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LBTRS said:
Everyone has to remember this is a device that has functioned very well with little/no issues so "needing" an update is almost irrelevant on this device. It works as advertised and there is no real hurry for an update. The only reason we "need" an update is to satisfy our desire for new things which realistically doesn't make it a priority for moto or any other company.
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Agree. The other poster who used the car analogy cannot be more off base. It isn't like this is the bionic that had a ton of issues. The maxx has been one of the best working phones out of the box that I have had. ICS is only going to add to it but is far from "needed"
 
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I don't know how you can think a met timeline is a slap in the face? They told you it would be by a certain time and their are delivering it by that time. Some people are never happy I guess.
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Sorry for arriving late to the party...but I can understand why Dovahkiin is rather annoyed. If you compare the Droid Razr to the Galaxy Nexus, both were released around the same time. (actually the Razr was released a week earlier) Yet out of the 2 high-end phones, only the Nexus came out with ICS installed. It seemed odd that both phones most likely had similar development periods, (or at least enough time to commit to ICS) yet only one had the more recent software. I'm not sure why, it's not like ICS was exclusive to Samsung, which makes Motorola seem kinda "lazy" in not including ICS from the get-go. But being that the Razr Maxx had almost double the battery, a lot of owners, like myself let that go, seeing that we were told (or at least I was by the verizon salesman that ICS for the Razr was "just around the corner)

The slap on the face appears not so much from waiting to the last minute of the end of Q2 2012, but in my view, seeing so many older devices get ICS upgrades before the Razr, I can't help but get annoyed at every report of different devices getting its ICS before my Razr Maxx does. Is Motorola really trying to be a perfectionist, or are they really lazy?
 
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Speedstr said:
Sorry for arriving late to the party...but I can understand why Dovahkiin is rather annoyed. If you compare the Droid Razr to the Galaxy Nexus, both were released around the same time. (actually the Razr was released a week earlier) Yet out of the 2 high-end phones, only the Nexus came out with ICS installed. It seemed odd that both phones most likely had similar development periods, (or at least enough time to commit to ICS) yet only one had the more recent software. I'm not sure why, it's not like ICS was exclusive to Samsung, which makes Motorola seem kinda "lazy" in not including ICS from the get-go. But being that the Razr Maxx had almost double the battery, a lot of owners, like myself let that go, seeing that we were told (or at least I was by the verizon salesman that ICS for the Razr was "just around the corner)

The slap on the face appears not so much from waiting to the last minute of the end of Q2 2012, but in my view, seeing so many older devices get ICS upgrades before the Razr, I can't help but get annoyed at every report of different devices getting its ICS before my Razr Maxx does. Is Motorola really trying to be a perfectionist, or are they really lazy?
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I can count on one hand the number of older phones that received ICS prior to the RAZR duo.

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
 
Forget analogies, I want real life examples of precedence. How often has any company made promises about updates dates and not only delivered on time, but delivered ahead of schedule (and were there any major hiccups)?

If there is plenty of precedence, I'll change my stance on this, otherwise it just seems to me that some people have unreasonable expectations based on the reality of the industry.

Deiter Bohn often said that people should buy phones for what they are, and not what they might be at some point in the future. I've treated my purchases that way and haven't been disappointed.

Not only did I not pull my hair out waiting for when my Dinc would get Gingerbread, when it finally did come, there was a huge error that disabled maps, gmail, and random apps and I had to eventually hard reset my phone and hope I backed up everything right (I didn't, and I ended up losing some files and settings that took quite a while to replicate.)

I don't particularly care when the update happens because I'm quite happy with my upgrade, but I do care that when it comes that it works. It's true that I didn't buy the phone with expectations that an update was coming because I was told so by Verizon, but I would also never believe it if I had known, based off of prior experience.

So what examples within the phone industry have happened in regards to updates that have created these expectations in some people that Verizon is dropping the ball?

Edit: And/or is this the first update that you've had to wait for?

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
 
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I was going to simply close this thread, but I don't want to punish those who actually want to have a discussion. Thread has been cleaned and offenders have been contacted. No more warning from here on out - if you aren't going to be respectful to your fellow members, don't post.
 
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Verizon has posted the official change log, so that's good news. Unless they end up pulling it down.

I don't care what kind of phone you use, that's not how I judge someone's worth or intelligence. Sent using tapatalk 2.
 
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Tablets don't count unless they have a cellular radio.

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Are you referring to the 7%? Non-cellular devices that have Google Play Store access are included.

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Are you referring to the 7%? Non-cellular devices that have Google Play Store access are included.

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I was talking about comparing the update situation of phones. Tablets with ics but without cellular radios can't possibly be compared to phones getting ics, because they don't have to go through carrier approval.

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Is this ICS update going to make the Razr Maxx global capable? VZW did say that Razr Maxx will be among some devices to receive software updates making them global/world capable. Any one with an idea
on this?
 
So many phones would have ICS if the carriers weren't putting these updates through the ringer. Carriers don't really worry about fragmentation.
 
mjuwara said:
Is this ICS update going to make the Razr Maxx global capable? VZW did say that Razr Maxx will be among some devices to receive software updates making them global/world capable. Any one with an idea
on this?
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Yep! Verizon posted the change log tonight and global capability is a go.

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mjuwara said:
Is this ICS update going to make the Razr Maxx global capable? VZW did say that Razr Maxx will be among some devices to receive software updates making them global/world capable. Any one with an idea
on this?
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Yes. Global capable is on the VZW change log.
 
Anyway glad to hear my inside information was correct and I think we scooped all the other Android sites on the ICS update. Soon it will be a reality be calm it will come!
 
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