LG and Samsung yet to decide on the Gingerbread upgrade for Optimus One and Galaxy S
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- Kittu
- qa%
- 10 Dec 2010
Optimus one will get Gingerbread update, confirmed by LG.
"http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/publicnotices/optimus-one-os-upgrade.jsp"
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- Anonymous
- nst
- 10 Dec 2010
During that time, running Froyo 2.2.1 on my SGS happily despite reports that "SGS don't even have Froyo" (mind you, there's no more recent than 2.2.1, 2.3 is not released). Fastest phone I've ever seen, excellent screen too. The only competitor is the iPhone4, which is better in some areas, worse in others, arguable in some.
At the end of day, like most forums on the internet there is here no valuable information, no valuable opinion, just a diarrhea of "my phone from company xxzz is better than urs and will always be and if ur not with me u should die! /blind fold on"
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- Neogeo
- YTy
- 10 Dec 2010
Al, 10 Dec 2010I used the future tense when I talked about iPhone 6... ... moreiPhone 3G release July 2008, 2 and a half year ago. It's upgradeable to the later iOS and doing ok for the majority of game on the market except a few graphic hoe game like infinity blade. So there's goes your theory of iPhone 4 not getting update 2 years later.
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- Anonymous
- YbB
- 10 Dec 2010
Neogeo, 10 Dec 2010If buying a new handset every two years seem too much for y... moreThanks for proving my point while at the same time trying to refute it. The reason why you are still able to use your 3GS and be reasonably happy with it is because Apple does to great extent offer update support for it... because the 3GS still has capable hardware... because it's still a desirable phone... because you probably signed a 3-year to get it.
What Apple does is offer good software support after purchase. That's a model the industry should follow, but doesn't because the other company's phones aren't in demand like Apple's are (save for maybe the droids).
The Galaxy S is not seeing better technology pass it by. It's been out for 6 months and is still the most powerful smartphone on the planet (and that's not going to change when the Nexus S releases). That's why I bought it, and that's why I have every right to expect at least a handful of android updates for it before it becomes APP STORE OBSOLETE, as 1.5 and 1.6 pretty much are now.
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- daniel
- t7B
- 10 Dec 2010
after reading this... i got mad at samsung... hell they sold 10 millions units abroad SGS with a cost of $600 unlocked and they dont currently have plan and is thinking if they should make an update? hell samsung is still reluctant to give updates even it its early years... ewww there's no really perfect phone and perfect brand.... my god... one should not think if they should have an update... they should be doing it quickly after the release of the gingerbread if they really love their customers.
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- Anonymous
- s8d
- 10 Dec 2010
Am now very happy to c this-android users bashing their mobile brands and getting frustrated about android updates... :) -in this matter IOS and SYMBIAN are way better then andr(av)oid,
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- Neogeo
- PFQ
- 10 Dec 2010
Al, 10 Dec 2010"Even iPhone 6 did come out, it's still 2 years ahead.... moreIf buying a new handset every two years seem too much for you. Then son, you need to work harder in RL instead of wasting your time here. Most people sign up for new contact every two years. I'm using a 3GS now which is a year plus device and I can still run every game/apps in the market. Can you said the same for your 1 years plus Android device that running on a same 600 mhz CPU? Just look at HTC Hero, the manufacturer already abandon it and it had not even make it past two years.
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- Neogeo
- PFQ
- 10 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2010It's just business guys. If you want new stuff, you buy a n... moreNot really. Hang on to the HTC Hero page and see how many people still crying for a 2.2 aka flash update. It's only what? A years plus since the handset release. That's how long a particular android device last at most.
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- Anonymous
- 9FX
- 10 Dec 2010
Al, 10 Dec 2010I used the future tense when I talked about iPhone 6...
... moreOld iphones (2007) has 400mhz cpu and 128mb ram, while iphone 4 (2010) has 1ghz a4 cpu integrated with graphic accelerator and 512mb ram.
