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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Then it means that it's time for an update for most folks - 18-24 months is the norm.

I think it's pretty common knowledge that Honeycomb just wasn't ready for primetime, it was really Gingerbread at a different dpi density and a lot of clean up had to happen that started with ICS, now it's fully done at Jelly Bean.

Simply stated, skipping from one version of Android to the newest one is perhaps the best case scenario and likely to happen for most folks. You'd have to be a fan, rich, or stupid (or combinations therein) to have experienced each and every version of Android.
Yes, I have seen similar for Europe, 18 months is the average. Lots of people get new phones after 12 months, lots after 24 or longer.

Most people with Android though have gotten their phones during the last year. Still, 90% are running on software that is 19 months or older. Only 10% are running on ICS. ICS is already 9 months old and Jelly Bean is what ICS should have been in the first place.