ohgood
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I have seen some really well thought out opinions here but my reaction is that one point left out is that for both WP and Android, the state of upgrades is in the hands of the carriers. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong. That is the reason that my HTC Trophy never got the update from 7.5 to 7.8. (Thanks, Verizon!). That is one of the things that Apple has going for it. As long as this is the case, and I expect it to be for the foreseeable future, then the possibility of any current hardware being upgraded to the latest OS will only happen when it benefits the carrier. When any phone reaches the end of its life and is no longer sold, don't hold your breath waiting for that update to become available. And then it will be time to buy a new phone which is supported. That's my opinion. Can't say I'm too happy about it though.
You're absolutely right. In the beginning, wp7 was promised to be operated like iOS, the carriers would not be allowed to interfere for more than one update. Then it changed. Now.... Well I dunno.
It's possible that when Nokia is brought under roof, ms could finally make it all in one with no interference, but that's s long way off , and won't effect today's handsets.
With android you can build the sources if you care, and have the energy.... But downloading a cm room is so much easier.
The ops question was very good, I appreciate the insights in answers.