Why do all the mobile manufacturers/shops seemingly lie about Android upgrade availability?
I've purchased 2 phones in the last 6 months (LG P970 in Oct/Nov & Sony xperia arc s just now), and both times I was told by the shop assistant - and the box had a sticker on it - saying they were upgradable (to gingerbread and ICS respectively)... But both times when I tried to upgrade when I got home I found out the upgrades were not yet available.
With LG it took months before it was upgradable (and then a week after I upgraded it was killed by my son spilling the tiniest amount of milk on it when it was in my pocket!).
While it didn't matter too much it was a little annoying when I was told otherwise. Then with it happening again I wondered why they seem to do it across different manufacturers, and even phone shops.
If they think it's a selling point aren't they just shooting themselves in the foot because anyone who cares about it (or is just a little interested like myself) would quickly and easily find out it isn't the case.
Weird.