Comments on: Samsung: never mind, no Android 4.0 ICS for GSII

By: Eleeflyguy43

Eleeflyguy43 — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:44:00 +0000

it isn’t likee the cure for cancer was deliberately teased, then withdrawn

By: Thanks, Samsung.

Thanks, Samsung. — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Same.

By: Wow, Samsung.

Wow, Samsung. — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:28:00 +0000

I used to love the Android OS, but I’m having more and more problems with it lately, and now this? Thanks Samsung. I’ve decided I want an iPhone.
But, I’m stuck with the Epic 4G Touch until December 2013.

By: Deanj

Deanj — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:15:00 +0000

At least with apple everyone gets the update at the same time and yearly if not more
Im on Nexus > If you need the update u need it if you don’t you dont
Im just saying we don’t need updates just cause we think we need updates
but a Nexus phone should be the 1st to recieve and Samsung and the carriers need to rcognize a 2 yr or at least 18 month window in their product PPL can’t keep shelling out $300 for a new phone and higher and higher service and data plans

By: Gabichi23

Gabichi23 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:06:00 +0000

Such poor imagination, I ditched iphone recently, I pay far less and integration is convenient but not that important.

By: thereasoner

thereasoner — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:02:00 +0000

Why do people buy phones with skins on them like TouchWiz and then complain about the lack of timely updates? This happens all the time with skined devices, it’s not only Samsung and it’s not as if this is something new, everyone knows or should know this. Buy a Nexus if you don’t like to wait, it’s not rocket science.

By: Rinspeed_911

Rinspeed_911 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:57:00 +0000

screw those koreans…. should have bought htc or iphone. screw them all !

By: Rinspeed_911

Rinspeed_911 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:57:00 +0000

screw those koreans…. should have bought htc or iphone. screw them all !

By: Mil

Mil — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:36:00 +0000

This is disgusting on Samsung’s part. I’m running ICS on my original SG. The SGII can easily run ICS so this only leaves laziness and/or cheapness as a reason for Samsung to screw over their customers.

By: Omair1994

Omair1994 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Guys calm down. Samsung is working on the update. I have a sprint s2 and there have been many leaked builds since early January. This shows that they HAVE been working on it and the latest build leaked is from Tuesday and is almost ready for release. I guarantee the updates will come out before the end of the month.

By: Erik O'Leary

Erik O'Leary — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:51:00 +0000

Retracted, not redacted.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:47:00 +0000

that s why i switched to apple
end to end integration is much more important than you can imagine. god bless steve jobs may he rest in peace

By: Jonathan Philpot

Jonathan Philpot — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:07:00 +0000

this is the i9100 right?

i777 roms on xda have more bugs then sd

By: averagejoe33

averagejoe33 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:01:00 +0000

They would benefit by getting people to actually buy their stuff again. If a company does not support their products, it’s hard to decide to come back for more. OS version software updates are common expectations in the mobile world. I like my Samsung hardware, but they need to get it together on this one.

By: Tc4101

Tc4101 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Lmfao .. Nexus user

By: michael galindo

michael galindo — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:01:00 +0000

I’ve been a die hard samsung person for a few years now, digital cams/TV’s/ Home surround units (my washer, dryer & fridge are samsung) I just recently upgraded my home surround(from a samsung to a samsung) my tv’s have always been samsung. this last xmas my girlfriend gave me a 70″ Sharp Quattron,(Even knowing that I’m loyal to a particular brand) Its a great tv, fantastic picture no complaints.(She did very well picking it out) but when I checked the samsungUS site (as I do weekly) I saw that the new LED series was coming out (UN65ES8000F) its 5″ smaller but I dont really care. Ive already put the “for sale” sticker on the sharp.

Point of the story Samsung may be far and between with thier updates. but the products that they produce are so damn good you dont really need them…… I now have a Galaxy S II, its 10x better than the 4GS, without ICS. I can say this because my prior fone was a 4GS. when they finally get around to updating ill get a notification and update.. untill then I’ll be happy with the great samsung product that I have.

