Hello,
You have probably heard of the upcoming Android 4.4 KitKat.
There are some bad news about it: "Several Android devices from HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony and others are unable to run Android 4.2 and 4.3 Jelly Bean due to heavy requirements such as having at least 512 RAM and dual-core processors" - This is from: Android 4.4 KitKat: Confirmed Older Devices Support, New Animations, Gallery Visualisations, Tweaks, APIs, Widgets - International Business Times
This means that low-end devices, usually with single-core chips, will not get this version, and keep staying with Gingerbread, perhaps forever.
Gingerbread is old and it's getting even older -- it's slow, and just isn't appropriate to the modern smartphone world.
Why does Google have to make relatively high requirements to its Android versions?
High-end phones rise, that's true, but let's not forget the low-end market, too.
What do you think?
You have probably heard of the upcoming Android 4.4 KitKat.
There are some bad news about it: "Several Android devices from HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony and others are unable to run Android 4.2 and 4.3 Jelly Bean due to heavy requirements such as having at least 512 RAM and dual-core processors" - This is from: Android 4.4 KitKat: Confirmed Older Devices Support, New Animations, Gallery Visualisations, Tweaks, APIs, Widgets - International Business Times
This means that low-end devices, usually with single-core chips, will not get this version, and keep staying with Gingerbread, perhaps forever.
Gingerbread is old and it's getting even older -- it's slow, and just isn't appropriate to the modern smartphone world.
Why does Google have to make relatively high requirements to its Android versions?
High-end phones rise, that's true, but let's not forget the low-end market, too.
What do you think?