3 years later phones wont be 3ghz cpu and 3gb ram...
So 1ghz cpu and 512mb hardware enough powerful for at least 2-3 year ios updates...
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- Anonymous
- 0TX
- 10 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2010I was really thinking about getting a Galaxy S, but I won't... moreSymbian will never ever be updated enough to be as good as 2.2 is today, and as a user you will probably not even notice any difference between 2.2 and 2.3 because 2.2 is already good enough and lagfree...
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- Al
- xC5
- 10 Dec 2010
Neogeo, 10 Dec 2010Even iPhone 6 did come out, it's still 2 years ahead. Do yo... more"Even iPhone 6 did come out, it's still 2 years ahead."
I know that and in two years I bet the iPhone 4G will not have anymore OS updates as it is now for the first two versions of the iPhone !
"Do your homework, go check out Android handset and see how outdated they are now."
What do you mean by outdated? If you talk about hardware I think the last Android phones are at least equivalent to the last iPhone. Why do you want to compare the last iPhone to the first Android phones?
"Look at the number of Android device getting push out every year. Do you honestly think the manufacturer would care about one out of 1x devices they sold last year?"
Do you think all of these devices completely are different? Let's look at HTC or Samsung Android phones. You can find many versions of the same phones with a small difference of hardware or design. Nothing that prevents the manufacturers to upgrade their phones if they want it ! Think a little bit about people who buy an Android smartphone. If one manufacturer offers upgrades for 2 years and another one doesn't provide updates, what do you think people will do? They will not buy the second one. The best example is SE with the XPERIA line. They made a big mistake and now people who has bought one of those phones don't want to buy SE anymore. Don't be so simple-minded, please because marketing is something more complicated than what you know.
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- Al
- xC5
- 10 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2010Actually, think what you said...
Android version history: ... moreI used the future tense when I talked about iPhone 6...
By the way, you confirm that the iPhone is not updated more than 2 years when you say the old iPhones don't have the last iOS. And 2-years support is exactly what SE announced for the xperia x10 or what HTC has made up to now for their phones (I am not talking the G1 which was an experiment).
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- Anonymous
- MsM
- 10 Dec 2010
Why worry? Xda devs will port it to our phones in no time
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- Anonymous
- mqM
- 10 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2010Same for me. Officially in my country, the 2.2 for my SGS i... moreThe biggest problem here is that there are sp many phones on the platform at the moment that these companies need to make patches, updates and software drivers for each individual phone. And just to make things more tricky, android is updated more than any other os. Problems are to be expected. Its a mixture of fast paced progress and manufactors unable to keep up with the progress.
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- mj
- upc
- 10 Dec 2010
distributor, 10 Dec 2010ANDROID 3.0 is something very different from ANDROID 2.3 . ... moreAndroid 3.0 runs only on dual core processor. Android 3.5 runs requires intel i3 to run and 4000mah 6cell battery pack and heat sink with tiny fan on backside,
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- Anonymous
- L6K
- 10 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 10 Dec 2010I was really thinking about getting a Galaxy S, but I won't... moreSame for me. Officially in my country, the 2.2 for my SGS is not available yet, so the 2.3....
This is really a serious issue with android phones. At least Nokia, Apple and even Windows are having smarter policies for their smartphones updates. For me sure that my next phone is NOT going to be an android...
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- Anonymous
- K7g
- 10 Dec 2010
It's just business guys. If you want new stuff, you buy a new phone.
And by the way, if Android 3.0 comes out, it does not mean your Android 2.2/2.3 will stop functioning.
You all realize that most consumers will not even bother updating their OS. It's just you people who hangout in tech forums and blogs.
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- hxs
- 981
- 10 Dec 2010
atleast LG & SS is confirming they will do the updates.
http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/publicnotices/optimus-one-os-upgrade.jsp
http://twitter.com/Samsung_Mobiles/status/12437775529803776#
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- Anonymous
- 9FX
- 10 Dec 2010
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