一般来说,Android 手机装置一般会有 18个月的更新,即是厂商会在手机推出后的18个月内提供系统软件升级,18个月后就不再支援。
不过,美国 HTC 团队在 Reddit 表示,HTC 的旗舰机将会有两年的 Android 系统更新。
Today we are making a commitment to support all new flagship devices going forward with all major Android updates for 2 years after their release date.
他们表示,早前公布 One X 和 One X+ 不会再有更新后引来回响,令他们重新审视有关的升级政策。他们表示 One X 和 One X+ 采用 NVIDIA 处理器,但 NVIDIA 对芯片的后续支援令他们不能提供升级。
we recently announced that we wouldn’t be updating the HTC One X and One X+ beyond Android 4.2. Without the support of our chip manufacturer Nvidia, it made a global update of One X and X+ devices impossible.
在为美国发售的 HTC One X (使用 Qualcomm 处理器),但若只为部份 One X 提供更新,但又不为 One X+ 提供更新,可能为用家带来混乱 (One X+ 是较后期推出的)。他们亦听到用家的回响,所以他们正研究在为美国发售的 HTC One X (使用 Qualcomm 处理器) 提供 Android 4.4 KitKat 升级的可能性。
However, in US the One X uses the Qualcomm chip and an upgrade would be possible, but we didn’t think it would be a good experience for our customer base to update the X, but not the X+.
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For the HTC One X in the US (diff chipset than global version), we’re now actively exploring how we can make the jump to 4.4.
Source: Reddit