Oh dear. Samsung’s lovely Galaxy S gets a little less desirable when compared to the competition with the passing of every week, as the mobile maker has once again pushed back the arrival of Android 2.2 on its flagship Android phone.
You’re now looking at the “early November” if you’re waiting for your Android update for your Galaxy S in the UK, with some operator-specific builds now scheduled to arrive at the end of the month. Whoops.
Bit of a shame. You Galaxy S owners will just have to console yourselves by looking at your lovely screens for another month or so.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
MarkG
/ October 20, 2010At least Samsung tell their users what is going on. HTC Legend froyo… silence……
Bry
/ October 20, 2010Yep – I had to downgrade my Legends firmware, so that I could root it, so that I could install a ROM of Froyo…
It shouldn’t be so hard…!
Timbo
/ October 21, 2010I really hope they alter the file system to reduce the bad lag! Also want the propper Android Calendar, or at least make theirs able to default to new items being on my google claendar and not just the phones!
Tom
/ October 21, 2010I’ve got Froyo via Doc’s Rom Mod on my Galaxy S and it’s excellent. Strongly recommend it as it’s easy to install.
Anders
/ October 21, 2010Why that late? We in Scandinavia got Froyo on Oct 15. I am very pleased with it, but some other have reported issues, especially with the Market app. Maybe that is why Samsung is postponing the UK market?
Matt S
/ October 22, 2010Is this the date for unbranded handsets or everyone? Will people with branded handsets have to wait yet again for the bloatware to be added?
Cynewulf
/ October 22, 2010I’m based in the UK and managed to get 2.2 with the registry hack before it got pulled.
Slight speed improvements and GPS fixed but no laggy file system fix I’m afraid!
I’m just waiting for the existing lag fix instructions/software to ‘mature’ a little before attempting it on 2.2.
Paul
/ November 4, 2010Wicked, hour home today from work automatically updated no problems and jesus is the web fast on wifi! I like.
shirley campbell-Morgan
/ November 29, 2010You need to do a factory reset after install and then it is unbelievably fast with no sign of a lag!!!