Flashback: Android Gingerbread, the OS version that refused to die, was better than you think
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- Anonymous
- fFA
- 04 May 2020
Even google keep polishing those back in the day .. No wonder it refused to die ..2.3 - 2.3.7 ..
4.4.4 kitkat also one of the best version after gingerbread.
Then 9.0 pie.
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- Trollhammeren
- 0Uu
- 03 May 2020
Remember buying my LG P500 that was one of the first phones to get 2.3 back then :D
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- faha
- Hxd
- 03 May 2020
I remember when i buy htc rhyme it was very interesting to experience gingerbread thanks Google❤️💯
- Whackcar
- 6p{
- 03 May 2020
Android 2.3 Gingerbread was great for it's time. It was the first Android OS i switched to (i had clinged to Symbian OS till the very end). The OS had everything that one desired for back then. Far more advanced than iOS & a valid replacement to the dying Symbian OS.
Android continued to grow for the next few years, but as of late has been losing it's essence. I look forward to seeing a replacement pop up sometime soon.
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- Mani-009
- rK@
- 03 May 2020
i always love this posts from gsmarena
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- Anonymous
- 7tV
- 03 May 2020
Just like this great article, I would officially like to request the most influential iOS version till date.
My vote goes to iOS 7, the 64-bit OS with the all-powerful A7 was crushing the competition in terms of performance.
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- Anonymous
- AwA
- 03 May 2020
Back at that time, I had an HD2. It was running windows from ROM and android from SD. I remember the time I upgraded to 2.3, it was like it had a turbocharger attached to it. I stayed on Ginger bread two years before upgrading to ICS and then to jellybean.
Good old days.
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- Anonymous
- 7tV
- 03 May 2020
GSMArena once again knocks this out of the park, with another fantastic flashback article.
Amazing.
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- Anonymous
- L93
- 03 May 2020
The fact that it was the last version officially supported by Samsung in the first generation of the Galaxy S helped making it so popular (and resilient over time). Plenty of Galaxy S were in people's pockets for many years.
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- M.G.
- XSx
- 03 May 2020
GregLu, 03 May 2020Still got and Xperia Ray that was on this version and then ... moreXperia Ray was arguably the most beautiful Android smartphone to ever come to existence.
When I held it, it felt like something super expensive and did stand out in the crowd.
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- 2.3.1
- uvr
- 03 May 2020
I began android carrer in 2.1 now looking back 2.3 was the the most celebrated release and my favorite yet , the heated fight against nokia symbian, ios, wp really took off with this release and Flashing various roms was fun
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- Anonymous
- 8pc
- 03 May 2020
X41, 03 May 2020My first smartphone was Galaxy y young with android 2.3.6. ... moreYeah le too first smartphone ever was the samsung galaxy young! I still have that old device!
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- Rishi
- rJX
- 03 May 2020
I had the Samsung galaxy ace plus as my first smartphone and it ran gingerbread out of the box. That introduced me to the world of smartphones!! Definitely nostalgic!! Using wifi Direct to send big video files to other samsung phones was a boon too!!!
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- Anonymous
- 6wN
- 03 May 2020
I've used this versions. 2.3.6 - 4.2.2 - 4.4.4 - 5.0.2 - 6.0.1 - 7.0 - 8.1 - 9 - 10. 2.3.6 wasn't that bad. It was good. 4.2.2 and 4.4.4 were great. 5.0.2 was useless slow version. 6.0.1 was good but had scrolling issues. 7.0 and 8.1 were great too. 9 was good but not great. 10 is great now. I believe android was great is great and will be great. iOS isn't bad but it isn't for me.
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- Spanky
- mAP
- 03 May 2020
A good and nostalgic article. I had a low-end Android Gingerbread tablet. The screen was 7 inches (most phones nowadays are almost at that size), resistive touchscreen, 4:3 ratio and had 800×600 resolution. It was the one and only: ODYS Loox.
It ran Angry Birds and YouTube decently, but the battery was very weak and I had to return the tablet because the touchscreen had technical issues. Seems like a lifetime since then…
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- G Force
- X}n
- 03 May 2020
I am still using Kitkat 4.4.4 on my Galaxy S1 (i9000) as my Poco F1 refused to charge suddenly.
Old is gold.
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- X41
- U{u
- 03 May 2020
My first smartphone was Galaxy y young with android 2.3.6. 5 months after i bought one ,lumia 520 comes out...how i wish i could buy lumia 520 at that time. And i hate galaxy series for a long time. Then i buy note 8 and still use it today
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- Anonymous
- vry
- 03 May 2020
Funny how early android versions have proper tablet ui but newer modern ones are just blown up phone ui.
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- Alboooz
- gC7
- 03 May 2020
I haven't had android OS under 4.4, because i had Symbian nokia, but later i moved to lollipop Samsung note2 that i found it to be very good device with advanced system software, now i own galaxy note edge sens 2014 with modified marshmallow room 6.01 and i'm going to use it till i die, because i have check few of this new phones OS and they just doesn't attract me at all, so MM is very good OS especially if you have some knowledge to mod and six things in it.