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Originally Posted by J____
Once a new product comes out, they make an OS that purposely slows down the previous gen so people go out and buy their new product. It's ridiculous!
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Playing devil's advocate here but I hate how many phones including flagships don't get Android updates quickly or at all. Yes you can get Nexus but you're limiting yourself to a limited selection of Android phones and having a wide selection of phones is one of the best parts of Android. Sounds like Google is scrapping/pausing the Nexus program as their next batch of phones will not be vanilla.
Custom roms require some knowledge and skill and if you're hanging out in this forum you probably know how to install a rom. However, average joe who is looking for an easy to use product would not know how to slap a custom rom on their phones to keep up to date with updates.
My backup phone is a 5 and it has no slowdown issues. I think this was more of an issue for the 4 and 4s and who has one of those anymore?