There’s some good news and bad news for owners of the new, sturdy and rather affordable Motorola DEFY – Motorola has confirmed it’ll release Android 2.2 for the phone in the EMEA* region next year. The slightly disappointing news is how long it’s going to take, with Motorola saying its Android 2.2 DEFY update won’t arrive until the “second quarter” of next year.
Also, the XT720 will now be staying on Android 2.1. Here’s the emotional rollercoaster of an announcement:
Today we can confirm that in EMEA we plan to upgrade Motorola DEFY to Android 2.2 (FroYo) in the second quarter of next year and that Milestone XT720 will remain on Android 2.1. Anyone looking for information about this and updates for other
regions should go to our forum.
Motorola needs to hire a few more programmers and testers, basically.
Nice looking phone, though. Anyone used one?
*Our favourite international marketing region abbreviation – Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
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?
ben m
/ November 23, 2010You sure that isn’t “europe, midde east and africa”?
Gary C
/ November 23, 2010I… I swear I knew that.
Typed too many words today
Sebastian
/ November 23, 2010The one i tried in the t-mobile store in leeds last tuesday (16/11/10) had 2.2 installed, even when the packaging said 2.1.
Go figure.
(wish i could have bought that one…)
Tom Robson
/ November 23, 2010The certainly do need to hire some more testers! I am an original MILESTONE customer who bought the device in Dec 2009. Great phone, but hampered by Motorola’s slow updates. Their glacial pace wouldn’t be such a problem if it weren’t for the locked bootloader. It’s a double Moto FAIL!
This has put me off buying a DEFY and a MILESTONE 2, preferring to wait for something that will be more current / easier to install custom ROMs on if need be.