Good Android operating system news for Samsung Galaxy owners regarding your handsets. Whether you own a Galaxy S II, Galaxy S III or Galaxy Note II, you are about to receive an operating system update in the near future. An “unnamed” Samsung insider today released a list of devices which will be eventually upgraded to Android’s 5.0 Key Lime Pie operating system, and they also listed which handsets will reach their end-of-life designation with Jelly Bean 4.2.2.
The list shows the Galaxy S II 4G smartphone getting the Jelly Bean 4.2.2 update, and holding with that operating system version through its end-of-life, whenever that may eventually be. That is actually the third major update for the Galaxy S II smartphone, and Android 5.0 will eventually hit the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note II devices. The Samsung source did not disclose when Key Lime Pie would hit those handsets, and also said that those particular smartphones will possibly receive more updates after 5.0. The list was revealed on smartphone web site GSMArena.
Bear in mind that this has not been officially verified by Samsung, but the extensive nature of the list of devices that hit the World Wide Web could give this rumor added credence. In other Samsung news, the long anticipated Galaxy S 4 was debuted last week in New York, and appears ready to hit the United States marketplace in late April. “Accidentally” leaking Key Lime Pie 5.0 operating system update news after that smartphone announcement would be a sly way for Samsung to drive handset sales and move current stock.
The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone this year was awarded the Best Smartphone of 2012 blue ribbon at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The handset has sold more than 50 million units, and continues to sell well in advance of the upcoming Galaxy S 4 release. Many online retailers have discounted the purchase price of the best-selling Galaxy S III smartphone, anxious to sell out of current stock before the almost guaranteed avalanche of Galaxy S 4 sales hits late next month.
The same beneficial situation has hit the Galaxy Note II at select online retailers, benefiting the current smartphone shopper. Online retail prices on handsets this time of year generally see a significant drop, as a brand-new handsets entering the smartphone marketplace are launched in the second and third quarters annually. That creates some good buying opportunity for smartphone shoppers, and if the above Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie information for current Galaxy smartphones proves correct, that could make the lower retail price on those handsets even more attractive.
