It's rather disturbing when it takes this long on non-carrier phones (so no huge extra delays). It's been 7 months since the source was released and Asus is not some startup.
Current L adoption is around 10% and we have M haunting behind. They really need a new model to tackle this partial OS problem or it would be their downfall if something new were to come up.
Absolutely agree. Let's be honest, most OEMs aren't going to stop putting their own skin on top of stock Android. Google should offer a good/better theming engine for the OEMs. AOSP does have RRO from Sony, but I don't think most OEMs will start using this unless Google forces them to.
Seems to me many OEM are just slow even without excessive skinning, Moto pushes most of their features as standalone apps and the OG Moto X has yet to get Lolipop either...
Meanwhile something way more loaded with custom code like the One m7 already received L.
I don't think it really matters in the long run, average non enthusiast couldn't care less and at some point development cycles will slow down regardless.
Asus won't release something if they are not 99.9% sure that its stable. Reality is that custom rom and vanilla Android users are all ''beta'' testers for OEMs. This makes sense and especially that the Zenfone 2 is the only phone with x86_64 or Intel/AMD* 64 bit Kernel architecture to fully support its 4Gb RAM feature. Intel Compiler is much more complex since the CPU has to ''emulate'' every single arm code in Android, this is also greatly reducing its performance. Asus stated that they are working not only on 5.1, but also a completely x86_64 64 bit system (OS+Kernel). Lets wait and post suggestions on ZenTalk forums for beta testing/prize draws.
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jjj - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - link
It's rather disturbing when it takes this long on non-carrier phones (so no huge extra delays). It's been 7 months since the source was released and Asus is not some startup.WorldWithoutMadness - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - link
Current L adoption is around 10% and we have M haunting behind.They really need a new model to tackle this partial OS problem or it would be their downfall if something new were to come up.
Shadow7037932 - Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - link
Absolutely agree. Let's be honest, most OEMs aren't going to stop putting their own skin on top of stock Android. Google should offer a good/better theming engine for the OEMs. AOSP does have RRO from Sony, but I don't think most OEMs will start using this unless Google forces them to.Impulses - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - link
Seems to me many OEM are just slow even without excessive skinning, Moto pushes most of their features as standalone apps and the OG Moto X has yet to get Lolipop either...Meanwhile something way more loaded with custom code like the One m7 already received L.
I don't think it really matters in the long run, average non enthusiast couldn't care less and at some point development cycles will slow down regardless.
Daniel Egger - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - link
Even worse: It's only 5.0.x, not even 5.1.aziz07 - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link
Asus won't release something if they are not 99.9% sure that its stable. Reality is that custom rom and vanilla Android users are all ''beta'' testers for OEMs. This makes sense and especially that the Zenfone 2 is the only phone with x86_64 or Intel/AMD* 64 bit Kernel architecture to fully support its 4Gb RAM feature. Intel Compiler is much more complex since the CPU has to ''emulate'' every single arm code in Android, this is also greatly reducing its performance. Asus stated that they are working not only on 5.1, but also a completely x86_64 64 bit system (OS+Kernel). Lets wait and post suggestions on ZenTalk forums for beta testing/prize draws.sneha45 - Thursday, July 2, 2015 - link
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