Oh my.. Android, seriously?

[Cryio]

You are better with a HTC flagship nowadays.

Fastest updates to the market with the most pleasant OEM skin. They don't skimp on build quality, audio, camera capabilities (not necessary MP) or battery.

M7 and M8 are the best supported devices at the current time.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

As a dual user (1520 & 1+1), Android has gotten a lot better since my Galaxy Nexus days as a daily driver. There are some areas in which WP is a bit more useful, but many mid range and high end Androids are lag free these days.

 

[Visa Declined]

You are better with a HTC flagship nowadays.


M7 and M8 are the best supported devices at the current time.

That's not true. My Sony Z Ultra has been getting updates way before those HTC phones.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

That's not true. My Sony Z Ultra has been getting updates way before those HTC phones.

Same here. My Z Ultra (before I sold it) even got 4.4.4 before the Nexus 5 did.

 

[Cryio]

That's not true. My Sony Z Ultra has been getting updates way before those HTC phones.

Technically Sony phones get only the Android update, since Sony's skin doesn't change at all, while the M7 has received 2 OEM skin updates as well.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Technically Sony phones get only the Android update, since Sony's skin doesn't change at all, while the M7 has received 2 OEM skin updates as well.

Sony counterbalances this by updating their core apps at a rate that may be more frequent than HTC.

 

[Steve Adams]

Forgot about the one +. That's pretty cool too.

 

[Visa Declined]

Technically Sony phones get only the Android update, since Sony's skin doesn't change at all, while the M7 has received 2 OEM skin updates as well.

My Sony phone doesn't have a skin. It's stock Android.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

My Sony phone doesn't have a skin. It's stock Android.

It isn't stock android. It is a very light skin, but it isn't stock.

 

[Visa Declined]

It isn't stock android. It is a very light skin, but it isn't stock.

You have no idea of what you are talking about.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Sony_Z_Ultra_Google_Play_edition?id=sony_z_ultra&hl=en

 

[MSFTisMIA]

You have no idea of what you are talking about.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Sony_Z_Ultra_Google_Play_edition?id=sony_z_ultra&hl=en

Dude if what you own is a Z Ultra GPE model, then that's fine. I own the regular Z Ultra (the C6833) and it uses the Sony skin. Which is light, but not stock.

And to get technical, Google's version of Android isn't truly pure Android. Pure Android is completely open source, down to the core apps. Google's apps is still proprietary, which makes the version of stock Android in fact stock Google Android.

Plus, before 5.0, the last few Android updates the regular Z Ultra has been one of the first "non-stock" Android to quickly updated.

Think for a moment before you declaring what people know and don't know. Seriously.