HTC One (M7) owners, no Lollipop 5.1 for you!

It wasn’t too long ago that HTChad a reputation for being pretty horrid when it came to updating their Android devices, but this all changed starting with the HTCOne M7. Upon release of said device, HTCpromised two years of update support and they’ve kept that promise. Unfortunately, a new Tweet from Mo Versi indicates that the M7’s days of updates are over.

According to the HTCVP of Product Management, Android 5.1 is coming to the One M7 Google Play Edition, but not to the standard M7. To be fair, HTChas done a great job with updating the handset over the years, starting with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and ending with Android 5.0 Lollipop. Still, Android 5.1 seems less like a luxury update and more like an essential one, if only because it fixes much of what was broken with Android 5.0 Lollipop.

At least as far as my own Nexus 5 is concerned, Android 5.0 Lollipop was barely usable in its original form, and yet now works like a dream since updating to Android 5.1. Seems like a small slap in the face for One (M7) owners that will never see the crucial bug fixes found in 5.1. Then again, many of the issues that are found on stock Android devices might not have been a problem for HTCowners in the first place. That and with the phone turning two years old, many users are probably getting ready to upgrade to something newer anyhow.

What do you think of the news? Feel that HTCshould release one more update to Android 5.1, or can’t blame them for calling it quits? For M7 owners, what do you make of this news?