It’s fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet.  All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it.  While there’s more than one side to the argument — choice versus fragmentation — only the most rabid fanboy would say that something doesn’t exist.  I tend to think the whole issue is living with the choice you make.  If you want the Android experience, buy a Nexus phone.  If you prefer the experience an OEM offers, buy one of their phones.  Both are the right choice.  But there’s an underlying issue that gets forgotten when we talk about updates and versions — security patches.

It’s fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet.  All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it.  While there’s more than one side to the argument — choice versus fragmentation — only the most rabid fanboy would say that something doesn’t exist.  I tend to think the whole issue is living with the choice you make.  If you want the Android experience, buy a Nexus phone.  If you prefer the experience an OEM offers, buy one of their phones.  Both are the right choice.  But there’s an underlying issue that gets forgotten when we talk about updates and versions — security patches.