A statement from Samsung has left us with a bitter taste in our mouth. Not to mention a splitting headache. I love how company’s and the Government are so good at telling you absolutely nothing in a statement. Take a look at this mind boggling wording below:
“In case a new version of Android operating system is publicly announced and released, Samsung will review the possibility of implementation of such new version to the existing Samsung products with Android operating system (“Update”). Such a review will be based on various factors including, without limitation, the overall effect of such Update to Samsung products, the system requirements, the structural limitations, and the level of cooperation from the component suppliers and the software licensors. If Samsung decides to make the Update available to the users after such consideration, Samsung will use its efforts to develop such Update, which may be released to the users upon successful completion of such development.”
Are you as lost as I am? Having read this many many times, the only conclusion I can make is “No”. Samsung has managed to push out the largest global sales of a single device to date. They are topping the charts with the Galaxy tab with no end in sight. They are aiming to push the Galaxy S line to diamond status before the year is over, yet we still don’t have a Froyo update?
Now we move to their latest venture, the Samsung Nexus S. Simply put, it is nothing more then a Galaxy S. Sure they added an few little things, but not enough to differentiate it from what they currently are selling. We all know the hardware specs of both devices are almost identical. Why would they deny the Galaxy S line the joys of Gingerbread? Marketing is the only answer I can seem to find. There is no reason to update the Galaxy S line to Gingerbread if they can try and convince you to buy the Nexus S. There is more profit in forcing you to buy a new device then to move what they have out to the latest software version.
I am not so sure about you, but Samsung has failed in my book so far. I love my Samsung Vibrant, but if it wasn’t for the Android Community I would be right there with everyone else wondering why I bought one.
Source: Androidguys
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Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. Just read that statement. We ask questions to a technology company and they reply with lawyer jargon and confusing words. WOW. Can they go any lower?
Let me play devils advocate here. Are you upset that your old RAZR doesn’t run Android 2.3? There was a time not too long ago when you had the OS that the phone came with and that was it. Does Samsung OWE you and update? (NOPE) Can you successfully sue them for not giving you one? (NOPE) If not, then you are just a whining crybaby that should consider buying and iPhone. Everyone gets their updates together. YAY!
Commence flaming.
No flaming will ensue. Just trying to point out the obvious and speak out for the general public. RAZR, sheesh, I remember when that came out and was the cream of the crop. My only complication is the fact that these companies continue to tell us something is coming and they are working to bring it to the devices they have and then continually fail. Not just Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and other carriers and OEM’s around the globe. If they quit making promises there wouldn’t be so much animosity. Just tell us “Not gonna happen” so we can move on and not wonder. I’ll stick to my root and my custom ROMs as many others will. I feel its just not fair to the general populous to be used all the time.
And that folks is why I stick to my lowly G1 with 2.2. lol
It’s called support and customer satisfaction. It’s not about crying that we aren’t getting updates. Samsung does owe the galaxy S line of phone updates, that’s why they have developers. At least they owe bug fixes so the features they advertise function properly (such as the GPS) They should apply security updates. Simply put, yes they owe us updates. Yes they owe us support. Would you like to buy a computer with no support and not able to update it? The GPS might be a well known issue, but people are pushed into buying these phones without knowing the cons of them. How do I know? I am a verizon sales rep. I push these phones, do you think I sell fascinates on, “Oh it takes the GPS 5 minutes to connect, hope you’re not in a rush…” “Oh yeah it’s not getting updated to a newer version.” Further more, samsung PROMISES updates, they said the galaxy s line WILL get updated to 2.2 so do they owe us that? Yes. Why do you think people who own the line of phones gets so frustrated? They were promised something they haven’t got yet and samsung doesn’t want to support their own devices.
You must remember that the RAZR is not a smartphone, it is a cell phone and that is it. These Sammy smartphone’s that we bought for $500+ are mini computers. I do expect updates as you would on any PC that you purchase mainly for compatibility and security. Preposterous!
Is it not simply a case of Samsung not playing the Android game? That is, to migrate their hardware on to later versions of the OS as and when they come along, to keep the handset current and competitive.
If, however, Samsung is only in the business of making a quick buck and expecting its customers to buy the latest handset simply to get the current OS then they are barking mad. In taking that approach they are not going to compete very successfully with those handset manufacturers who do provide updates as Android develops. Given the [increasingly long] contract tie-in with the mobile network operators the only way that a regular Samsung customer is going to be able to keep current is if Samsung and the network operator provide updates to Android. Otherwise folk are going to have to wait out 24 months between OS refreshes.
