I agree. Apple does it really well, no doubt about it. This is because they control both the software and hardware.
Google/Android çan not do it well enough, since the Android OS version compatibility with the hardware is somewhat dictated by the hardware manufacturer. This isn't always helpful. :-( For ex, there are numerous android apps that are not supported on many android devices. :=( Anyway, this is why I think that dual-stack home networks (and UEs) will be with us for a long time. Cheers, Rajiv -----Original Message----- From: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 8:52 PM To: Rajiv Asati <raj...@cisco.com> Cc: Fabien Delmotte <fdelmot...@mac.com>, nanog list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Verizon DSL moving to CGN > >On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:54 , Rajiv Asati (rajiva) <raj...@cisco.com> wrote: > >> >> Like you, I would like to be optimistic about many v4-only apps and >> v4-only devices becoming dual-stack sooner than later. >> >> But knowing that a significant (50%+) of android devices may not support >> IPv6 (just like my brand new Samsung Galaxy 7'' tablet (just bought over >> the weekend) being v4-only) and may not be upgraded by their users to >>the >> right software, and that Skype etc. apps are out there, my optimism >>fades >> away. > >The upgrade problem isn't that hard to solve. As soon as users want to use >something that doesn't work without the upgrade, the upgrades get >installed. > >Apple does a great job of this... > >Every time they release an iOS upgrade I really don't want, they manage to >also release an update to software that I do care about. That software >update >inherently requires me to accept the iOS upgrade. > >Owen >