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Friday, November 10, 2017

Android Software Update: A Thing Many OEM Skip

Huawei is going to launch Honor 7X, the successor of Honor 6X which was quite popular for the dual camera set up. It will be launched in India by December 2017 at unbeatable price as informed by AndroidAuthority.

Honor 7X will come with Kirin 659 chipset, 4GB RAM, 5.93 inch display, full HD+ resolutions (2160 x 1080 p), 18:9 aspect ratio, 32/64/128GB internal storage and upto 256GB microSD support, dual rear camera 16 + 2MP, front 8MP camera, 3340 mAh battery with Huawei's SuperCharge technology, IP67 rating - dust and water proof, EMUI on Android 7.1 Nougate out of the box. 

On paper 7X is quite good phone, but what I don't like about Honor series from Hauwei that they did not update the smartphone into latest Android version. I used their Honor Holly 2 Plus and received only one security update, that too nearly 1.5 years after the inital launch of the smartphone. 

Basically that's reason I don't feel to buy most of the Chinese and Indian brands - Huawei/Honor, ZTE/Nubia, Oppo, Vivo, Meizu, Gionee, Coolpad, iVoomi, Panasonic, Micromax/Yu, Lava/Xolo, Karbonn. And there are some reputed brands - Sony, HTC, Lenovo, Asus - are doing the same for their low cost and even mid range smartphones. 

Regarding the software update - companies have to spend a lot on R&D. Hence they are not working on it to save money.

Here Xiaomi/Redmi is away from the trend. That creates an ecosystem - see the MIUI forum, it's one of the active forum across the internet. 

OnePlus forum, I am not well aware of, but the sub forum of XDA is pretty much active. 

To Micromax, the Indian star mobile maker, guys you have to make sure you offer best price with best hardware and confirmed software update. In any case of fear that the phone may get flopped, follow Xiaomi's footsteps - sell on flash sale! 

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