Samsung Will Update Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 to JellyBean 4.2.2 Shortly After Galaxy S4 Release Date – Report
Samsung is all set for the global rollout of JellyBean 4.2.2 to its two bestselling Android handsets, the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S3, and the dispatch will arrive in the immediate weeks after the commercial release date of the Galaxy S4.
The estimated time of arrival, according to the latest Tweet provided by SamMobile is between late May and early June, or weeks after the GS4 will become available. The new Samsung flagship will hit store shelves around the world on the last week of April.
As in previous update process managed by Samsung and its partner carriers, the JellyBean upgrade will be in phased mode, with the international and unlocked versions of both the Note 2 and the GS3 expected to get the update patch first since they will not have to pass through telco adjustments.
Note 2 and GS3 users in countries liked Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom will have to wait a bit more if their handsets were purchased through major carriers operating on the mentioned territories.
If indeed the latest JellyBean will be distributed to these high-end Samsung devices, beginning on June, then subscribers on AT&T in the U.S. or Telstra in Australia will have to wait a few more months before experiencing the power that Samsung and Google had fused via the Android 4.2.2.
Likewise, longer waiting time is to be anticipated by the same Note 2 and S3 owners once the Key Lime Pie or Android 5.0 is unleashed by Google, which analyst said is coming out on second half of 2013 or some weeks after the annual I/O Developers Conference on late May.
For the KLP, Samsung will naturally prioritise the GS4 and the Galaxy Note 3, which is expected to showcase Android 5.0 right out of the box once it is released on Q4 2013.
The Note 2 and GS3 will probably have to wait until early 2014 before they can chew in the new Android flavour.
In the meantime, the purported shift to the latest JellyBean will surely generate excitement among existing Note 2 and GS3 owners, who anticipate the prospect of immersing in almost the same GS4 environment that Samsung will push out.
Per Samsung's declaration, most of the exciting software features that were unwrapped on March 14 will be extended to Galaxy handsets that bear the hardware capabilities to handle Smart Stay, Multi-View, eye-tracking and enhanced motion control.