Lol, mate, I used to port Windows mobile updates to phones that we're never meant to have it, back when people knew what "XDA" was for.
I do know what I'm talking about: you have that choice with android. Not every device. But that's splitting hairs. You DONT have that possibility with iOS. That was an okay trade off for me.
More to the point, now that Android has decoupled core apps from the OS itself, older phones can have nice new updated core apps, even when their manufacturer had abandoned them (which I never said was a good thing).
And yes, drivers need to be ported or written. That sucks. But at least there's the option. I don't have that option with my 4S, so when Apple moves on from it, I'm stuck.
I do know what I'm talking about: you have that choice with android. Not every device. But that's splitting hairs. You DONT have that possibility with iOS. That was an okay trade off for me.
More to the point, now that Android has decoupled core apps from the OS itself, older phones can have nice new updated core apps, even when their manufacturer had abandoned them (which I never said was a good thing).
And yes, drivers need to be ported or written. That sucks. But at least there's the option. I don't have that option with my 4S, so when Apple moves on from it, I'm stuck.