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<\/a><\/p>\nThere was nothing said to add to Mo Versi\u2019s response, so it stands to reason that if unlocked HTC One M9 handsets get Android 6.0 this month, that carrier-locked versions won\u2019t get it until a few weeks to a few months behind the unlocked models. That is the way it happens between unlocked devices and carrier-locked models. That is the way it has always happened in Android, and that is the way it will be.<\/p>\n
The reason behind why the unlocked HTC One M9 handsets will get Android 6.0 this month with carrier versions to follow has been a question that Android users have asked for the last 8 years (Android as an OS is now 8 years old). The answer has to do with carrier-locked models. Carrier-locked HTC One M9 handsets, for example, will get updates later because of carriers. Many customers enjoy paying $199 or $99 with a two-year contract for the latest smartphone, but there are compromises one must endure when doing so. One of those compromises involves what many call carrier \u201cbloatware\u201d where carriers place their own apps onto the smartphone and in the memory \u2014 causing you to lose storage space, among other things. Then, carriers decide to test their own locked handsets for customers before releasing it and, since customers do business with carriers, they render themselves helpless to the whim of carriers.<\/p>\n
Whenever a new Android update is meant to be released, it goes through development and testing with Google before it is released to manufacturers such as HTC. HTC then takes the unlocked One M9 handsets and sends the update to carriers to take care of carrier-locked models. So, HTC will directly update the unlocked One M9 handsets because those customers purchased the handset directly from the carrier; carrier-locked customers who are locked into installment plans and contracts, however, will have to wait until the carriers push out the updates. So, carrier-locked HTC One M9 customers will be waiting for a while. If the Nexus 6 Android Marshmallow rollout tells anything, unlocked Nexus 6 users got the update on October 5th, while carrier-locked Nexus 6 customers may still be waiting for Marshmallow (they waited for at least six weeks, with T-Mobile\u2019s Nexus 6, for example).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not a pretty picture, but it goes to show that you get what you pay for. Maxime and Canadian residents won\u2019t receive the update until the end of January\/early February at the earliest, so it\u2019ll be a hard 8-week wait.<\/p>\n
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