Brah wrote:Been holding out to buy a new Android phone until more models have Marshmallow (not upgrades to it, which seems to often have issues).
Seems the new models are uncharacteristically slow in coming out, but likely intentional until they move old stock on Lollypop, etc.
Is anyone here using such a phone?
Nexus 6P. Google Nexii usually come out the end of the year, then CES and COMPUTEX happen in the first half of the succeeding year. So, second quarter you usually hear about the flagship phones from OEMs. More often than not, said phones will have the Android version in the Nexus released just a few months before. After that, you start hearing news of which and when the phones released in previous years may get their updates. If an OEM announces a phone and it will not be on the latest Android version, there will be talk of it, if the OEM didn't already promise when it will be updated.
The next Android version would be announced in May in Google I/O, and a series of developer previews released a few weeks shortly after until the next Nexus is a announced.
That's just how the Android product cycle is.
So, if you want phones on the latest Android version, Nexuses are November, the major OEMs come trickling in by March (usually, Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony). New players come in between like Xiaomi and Huawei.