Android Phones
LG delivering Ice Cream Sandwich in 4 to 6 months, clarifies release schedule
December 26, 2011 | by Andrew Kameka
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LG has already confirmed that it will update select phones to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Today, LG provided more details about when that will take place: Q2 and Q3 2012.
The LG Facebook page states that the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will begin in mid 2012. The first round of updates will be applied to the LG Optimus LTE, Prada 3.0, Optimus 2X, Optimus Sol, myTouch Q, and Eclipse. Exact dates were not shared and release time may vary by region or carrier. For instance, the Optimus 2X bears that name in Europe and Asia, but is the T-Mobile G2X in the United States. The ICS update may arrive in one region prior to the others.
Ice Cream Sandwich will then be applied to these phones in Q3 2011: LG Optimus 3D, Optimus Black, Optimus big, Optimus Q2, and Optimus EX. The same variations on release dates will apply because “each country can have different requirements, depending on the carrier and the smartphone model.”
The comments section on LG’s announcement went from 0 to RAGE in 60 seconds, but that was to be expected. Practically every post LG makes, regardless of subject, is filled with people asking when, complaining about, or demanding an update. LG, like every other Android OEM, needs time to re-skin Ice Cream Sandwich and build its manufacturer and carrier customizations into the software before it can release an update. Exact dates for when that takes place will be revealed closer to each phone’s planned update.
[LG Facebook] Thanks, Sunil
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I don't like the way this is going. Its always the same thing. I know, that in all honesty for each iOS 5 feature there is a similar one on Android 2.2 . The main reason and a great advantage on Android, is that Google releases their apps on the market. NO need for an OS update to get stuff like iMessage. But there are other features that are only possible with an OS update. For instance hardware acceleration for the UI is only possible with Ice Cream Sandwish. People with an iPhone 4 will continue to have a smoother experience than anyone with a LG Optimus just for the fact that the device isn't using the gpu for the UI. Consider this. When the LG Optimus was released the iPhone 4 was already in the market. People who bought the iPhone 4 have pretty much the same cool features that the LG Optimus guys have. Notifications, cloud sync, and all that, plus a better performing OS. So the question is. What would the mainstream user pick now? The iPhone 4 or the LG Optimus?
Mainstream is filled with barely over 90 IQ's. And yes I am saying your SLOOOOOW IF YOU BUY IOs over android…. yea its soooooo easy to use even grandma can use an IPhone……wait thought we wanted smart phones not dumbed down so any idiot can use phones…ooooh yea you did say main stream. I FORGOT.
4-6 months???? That really means 7-8 months. No thanks. Stay away from LG products.
Yea I have the last two devices I will ever own from LG… horrible liars are they.. if you call them they will tell you they have absolutely Nothing to do with is updates to their devices…..no really I'm not makeing a funny stop laughing. LG needs to make another name change maybe something that would reflect the true way most of the customer feel….. hhmmmmmm lets see now….. WHOC. Short for we hate our customers.
What is the point of an update in q2 or q3, most people will be on new phones that come with ics, these ics updates from companys saying maybe next year look like stalling and keeping us happy, until we gve up and give in and buy more phones.