By: Vailmcc

Vailmcc — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:32:00 +0000

I’m also on my second Samsung phone; first the Epic 4G and now the 4G Touch (I’m stuck with Sprint until July). I’m trying really hard to like the Android OS, but the updates from Samsung are so slow in coming that it borders on comical.
I have an idea: Move all the folks that are working on the 4.0 TouchWiz skin and move them into product development. That way, Samsung might be able to give the iPhone a viable competitor.
In the last month, I’ve purchased a Mac Air, the new iPad 3 (this morning) to replace my iPad 2, and various other Apple products (magic mouse, bluetooth keyboard, etc…). Apple’s just work. They’re extremely well made, beautiful to look at, and again, they just work. Unfortunately, as much as I like the ability to add widgets and customize my experience, I’ll be headed to the Apple store when the new iPhone is next released.

By: 355CJ

355CJ — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:21:00 +0000

My GS2 was my first Android device. If Samsung has a habit of promising and then under delivering, it will definitely be my last Samsung.

But to be fair, I don’t think any of the other vendors have fared any better with their ICS updates.

It’s beginning to look like Rocky Road will be out before we get ICS.

By: Fill

Fill — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Once the purchase is made, does Samsung benefit from pushing updates? Or would they profit more from encouraging new purchases?

By: Email

Email — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:07:00 +0000

I’m currently a Samsung user, and I have to admit, they do make some nice stuff in regards to hardware. Software support however, shows a consistent pattern of slow to no update, even if the hardware is capable of supporting it just fine. Mark my words Samsung, I will never purchase another product based on the crappy customer service.

By: jen827

jen827 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:04:00 +0000

LoL, I think they have booked a fancy restaurant in advance for the ICS launch, hence thats why they don’t want to release it early. If they did release it early they wouldn’t be able to get there deposit back…..!!!

By: jen827

jen827 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:57:00 +0000

your making no sense pal…!!!

By: Ken Dellinger

Ken Dellinger — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:49:00 +0000

jesus-H-christ, JellyBean will be out before any phones get ICS.

By: still_waiting

still_waiting — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:41:00 +0000

what good is it to have an updated os if users can’t even get it (i know, there are other methods of getting it) from the manufacturer.

By: John doe

John doe — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:39:00 +0000

you wanna link us to it?

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:32:00 +0000

It’s pretty bad when some kids *CAN* produce a working ICS… but the billion dollar company that MAKES the phone… won’t/can’t/doesn’t.

Thanks loads, Samsung.

By: Ian2343

Ian2343 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Im using Pure ICS 6.1 from the XDA site. It’s 99.99% stable and just a wierd SD card problem when installing some apps. You can google a fix for that easily enough. It has no Touchwiz, just Trebuchet launcher. Who needs the Samsung update?

By: Jon Stephens

Jon Stephens — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:17:00 +0000

Wow, take it easy !!!

By: Steven Snyder

Steven Snyder — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:15:00 +0000

The problem lays in that if they (Samsung) want people to keep buying their products (in the U.S. especially), year over year, they need to offer them premium service for the $300 device customers buy. With Samsung, consistently, they’ve been selling Android models like Apple, with yearly upgraded model releases (and unlike Apple inconsistent upgrades to the OS.) I say, users should get the next available Android upgrade ASAP, so that after 2 years they’ll be more inclined to buy your next model with the most recent software. If OEMs wait until a year and a half out from launch when the newset OS has been available for a full year by the time they send it for FOTA you kinda say to your customers “Thanks for your cash” and leave it at that. The only OEM in five years I’ve been in wireless I’ve seen keep customers contract over contract is HTC (Blackberry was the champ before last year). HTC not only leaves customers feeling like they bought quality hardware, they’ve managed to squeeze at least 1 major upgrade in ever device. Though, it hasn’t always worked well (The HTC Magic/MyTouch3G did NOT handle 2.2 from 1.6) the heart is there and customers see that. It’s simple marketing. I don’t think Samsung understands U.S. marketing and psychology AT ALL.