Galaxy S III I9300 and S III mini won't be getting KitKat update

09 May, 2014
Samsung has claimed the 1GB RAM on these devices is not adequate for the KitKat update.

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  • AnonD-59657
  • IVI
  • 10 May 2014

Touchwiz is a piece of schiit! The worst user interface in the history of mankind!

Sammy if you can't make good user interface then you should learn from HTC's Sense, Sony's Xperia or Google Stock Android or even Apple's iOS!

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    • AnonD-59657
    • IVI
    • 10 May 2014

    After fire the head of Design,next Sammy must fire the head of Software!!!!!!!

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      • Anonymous
      • p7$
      • 10 May 2014

      it's just samsung's BS. new motorola E has only 1GB or RAM and comes with kitkat as do plenty of other devices. S3 owners don't want to upgrade to s4 (the phone has lot's of overheating problems ) or S5 ( wtf do i need a heart rate monitor or a finger scaner ) so now they figured they would force them to upgrade bcz of kitkat.

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        • AnonD-173667
        • utV
        • 10 May 2014

        Again Samsung is showing its class. If moto G with a dualcore proc and 1gb ram can run kitkat then why not s3? Apple iPhone 4 with 800mgz SINGLE CORE cpu and 512mb ram is getting latest iOS 7.1.1 update. Shame on you Sammy.

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          • Anonymous
          • sGJ
          • 10 May 2014

          Anonymous, 09 May 2014And 4.4 and touchwiz have both trimmed down. So it's bs. ... moreWrong. touch Wizard UI has NOT slimmed down. it's gotten progressively larger as they've packed more and more features and functions into the UI. Research it and quit spreading FUD.

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            • Big_Dikh
            • uSN
            • 10 May 2014

            AnonD-79015, 10 May 2014this is the reason why many ppl prefer apple devices bcauz ... moreYeah your right Face Palm!

            Reason why apple do that is to make the those devices brittle and not working properly.

            then people who update the devices has no choice but to buy and upgrade there handset..

            Good move by apple

            Poor for Apple fanboys..

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              • Anonymous
              • sGJ
              • 10 May 2014

              AnonD-79015, 10 May 2014this is the reason why many ppl prefer apple devices bcauz ... moresame BS you posted on the other thread I see. apple does not, and never has provided updates to 4 year old iphones. in fact, they have discontinued support on old models in less than 3 years.

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                • AnonD-262268
                • PWY
                • 10 May 2014

                AnonD-79015, 10 May 2014this is the reason why many ppl prefer apple devices bcauz ... moreThat's wen ur iphone gets slower and people run helter skelter to downgrade it :p

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                  • Anonymous
                  • myS
                  • 10 May 2014

                  Samsung employ people to read all these posts on forums and will soon realise that their announcement NOT to update the S3 to KK is a PR disaster. I wouldn't be surprised to see a future statement from them announcing that they are 'Now able to release KitKat OS on the Galaxy S3 model'.

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                    • fut
                    • 10 May 2014

                    This is pathetic news considering s3 is the main reason for samsung's success in the mobile industry.It was a stepping stone which looks like it will be buried soon and forgotten.

                    They should re-consider their strategy.

                    Alot of customers will be disgruntled.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • iK8
                      • 10 May 2014

                      AnonD-79015, 10 May 2014then why does moto g is enjoying kitkat.......its time to m... moreI agree , KitKat was announced for " all " devices
                      needing minimum RAM of 512 .
                      I have had 5 Samsung devices and am getting more and more disappointed... more and more people are leaving Samsung due to bloatware etc . Seriously Samsung , what gives ?

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                        • AnonD-79015
                        • rAM
                        • 10 May 2014

                        this is the reason why many ppl prefer apple devices bcauz they update even 4 year old devices like iphone 4

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                          • AnonD-79015
                          • rAM
                          • 10 May 2014

                          then why does moto g is enjoying kitkat.......its time to move for Sam boys because google announced kitkat is optimized for low end devices even with 512mb ram

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                            • Zare
                            • JF0
                            • 10 May 2014

                            They could release version just/only for S3 i S3 mini models, ... c'mon

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                              • twystron78
                              • RmC
                              • 10 May 2014

                              As much as I loved S3, I wont EVER buy any Samsung product again. Ill also make sure that no one around me ever does as well.
                              Samsung.... you will be another Nokia very soon!

                              HTC... here I come :)

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                                • angus
                                • Mfx
                                • 10 May 2014

                                Anonymous, 10 May 2014My S3 is the first and last phone from Samsung, I will swit... moreor sony perhaps

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • t7X
                                  • 10 May 2014

                                  so much for future proof devices eh..

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                                    • A5
                                    • utW
                                    • 10 May 2014

                                    Go to samsung site and report to customer care service and Email to CEO that is given contact us region.U samsung disappointed about 4.4 update,what all the cons u wish write to them,and we r moving out of samsung.Then only they know about the value of customers and respond to us,consider of 4.4 update and people eager for that update and disappointed.They r thinking if u stop update s3 to 4.4 their customers will move to s5.No way,bye bye samsung.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • MZ5
                                      • 10 May 2014

                                      My S3 is the first and last phone from Samsung, I will switch back to Nokia next time....

                                        AnonD-262107, 09 May 2014thing is samsung dosent want to spend money on updating s3 ... moreIf it's any consolation, Europe won't get KitKat for S III and S III Mini, either.