Entry level Android handset sales to top 20M in 2011, report suggests

Where is this “budget friendly” iPhone that you speak of?

There is a logical flaw in that argument. A “budget friendly” version of an existing product indicates a trade-off (i.e., cheaper but you get less speed, less screen real estate, less features)…And the problem is not so much the OS as it is the applications that run on it. Believe it or not, there are iOS applications that will run on iPhone 4 but not 3GS

And there is a flaw to your argument. You are talking about fragmentation at a different level. iPhone 4 apps that don’t run on 3Gs or 3G is a hardware limitation.

Androids biggest problem is that each manufacture molests android and changes the OS. Thus meaning If I develop an app that uses the camera i have to write a new line of code every-time a phone comes out that isn’t Vanilla android because each carrier changes the way android saves and displays the images. This is frustrating, time consuming, and not profitable for a developer.

And there is a flaw to your argument. You are talking about fragmentation at a different level. iPhone 4 apps that don’t run on 3Gs or 3G is a hardware limitation.

Androids biggest problem is that each manufacture molests android and changes the OS. Thus meaning If I develop an app that uses the camera i have to write a new line of code every-time a phone comes out that isn’t Vanilla android because each carrier changes the way android saves and displays the images. This is frustrating, time consuming, and not profitable for a developer.

@Joel Unfortunately carriers and most handset manufacturers are in general complete jackasses. It would be nice if they stopped messing around with everything, most of their changes make it look and run terrible.

Nearly every android device is “upgradeable” to the newest version of Android. I had a MyTouch running 1.6, and before I got my EVO I had that bitch runnin 2.2 without a hiccup through cyanogen. Rooting and reflashing took approximately 12 minutes, and that was my first root. YOU’RE problem is that you need life handed to you on a silver, apple-shaped platter to be satisfied with anything.

Is it wrong for a consumer to want their product to work out of the box? It’s what you bought the product for. I don’t wanna have to sit at a computer to root (and void my warranty) to make my device upgradeable. Seems silly that one suggests this is the proper way for a company to handle upgrades.

Let’s just have everyone hack and update their devices. Great idea! TVs, Blu Ray, Game consoles… Common man I know your smarter than that.

@Joel And your very statement has just shown how pathetically lazy society has become. One of the biggest problems with most people is that they won’t do anything for themselves. They just whine and complain and it doesn’t get them anywhere, or they just end up wasting all of their money to have someone do all of the work for them even if said work would only take 10-20 minutes. And really, it isn’t difficult to remove root and restore your device back to its original state.