Which was the biggest leap in Android OS?

[mohit9206]

Going from 1.6 Donut to 2.1 Eclair
Going from 2.3 Gingerbread to 4.0 ICS
Going from 4.4 Kitkat to 5.0 Lollipop

Those who are using Android since the beginning must have some interesting answers to this question.So which one do you think was the biggest and best leap and why?

 

[Golfdriver97]

I would say 2.3 to 4.0, where the Tablet UI and the phone UI were identical. Made shifting between the 2 devices easier.

 

[gdmin]

I feel the speed and smooth differences are the biggest between 2.3 to 4.0

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[Rukbat]

I'd say 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, because of the Heartbleed bug. Having nicer firmware is nice, having security is nicer. (Unless you include "biggest mistake" in "biggest leap", then it was KitKat to LolloFlop. Before that it was 4.3 on the S3. Or maybe that was the biggest mistake - I haven't heard of LolliFlop hard-bricking any phones.)

2.3 was pretty good when it came out. ICS was pretty, but I was running a custom GB that was nicer, and mounted the SD card as internal storage (CM7 did also), so I didn't want to move away from that. 2GB of storage on a phone that had 117MB out of the box?

 

[cjohn4043]

I would say 2.3 to 4.0

Android had a huge switch at this point. I think 4.0 to 4.1 was also a pretty big update with the introduction to Google Now and Project Butter. Those two things have really grown these past couple years.

 

[Geodude074]

I think 4.4 to 5.0 was a big step BACKWARDS. 4.4 was all about buttery smoothness. 5.0 was all about animations - which resulted in stuttering, lag, terrible battery life, and OS crashes.

 

[eve6er69]

i agree from the 2.3 to 4.0 was huge!