Ice Cream Sandwich Future Upgrade
When will current Android devices get upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich?
The Google Galaxy Nexus was the first device to offer Android 4.0, but many are concerned about whether or not their current Android devices will get the Ice Cream Sandwich. Learn what some of the larger players have to say about their upgrade plans.
HTC, Google, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson and Samsung are slowly releasing their understandably vague update schedules.
Google is sticking by its promises to upgrade its Nexus line. Both Android Product Manager Gabe Cohen and Android User Experience Director Matias Duarte are promising that the Nexus S will get the upgrade to Android 4.0.
HTC isn’t sure how it’s to go about upgrading its devices to Android 4.0. Much of that, it seems, revolves around its predilection for slapping its custom Sense skin on top of everything.
For a device announced on the same day as Android 4.0, it’s a bit strange that the Droid RAZR won’t come equipped with Ice Cream Sandwich from the beginning. Either way, Motorola says that the Droid RAZR’s upgrade to Android 4.0 will come in early 2012, though the company isn’t yet specifying a date.
Add Sony Ericcson to the list of manufacturers offering general plans with no specific details.
Considering that Android 4.0 is launching with its upcoming Galaxy Nexus, you’d think that Samsung would have a clear upgrade path for its current non-Nexus phones. And yet, sadly, that’s not the case. There’s no official word on Samsung’s plans, though its a fair assumption that they will happen at some point in early 2012.
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