HTC’s Desire HC smartphone won’t be getting an Ice-Cream Sandwich update after all.
HTC made the announcement on their blog, saying,
After extensive testing, we’ve determined that the current
version of HTC Sense with Android provides customers with the best
experience on the HTC Desire HD. When we consider new versions of
software, we weigh a number of factors, but ultimately the customer
experience on the product is the deciding factor. We apologize for any
confusion this change may have caused our customers.
An HTC Desire series smartphone. Reuters
Best consumer experience aside, it can’t be denied that while
Android’s 4.1 version Jelly Bean is now out, most devices Android don’t
even have Ice-Cream Sandwich on their smartphones.
According to Android’s latest developer data, a mere 10 percent of
Android devices are running Android 4.0, also known as Ice-Cream
Sandwich. You can view the detailed data
here.
Gingerbread still leads the Android army with 63.6 percent devices
running Gingerbread versions 2.3.3 to 2.3.7. Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
which was announced last year in October has around 10.7 percent devices
for the 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 version.
Android’s biggest problem still remains a fragmented user experience.
Unlike Apple’s iOS updates which are rolled out to almost all its
latest devices, with Android getting an Ice-Cream is much, much harder.
Hopefully Ice-Cream Sandwich will be rolled to a lot more smartphones
sooner. As far as Jelly Bean goes, users will have to wait and watch.
