The Fragmentation that is android

I'd like to point out the stats that were shown at the WWDC 2012. Over 80% of iUsers are upgraded to the latest version of iOS, 19% of iUsers are on the previous version and just a little one percent left from all the iOS users out there have iOS 3. I'm not sure if this includes every day use or phones that have been activated by that software and then left alone. I'm thinking the amount of users that are using iOS 4 can't upgrade to the latest version because their iDevices can't handle the new features or they think it's not worth the upgrade.

The last firmware update for iPhone 3G was 4.2.1 and that probably explains why there's that little 1% of iUsers still on iOS 4. I'm actually majorly surprised that apple decided to write iOS6 for the iPhone 3GS. It might not have the features, such as 3D maps and other features but since they haven't killed off the iPhone 3GS like they did with the iPhone 3G on 4.2.1 i've got to give respect for apple for giving a 3 year old phone another life to live. There's not many phones out there that are 3 years old still getting updates heck even android phones don't even support a year for updates.

I remember the galaxy S1 I9000 not recieveing an update to ice cream sandwich even though custom roms were built and they worked amazingly well. If you remember the galaxy S1 was critically acclaimed by almost everybody, everybody loved what samsung did and how they can make a flag ship android phone that hasn't different accessories or pherphicarls. The specifications of the galaxy S1 were the same if not better than the original galaxy nexus and the nexus was retrieving an update to ICS. Not sure why because there's a mass market for the S1 and there should have been no discussion about bringing ICS to the S1.

This brings me to the subject of the stats have how many people are on different versions of android, causing the developes to have a hard time developing for any platform because they don't know which operating system version is capable. Most developers are smart enough these days to only develop for gingerbread (2.3) and above.
Only 6% of android users have actually upgraded to the latest version of android, which is ice cream sandwich, if you have a look at the picture at the below it will show how fragmented the android operating system is.

The developers again have a very very hard time due to the different screen sizes and the different screen resolution. They don't know if it's going to be a 3.5 inch screen or a 4.8. With apple they've made it easy for developers to create an app since the all the iPhone/iPod screen is 3.5 inch screen. All the iPhones were the same screen resolution until they brought out the gorgeous retina display on the iPhone 4.

Thanks for reading.