[citation][nom]Xperias in the poop house[/nom]Android is technology by committee:Google makes an OS, and then says "software and hardware isn't our problem"HTC et al makes some hardware, then says "the OS and software isn't our problem"Millions of random hacks make some software, than say "the OS and hardware isn't our problem"And then, like in many committees, it takes a lot of time to get nothing done. The software is fragmented and poorly optimized (if it works at all), the hardware is underutilized and far too expensive for the given experience, and the OS moves too fast to give programmers time to make anything worthwhile.The only place such type of technology works is at the very bottom of the price spectrum, and for script kiddies to experiment. For people that want things to work reliably, with little input from them (which is the vast majority), a more thorough approach is needed.Who cares that the Android OS is one digit higher now? What does that mean for the user?[/citation]
I do agree with you on the last point, who cares if your OS is one digit higher now. Because from what I can tell, mobile OS has hit a wall, there are no more killer features, this include Android and iOS. My iOS friends totally wish they haven't downgrade from iOS 5 to iOS 6, they were "perfectly" happy with iOS 5. I recently upgraded my Nexus 7 to Android 4.2, was excited for 10 minutes, my Galaxy S3 was upgraded from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1, I was excited for 15 minutes.
As far as OS moving too fast? lol
Tell that to my brother and my gf, their words, "iPhone is boring~". They'll be switching over to Galaxy S4 or Note 3. I said the same thing about 2 generations ago, dropped the iPhone for a Galaxy phone, never looked back.