Samsung gives its former top model Galaxy S, from mid-2010, no update to Android 4.0. The firmware would not fit the memory of the device. By the TouchWiz skin, and providersoftware is the manufacturer of space.
Besides TouchWiz and providersoftware, such as mobile tv, is the size of the software to make video calls, the reason that the Galaxy S update to Android 4.0, reports Phone Arena on the basis of a blog post of Samsung in the Korean language. The first Galaxy Tab, a 7″model, for the same reasons, no update.
That the Galaxy S is no update, according to Phone Arena, this is striking, because the hardware is practically identical to Nexus S, however, an update is provided. The Nexus S has the same processor, same memory and a screen with the same resolution. The difference is in the software; the Nexus S is running Android without any modifications from Samsung or additions of providers.
Two other reasons for not updating the Galaxy S are probably the age of the phone and the many versions that exist. The Galaxy S came out in may 2010 and is thus in the spring of next year, if the updates for the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note come out, already almost two years old. A lot of people to switch after the contract period of two years from the phone. The Galaxy S is also a global to purchase or to purchase in more than thirty variants, which obtain the necessary permissions and certificates for updates to a time-consuming job.
Samsung made it known this week which devices, when an update get. The Galaxy S II will get the update first, in march. In the meantime, there is already firmware appeared for Samsung devices with Android 4.0 for the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II.