HTC recently announced that their HTC One S currently running on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 won’t receive any further updates.

HTC added that they realised this news would be met with disappointment by some, but our customers should feel confident that we have designed the HTC One S to be optimized with our amazing camera and audio experiences.

Following that announcement, there was so vocal comment on the social networks. Mainly from techie people.

But does it really matter? How many people on the street, even bother to look at the software version number? Does the phone still make phone calls, take photos and browse the internet. Yes of course. Therefore, the average person won’t be bothered. So long as the HTC One S is bug free, it is a good phone.

Those that do care about the software version, are likely more in to their tech, perhaps a bit geeky. These people will have heard of XDA Developers, and will use a custom rom to continue to update their HTC One S for many years to come.

Or like most people, after 2 years ,the contract has expired and a new phone is acquired.