Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab not getting ICS

4. Gemmol posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:06 1 0

No need to jinx, I have one of the phones you just listed. I understand you being realistic, so I can not fault you for that. I hope what you say may not be true, but part of me would not mind, in my opinion 2.3 is a great OS, it gets what I need done daily and by time I am ready to update, I hope there would be a phone with a 1080p screens and a quad core chip inside.

13. bobfreking55 posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:55 4 1

Samsung explains why: ( I read on GSMarena. just sharing guys)

Both feature Samsung's TouchWiz customizations which run pretty deep (they include things like custom widgets, video calling and so on), and they also have country-specific customizations (like the ISDB-Tb Digital TV tuner for Brazil) along with carrier-mandated changes.
All those customizations will not run smoothly on the older hardware if ported to Ice Cream Sandwich, with limited RAM and ROM storage pointed out as problematic.

which sucks. they should have just removed touchwiz etc.

36. Retro-touch posted on 23 Dec 2011, 08:36 2 2

Samsung treats users like whores. Just use and throw them away. Man I'm pissed it took me forever to save for my SGS!!

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58. btbotimtim posted on 23 Dec 2011, 16:26 2 1

iphone 3gs got 2 upgrades from ios3.0 to 4.0 to 5.0. samsung also gave 2 upgrades from android 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3.
U just don't realize it and just complain whenever you don't get what you think you deserve.
Try to understand other sides.

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65. ardent1 posted on 24 Dec 2011, 01:41 0 0

Samsung screws 10 million consumers because of its software. Now Samsung has 10 million walking advertisements of why you shouldn't spend money on Samsung products. Even MicroSoft users don't have this problem.

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7. Sniggly posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:16 4 0

What are you talking about? The Atrix got updated to Gingerbread and it and the Atrix 2 have undecided fates regarding ICS.

10. Tatperson posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:35 1 0

Sorry if I sounded a bit negative, but I was quite dissapointed with the fact that Motorola didn't add the ATRIX and ATRIX 2 to the confirmed ICS upgradeable devices list.. but I must agree that 2.3.4 for the ATRIX is good.. only if we were given the 2.3.5 that comes with the RAZR and bionic..

11. E.N. posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:43 1 0

The specs for the Atrix and Atrix II are high enough that ICS should be a give in. Although 2.3.4 may be good, I don't think it would be right for the phones not to get ICS. Especially the Atrix II which just released.

12. Sniggly posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:46 1 0

Well, we're still not condemned to no ICS. As I recall the TI processors work better than the NVIDIA Tegra 2 with Android overall. I mean, the speed should be there, I'm just worried that the processor architecture may be incompatible.

Still, I'm not shouting doom and gloom yet. I think both phones stand a chance of getting ICS; I just hope that it happens on the same timetable as the updates for the Razr/Bionic/etc.

8. HTCiscool posted on 23 Dec 2011, 03:18 12 1

Those are quite big factors

45. EclipseGSX posted on 23 Dec 2011, 10:17 3 1

The average user does not care about updates. I have an ICS rom on my EVO and (most) of my non-techy friends had no idea it even existed or even what versions of Android or iOS are even on their phone

48. Lucas777 posted on 23 Dec 2011, 14:34 0 0

just because they dont know it exists doesnt mean they wouldnt want it... i think it is pretty crappy of samsung to unsopport 1 year old phones before anybodys contract is even up... that is just sad of samsung

54. EclipseGSX posted on 23 Dec 2011, 16:04 2 0

True, but I was referring to balds comment about what he thinks are the ONLY reasons people stay on Android which isn't at all true. I seriously doubt any average user looking at a new phone is going to say "I won't get the latest OS on this phone? Never mind, I don't want it."

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63. ardent1 posted on 24 Dec 2011, 01:35 0 2

Bigger screen = more juice needed = shorter battery life.

Bigger screen = need for faster processor = more juice needed = shorter battery life.

Those bigger screens come at a cost.

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74. Lucas777 posted on 25 Dec 2011, 13:37 0 0

u r right.. they just expect it.. and android does not deliever on that

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47. SleepingOz posted on 23 Dec 2011, 13:14 1 3

It's THAN, you stupid!

49. HTCiscool posted on 23 Dec 2011, 14:45 1 1

Hey man, go troll somewhere else or get a life, no one cares about spelling mistakes, in case you haven't noticed

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