).

 

[CrystalBay]

Stock Tmobile ICS GS2

 

[lothar]

Galaxy S II: 4.0.4

 

[lothar]

79% of the people with Android on this forum are running ICS or better.
People really need to stop quoting the worldwide 10% ICS adoption rate as an excuse not to get an Android phone.

 

[Mopetar]

Who's the putz who voted for 1.0?

I was wondering that myself. Were there even any devices out there with 1.0 that never even had the option for an update? I can't imagine that anyone would stay with 1.0 by choice.

People really need to stop quoting the worldwide 10% ICS adoption rate as an excuse not to get an Android phone.

I don't think the low ICS adoption rate ever had anything to do with being a valid reason not to get an Android phone. It was usually brought up as a reason why there weren't as many Android developers or as a potential reason why app quality on Android might lag behind that on iOS.

I suppose one could argue that the low adoption rate might indicate several carriers/manufacturers not putting out updates in a timely manner, but anyone who's really worried about getting the latest versions of Android could always go with phones from the Nexus line or other unlocked phones if they want to use their own ROMs.

However, I don't think that the low adoption rate for the latest versions of Android really has much of anything to do with arguments about which phone a person should get. At least, I can't recall any recommendation thread in recent memory where this was used as an argument against getting an Android phone.

 

[lothar]

I don't think the low ICS adoption rate ever had anything to do with being a valid reason not to get an Android phone. It was usually brought up as a reason why there weren't as many Android developers or as a potential reason why app quality on Android might lag behind that on iOS.

I suppose one could argue that the low adoption rate might indicate several carriers/manufacturers not putting out updates in a timely manner, but anyone who's really worried about getting the latest versions of Android could always go with phones from the Nexus line or other unlocked phones if they want to use their own ROMs.

However, I don't think that the low adoption rate for the latest versions of Android really has much of anything to do with arguments about which phone a person should get. At least, I can't recall any recommendation thread in recent memory where this was used as an argument against getting an Android phone.

You were on vacation or something? Sounds like you've missed a lot.

There was a thread recently about a month ago that some people kept on bringing up the 10% ICS adoption figure as an excuse.
I think the thread ended up getting locked up after getting to 5-6+ pages of useless back and forth arguments regarding Android's ICS update coundrum.

It wasn't a "recommendation" thread(or at least it did not start out that way).

 

[Mopetar]

There was a thread recently about a month ago that some people kept on bringing up the 10% ICS adoption figure as an excuse.

That doesn't mean it's a good reason. They could have just as well said that lizard people control Android and so it's best to avoid it.

It's been my experience that low adoption rate hasn't really been brought up as a reason not to get an Android phone. Perhaps as as reason not to develop for Android only or first, or why app quality appears to be lower on average than it is with iOS, but not as a reason not to get a phone.

That said, if you could be so kind to link to that thread so I could read it myself, I'd be grateful.

 

[Apex]

4.0.4 (CM9) on HP Touchpads & Motorola Triumph

 

[bucwylde23]

4.1.1 on both gnex and nexus 7

 

[psych2]

This begs the question whose the poor sap that's still running 1.0 lol

 

[lothar]

2.2 on my Motorola Triumph.

4.1.1 on my Nexus 7.

This phone shipped with Froyo July of last year and Moto still hasn't updated the OS?
Color me surprised.

This wasn't a Verizon phone, so what's their excuse now?

 

[lothar]

That doesn't mean it's a good reason. They could have just as well said that lizard people control Android and so it's best to avoid it.

It's been my experience that low adoption rate hasn't really been brought up as a reason not to get an Android phone. Perhaps as reason not to develop for Android only or first, or why app quality appears to be lower on average than it is with iOS, but not as a reason not to get a phone.

That said, if you could be so kind to link to that thread so I could read it myself, I'd be grateful.

I agree with you that it's not.
The people that keep bringing up that ~10% ICS statistic were the ones mentioning it like it's supposed to matter or something. They certainly are not developers, and they weren't bringing up that ~10% ICS adoption figure as a reason for lower apps quality on Android.
The average salary for doctors worldwide is $20k. Why should that be considered important for doctors in Austin, Texas that earn an average of $150k+ to know about or affect their decision on whether they wanted to become doctors?
It's the samething here...79% of the people with Android on this tech subforum are running ICS and above. Why should it matter that ICS only has a ~10% adoption worldwide if one is a forum member here?
Yes, we are outliers on a worldwide basis...but on this forum it's those crazy people worldwide that are outliers, not us.

Threads I remember off hand that talk about Android's update problems from most recent to earliest:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2255601
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2252050
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2217365
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2201686

 

[Zaap]

4.0.4 on a brand new Samsung Galaxy S3. Posting this from it now.

 

[Apex]

This phone shipped with Froyo July of last year and Moto still hasn't updated the OS?
Color me surprised.

This wasn't a Verizon phone, so what's their excuse now?

Huawei sucks eggs.

 

[SBCT]

I am on 4.1.1 on my VZW GNex. I can't even remember back to 1.0. I think 1.5 was the first version I had on my Droid Eris

 

[Aikouka]

Have ICS on my TF300.

 

[ilkhan]

Lol impressive jellybean numbers for being only a month old!

Between GalNexus, Nexus7, Nexus S/4G and custom ROMs, this forum isn't really a random sampling of Android users.

 

[linthat22]

HTC Rezound - Gingerbread