Do you know how much of it will be enabled? (e.g. will it have Siri working out of the box?)
(Genuine question, btw.)
As far as I'm aware this is a deliberate disabling thing as the original Siri app worked on earlier models (maybe not the 3GS but the 4).
My point is the average user isn't sitting there with their Galaxy-Titan-whatever in their hands feverishly checking what version of Android they're running and yelling "Where is my ICS!!" They're posting to Facebook, emailing, tweeting, searching for restaurants..etc
It's all about features.. and the fact is that iOS6 is catching up with Android 2.2... not 4.0
If you're in America, I have even less pity. The $200 price difference between some low-end free-on-contract smartphone and the $200 Galaxy Nexus or HTC One X is near negligible when you consider the price of the voice+data+messaging plan over the course of a 2 year contract.
edit: oh wait i think i misinterpreted you original comment. my condolences for coming off as an ass.
Keep in mind the problem of vendor recalcitrance is much less of an issue for an interested Android user. You can literally reflash your phone to a mod with an app from your phone. You don't even necessarily need to plug it in to anything.
That's a pretty packed up qualification there. Users that interested are not, have not been, and will not be par for the course on the Android platform.
Moreover, the in-app phone flashing is not something every Android phone can do. I speak from experience owning an Android phone that wouldn't play ball in this regard.
If this is the metric, then do you think the average iPhone user cares about what version of iOS they have? So many iPhone users are shocked when you walk up and double tap on the home button.
For the people who care on Android, there is a way to upgrade. For the people who don't care, there change is meaningless.
While this is a dog's dinner compared to the great adoption rates on new phones and new versions of iOS, it's worth mentioning.