The alternative then? It really is quite simple. Don’t buy Samsung product. I don’t – for exactly these reasons. I want updates, Samsung doesn’t supply them, other manufacturers do, I choose other manufacturers.
But thats just me
Actually is sounds right on par for samsung. A big load of crapolla!!!
ha ha,bye bye OS or HTC uh. Samsung playing the bad guy roll for android or android working for Samsung by close the doors seal and control like apple just multiply sales
That is why I refuse to buy anything of Samsung’s line up. They are crappy and sleazy. All they are in for is to sell their plasticky looking phones and profit. I’m not even sure why Google would let Samsung mar the Nexus name with their over blown Galaxy S phone. The only good thing about the Nexus S is that you don’t have to wait for Samsung to update because you might as well wait until hell freezes over and pigs fly.
Admittedly, Samsung as brought Android the front of the consumer’s eye like Motorola with Droid. That I applaud them but as for the rest I’ll stick with HTC/Motorola who have at least a decent reputation of updating their phone.
I, for one, hope they dont pull another Behold fiasco. There are a lot more owners of GalaxyS phones then ANY previous Samsung phone, and you know what that means……More plaintiffs in the class action suit against them. It almost happened with Behold owners, and it will certainly happen if they don’t at least update the SGS line to 2.2, as they promised. I love my Vibrant, but I’m beginning to feel a little sour regarding Samsung personally.
WOOOOOOW! Samsung. Can you possibly fail anymore?! You are THEE worst phone company I have ever seen, or bought. You fill your products with promises and lies. Why Google decided to team up with you us unknown and odd. Keep a standard where you keep your word and the word of Android updating the software on the phones that are completely and totally capable of handling such updates. Oh and try to be a little more vague when asked a serious question about the products we spend $500 on!!!
Then the carriers wonder why people go out and root their devices…because of malarkey like this
This is the Big Bad Wolf of the Android OS.
The OS is great, it’s open and free.
But then the evil hardware manufacturers and carriers come, take the OS, modify it a little (for the worse), embed some mostly pointless bloatware, and then lock it. It’s really no different than what Apple does with iOS, except that Apple is at least good at updating their products, as long as the hardware supports the OS update.
When an OS update comes from Google, we are all at the mercy of the manufacturer and/or the carrier, because if they don’t write drivers for it, we can’t update.
Samsung has been particularly terrible with updates, and I don’t think I’d buy another one of their products.
I think that 1.) they won’t be rushing out a 2.3 update to the SGS as that would cut into a lot of early adopters who need the latest and greatest, and 2.) they’ll take time to inject TouchWiz into the existing framework. OEM’s love proprietary software as it sets them apart in design or function from other manufacturers, as annoying as it may be for us end-users.
Doesn’t look like the PR department even got to touch that release, straight from the legal department to press.
OMG FIRST OF ALL, YALL ALL BITCHIN ABOUT UPDATES, MEANWHILE YOU KNOW THAT IF THEY DID UPDATE TO 2.3 THEN YOU GUYS WOULD JUST ROOT AND RUN A CUSTOM ROM ANYWAY, NOONE WOULD PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE STOCK 2.3 SO ITS LIKE NO POINT OF THEM EVEN WORKING HARD TO DELIVER IT. THE MOMENT A DEVELOPER RELEASE A 2.3 ROM, BYE BYE STOCK AND YOU ALL KNOW THATS TRUE, BECAUSE SOON AS THE FIRST CUSTOM ROM FOR 2.1 CAME OUT, IT WAS FLASH CITY.
SO STOP WORRYIN ABOUT SAMSUNG, CUZ IF THEY WERE SO BAD YOU WOULDNT HAVE BOUGHT THE DAMN PHONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. JUST LEAVE IT TO THE GREAT DEVS OUT HERE TO DELIVER 2.3 TO US.
if you have to be vigilant regarding our own freedom, then you tend to learn to know how to decipher what is written, and you can see right through whatever anyone is saying. they’re saying they will update if they decide to. I know you prolly know that. lol p.s. when extra unneeded stuff is added, like all that crap said in that stament, you know they are trying to hide something. like how they don’t want to say an easy Yes
I wonder if the carriers are the problem? These are Samsung’s customers. 2.2 was done for the Fascinate a long time ago. Samsung put it on opensource.samsung.com, but it’s not going anywhere without Verizon.