Can you please advise as to when the Droid Trubo will be receiving the Marshmallow update? The last update was in October on Lollipop. This lag in pushing out updates for the Motorola phones is getting old. Motorola has said the update is complete pending partner approval. So, what's the hold up????
Droid Turbo is unlocked and can work on any carrier not just Verizon. Just like with ANY device Verizon sells they are unlocked, and can be purchased outright.
Samsung is notoriously slow when it comes to updates. Right now the best manufacturer close to Google is HTC in terms of updates.
There's little incentive for any manufacturer to update their older devices. Unlike Apple for example which has iTunes and the App store helps them generate revenue for them to actually update their devices. Android manufacturers don't have this. This is why Samsung for example tries and replaces Google services to get people tied to their ecosystem, but they kept failing and slowly removed to appease Google. A Nexus device for example you are stuck someone using Googles ecosystem where they generate revenue using your data you agree to give them as well as their Play Store stuff.
I'm not really looking to move to another carrier....i like Verizon but this whole situation with Motorola has soured me their product line. I'll simply go back to either HTC or Samsung as I've owned both and had good experiences with them. Or perhaps I'll give Nexus a try now.... It's a shame too because I've really loved my Turbo phone up to this point but I don't care one bit how Motorola has handled the Marshmallow situation.
Yes it is bad, but I can't really blame them due to their circumstances. Lenovo took over and fired a large portion of their staff all while moving their front office. They are having trouble in a lot of areas now.
Like I said if the manufacturer doesn't make the update how is Verizon going to push the update? It doesn't exist to be pushed out.
So you think Lenovo dropped support for almost ALL US devices has something to do with carriers when even when their unlocked and unbranded devices aren't getting an update either? Sorry don't buy that one bit.
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Saying Motorola has gotten this update out on different carriers on older phones, I would place the blame squarely on Verizon for not finding the time to test this update on an older phone.
Of course because other older phones means nothing. They abandoned the US market for the most part. I have a couple of Moto E that will not get updates anymore. They are going to update the international unlocked but not the North America unlocked. Just some food for thought. Can speculate all you want, but downsizing and dropping support for numerous devices doesn't mean you will get updates faster or it's another companies fault. Do you have proof that they gave it to Verizon and it passed all the testing including the PTCB, and by the FCC? Just a canned response from a low level rep, and if you asked someone within the development team they beat around the bush and don't say they gave it Verizon as some food for thought
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