Did it get an update?
Bollocks.
The cellphone business is chronically sick.
In this article disparaging Nexus phones as "advertising" Vlad Savov writes:
Google's Nexus phones are just ads
I've spent the past couple of days desperately trying to puzzle out the purpose behind Google's newly announced Nexus 5X and 6P smartphones. [...]One word. Updates.
Google, our knight in shining armor and a propeller hat, has come to save us from the evils of perfidious carriers, ugly Android skins, and late software updates.I wouldn't mind late software updates. I mind not getting them at all. If you get a flagship phone, it might get updates for a year or two. Then I guess you're supposed to buy a new phone. If you get a mid-range or entry-level phone? You get Bollocks.
There isn't a single Android device manufacturer that is happy with the Nexus program, and I've spoken with them all.Have you asked them about updates?
Motorola went all-out with the Moto X Pure this year, seeking to deliver the cleanest possible Android experience, best possible specs, and lowest possible price, all while operating independently of carrier interference.Now they're no longer owned by Google, let's see how they do with updates. If they keep them up, I'll consider getting one. There's a lot of things I really dislike about Nexus phones. Like the lack of SD card slots, which more or less force you to depend on the Google cloud.
Android phone makers have grown more conscientious and restrained.Except when it comes to updates.
There is no Android villain left for the Nexus crusader to slay.Updates.
Making Android profitable for Android phone makers is one of the great challenges of our time.I'd be happy with a spec-for-spec replacement for my Nexus 4, with an SD card slot. Is that hard to do? The Nexus 5X is more than I want. I was looking at Chinese phones shipping with plain old AOSP or Cyanogen, because I knew the community could support them even if the manufacturer couldn't.
I wish Google would recognize that and try to do more to support Android as a whole rather than just its own good name.With the phone manufacturers undercutting it all the time, by releasing phones that never receive a single update, they kind of have to.
