Where you live must be different to here. I have no way to find out how the phone I am buying will function before I have handed over my hard earned cash. No way to see how it will function before I have it in my hands and that is after having paid for it.
The one I have is likeit was half a year ago, not better not worse.
I have no problem with the phone 2a gets updated, I have problem with that the one I have still has same miserable camera software it had from when it was made. No camera software update since they made it.