When is the Worst Time to Buy an Android Phone? Any Time.

by: Kellex | posted 01.14.11 | News

A little humor on a Friday afternoon never hurt, right? If we can’t poke fun at our Android fanboy selves, then we should just go hide in a hole because we are likely taking everything way to seriously.

(Thank @Koush for this one.)

The graphic above attempts to lay out the timeline for the “worst possible time” to buy an i*hone or an Android phone, leaving our side of the world looking a little silly. Funny thing is, it fits right into this week’s theme, “Updates or die!” What do I take from this? This just proves that we have choices. Instead of waiting for June each year, we have the option to choose a device at any time and from any carrier, and THAT is not a bad thing. Obviously you buy something and then get locked into it for two years, but as long as you educate yourself and buy a decent phone that isn’t the LG Ally or anything with Samsung branding on it, you should be good. As far as updates are concerned though, I’m not about to go there.

Thoughts? Keep it as clean as your Friday mind allows.

Via: Design Dare

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Anonymous

Does It matter what phone someone else has. No so don’t make ignorant comments, you sound like a low life dirty degrading person.
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http://www.facebook.com/serio Austin Serio

jeasus f****** christ you are such a troll. Im being honest about what i baught. I baught an iPad way back in june because i wanted a tablet then. Im more then willing to admit that some apple products are good but some are crap! I PERSIONALY think that Macs are better then PC’s FOR WHAT I DO. I wanted a tablet back in June so i spent my money and got the iPad because thats when the iPad was the only good tablet in the market and the rest was chinese knockoffs. You are so f****** anoying!
http://www.facebook.com/serio Austin Serio

jeasus f****** christ you are such a troll. Im being honest about what i baught. I baught an iPad way back in june because i wanted a tablet then. Im more then willing to admit that some apple products are good but some are crap! I PERSIONALY think that Macs are better then PC’s FOR WHAT I DO. I wanted a tablet back in June so i spent my money and got the iPad because thats when the iPad was the only good tablet in the market and the rest was chinese knockoffs. You are so f****** anoying! I bet you have no life and are a fat blob that sits home all day and is unemployed so you go around trolling for fun. iPods are useless when you have a smartphone, I sold my iPod. iPhones are crap because sorry i dont want to have to be told how to hold my phone with everything inferior about it. Also “damaging my reptuation?” I really dont think anyone gives a rats ass about this and I don’t think anyone honestly cares that i baught an iPad. Im here because i love android (and im going to be selling my iPad) and thats all that really matters, so why dont you go back on over to your walled garden in the land of fruit, and shut the f*** up!
http://www.facebook.com/serio Austin Serio

jeasus f****** christ you are such a troll. Im being honest about what i baught. I baught an iPad way back in june because i wanted a tablet then. Im more then willing to admit that some apple products are good but some are crap! I PERSIONALY think that Macs are better then PC’s FOR WHAT I DO. I wanted a tablet back in June so i spent my money and got the iPad because thats when the iPad was the only good tablet in the market and the rest was chinese knockoffs. You are so f****** anoying! I bet you have no life and are a fat blob that sits home all day and is unemployed so you go around trolling for fun. iPods are useless when you have a smartphone, I sold my iPod. iPhones are crap because sorry i dont want to have to be told how to hold my phone with everything inferior about it. Also “damaging my reptuation?” I really dont think anyone gives a rats ass about this and I don’t think anyone honestly cares that i baught an iPad. Im here because i love android (and im going to be selling my iPad) and thats all that really matters, so why dont you go back on over to your walled garden in the land of fruit, and shut the f*** up!
Anonymous

I totally agree! People should know this.

Dan,
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Fyrmedic654

Where was this in September? I needed this samsung info then. Thanks for nothing droid-life. HaHa. All kidding aside, Sammy will not be getting anymore of my hard earned money
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iOS, simple better.

Android, like BlackBerry, is also updated by the carrier, meaning that updates might never arrive for some older or cheaper models, might be delayed for months after the official Android OS release by Google, and will certainly be bundled with Verizon’s chosen mix of hard-to-remove apps from partners, including annoying nagware for subscription services. A variety of reviews of Verizon phones specifically note “Verizon bloatware” as a major negative.

The most responsive Android licensees (in terms of delivering new updates for their phone users) are Motorola and HTC, but both take on average nearly two months to get Google’s latest updates pushed down to their users. Other Android makers take even longer to update their phones, with Samsung sitting on updates for around five months and LG continuing to delay the most recent update for its low end Verizon Ally; its now been more than six months since 2.2 Froyo shipped, and LG says it will likely be another month before it can roll it out.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 isn’t even a low end smartphone, and it was released three months after Google debuted Android 2.2 Froyo. Despite that, the company shipped the Xperia with the older 2.1 software and later announced that it won’t ever be offering its users an update to Android 2.2 Froyo, which has already been replaced by Google’s latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

In sharp contrast, Apple issues regular iOS updates that iPhone users can install themselves on the same day. Software updates are important not only for the new features and refinements they bring, but also because updates fix bugs and patch security issues. A variety of the latest apps also require the latest software update, ranging from some games to the official Flickr app to Adobe Flash Player to Google Voice Actions to Yahoo Messenger video calling. Despite this, a few of Verizon’s Android phones still ship with Android 2.1 from last summer.
iOS, simply better.

Upon closer examination, it’s not hard to see why Verizon was willing to make sacrifices to get iPhone 4. Two of its four smartphone platforms are essentially on extended life support (the waning webOS and the outdated Windows Mobile 6.x). The carrier’s former star platform, while recently updated to BlackBerry OS 6, simply hasn’t kept pace with the iPhone and Android and instead offers features closer to 2008′s iPhone OS 2.0. However, despite a strong marketing push behind Android in 2010, Verizon’s Android offerings aren’t looking very competitive.

Among other things, no Android model Verizon currently carries offers a front facing camera suited to making video calls. That will make iPhone 4 and its FaceTime video calling a key new feature for the carrier to promote. Verizon has not yet made public whether it will support FaceTime calls over 3G however; AT&T does not, restricting video calls to WiFi. Front facing cameras are available on Android device

http://www.facebook.com/serio Austin Serio

You obviously have no life.

VZ iPhone. It Begins.

you obviously have nothing better to say.

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Scotty

I was slightly offended by this at first but as I read on it makes complete sense. Choose your device carefully and you wont be kicking yourself in six months.
http://www.facebook.com/serio Austin Serio

The proper way to buy an android phone is to 1 buy the flagship device 2 do on/or right after launch

http://perpetualn00b.tumblr.com quiklives

That’s absolutely true for people like us, who really want the biggest and best thing out there. But part of the strength of Android is that there are devices out there in just about every price range and feature range, and a huge number of consumers don’t care about the latest and greatest thing, and often let their upgrades pass them by without using them because once they have something they are comfortable with, they stick to it.

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