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"I don't think it's unreasonable to compare Nexus vs. iPhone and leave many of the other Android phones in a separate class."

I agree, but not even all Nexus phones get upgrades to the latest version of Android.

The Nexus One was released on January 5, 2010. It won't get an upgrade to ICS. Apple's iPhone 3GS was released on June 19, 2009. The latest version of iOS, 5.0.1, gets automatically pushed to it, over the air. It works great, even though the iPhone 3GS is a 2,5 year old model.

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This really is a special case though. HTC made a terrible decision with the amount of internal storage on the Nexus One and Desire/Incredible, so the image wont fit.

The 3GS is still being manufactured and sold as new though.

Which is a good thing for those customers who bought an iPhone 3GS back in 2009, they're pretty much guaranteed to receive software updates for their phone for many months to come.

That's in stark contrast with buying an Android phone, where models go out of style in a matter of weeks, not years.

I don't get iOS 5 on my iPod Touch.

I’m curious to know when you bought your iPod. Depending on the timing, it is fairly likely that your iPod was less powerful than the latest iPhone at the time, with less RAM and weaker graphics.

I don't remember the specific date, but I bought it specifically for doing iOS development. In any case, the fact remains that it is iOS hardware that won't get an update. Will the iPhone 3g be upgradeable forever?

No hardware is upgradable forever; that's an absurd standard that no one is expecting.

The fact remains that Apple consistently provides 2-3 years of updates, for their phones, whereas even new Google-branded Nexus phones are in some cases getting cut out of updates in less than one year.

The third generation iPod touch (and the subsequent generation) runs iOS 5. The 3rd gen iPod touch was released on September 9, 2009.

I think I bought my iPod early 2009, not sure anymore.

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