Of course the manufacturers want that. How much do they make on the sale of a new phone compared to an OS upgrade? But again, the point is, you often get a "new every two" with one or two OS upgrades during that time. But, to totally orphan a device during that time is just plain wrong.

I still don't understand how the Windows Phone market is fragmented.


>My point is whether this matters if people prefer to upgrade THE WHOLE DEVICE rather than messing with the OS. That's what the major phone manufacturers seem to expect. I agree this may be different from the traditional desktop.
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>>>And it has *nothing* to do with Windows vs. Apple. What happens on the desktop has nothing to do with what happens on the phone.
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>Fragmentation is fragmentation. If the market tolerates it for the desktop, why should it suddenly be an issue for the phone- unless a security hole opens up or the latest apps won't run.