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Originally posted by chrisb View Post
Another possibility is that Google has development requirements/testing/standards that differ from Cyanogenmod. Nexus devices have been hit by unfixable SoC driver incompatibilities that only appeared on update in the past (e.g. Nexus 4 camera bug). Google don't have to plan obsolescence to get people to buy new phones - the average phone replacement cycle is about two years anyway.
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Originally posted by bug77 View Post
Except Cyanogenmod can't do that. They will support maybe one more version than the manufacturer does and even then you get issues like non working wifi, usb, bt, gps and whatnot. Precisely because all they can do rip the drivers from the official image and hope they can compile newer Android linking to them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
And I'm not excusing Google here, they could ask that whoever want to supply the chips for the Nexus phone must provide support for X years. Then again, Google doesn't deal directly with these guys and the mobile market is huge, maybe Google doesn't have the clout to push for that.
Is Vulkan a requirement for Nougat? I wasn't aware of that.
I pulled a phone that shipped with 4.0 all the way up to 5.1. That is a span of EIGHT API levels. I gave up at that point because the hardware was obsolete and my phone was worn out. I also moved the kernel forward from 3.0 to 3.4 during this time.
The phone still works, and all hardware is functional and stable. In fact, more functional and stable than it ever was on the factory kernel/android build.
But at some point, you just have to give up because it isn't worth putting in another 200 hours on a phone you don't even use.
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Ok, lets put this one to rest.
The reasons why google does NOT perpetually support old hardware with newest software;
1) Not as many people still have the old hardware,
2) The old hardware may not be *powerful* enough to support the new software (i.e., increased RAM utilization, as an example, consider running Android 6.0 on an ADP1, which at best has access to 114 MB RAM, and definitely not anywhere near enough internal storage space to fit even the most stripped down build of AOSP6)
3) Google's biggest goal is to advance the platform, which is hard to do if all of your developers are busy supporting obsolete hardware.
It isn't as if the end of life point on these is unknown. Google has made a very clear statement about how long they will be supporting hardware. This is far beyond what any other vendor has offered.
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Originally posted by L_A_G View PostYou do realize we are talking about the Nexus line here? My original post was about the Nexus line specifically.
Take a look here: http://www.investopedia.com/articles...ess-google.asp
Selling phones doesn't even register on their revenue chart, it's not what they do.
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Originally posted by droidhacker View Post
That isn't quite it though.
I pulled a phone that shipped with 4.0 all the way up to 5.1. That is a span of EIGHT API levels.
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Originally posted by bug77 View PostSo you really think Google stops supporting Nexus phones because they want to sell more of them?
Take a look here: http://www.investopedia.com/articles...ess-google.asp
Selling phones doesn't even register on their revenue chart, it's not what they do.
Your defense of Google is pretty pathetic when it comes down to it... Divisions are going to try to make as much money as they can and the fact that another division is making a whole lot more doesn't mean they're going to get sloppy and stop caring about if they make or lose money (unless they're a pure research one like the self driving car division).
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Originally posted by L_A_G View PostYou do understand that Google's different divisions operate more or less independently under their own managements? Right? What goes on in the advertisement division and how much money it makes has little effect on the Android division and vice versa. If the Android division can boost their sales by X percent, it's a boost of X percent for them no matter how much money the advertisement division makes. Management bonuses for division managers are tied to the performance of the division they're leading, not the company as a whole.
Your defense of Google is pretty pathetic when it comes down to it... Divisions are going to try to make as much money as they can and the fact that another division is making a whole lot more doesn't mean they're going to get sloppy and stop caring about if they make or lose money (unless they're a pure research one like the self driving car division).
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