HTC Jewel to receive 4.3 Q4 2013?

[PhyscoAssassinX]

This alleged HTC Android 4.3 update list is confounding
By Stephen Schenck

Android 4.3 is very likely just around the corner, and while we?ve seen the platform running on Nexus devices, which is no big surprise, the more pertinent question may be which non-Google models will be seeing their own updates to 4.3 arrive. There?s a list going around which purports to reveal some of HTC?s update strategy, but we?ve got more than a few questions about just how accurate it may be.

The list in question first surfaced nearly a week ago, but it?s only really making the rounds now. As you can see, it identifies both whether or not 4.3 will be coming to specific models, and gives a general ETA for when those devices that will be seeing an update might hope for it to arrive – at the moment, every model apparently confirmed is set for Q4 2013 update availability.

So, what?s wrong? Well, for starters, the site that first posted this info offers nothing in regards to its provenance – not even a vague claim of coming from ?people close to the matter.?

Then there?s the question of the data itself. Some key models are missing – while the list mentions both international devices like the HTC Butterfly and carrier specific ones like the Fireball/Droid Incredible 4G LTE on Verizon, it?s missing high-profile models like the Droid DNA.

Some of the info also seems to contradict things we already know. For instance, this says the Desire HD is getting 4.3. That would be astonishing, considering the long, ultimately unfortunate tale last year of why HTC changed its mind about bringing ICS to the phone. Why the heck would Android 4.3 suddenly drive HTC to change its mind about Desire HD updates, a year after the fact?

So, while our head is screaming ?none of this makes sense,? it?s also a pretty weird thing to go to the trouble of faking. For the moment, we?re filing this under ?highly dubious.?



Device Name

Android 4.3 Update

Release Date



HTC One

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC One X+ LTE(HTC Evitare)

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC One X (HTC Evita)

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC Fireball (Verizon)

-

-



HTC Jewel

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC Totem C2(HTC One VX)

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC One S (HTC Ville)

No

-



HTC Valente

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC Desire V

No

-



HTC Desire X

No

-



HTC Butterfly

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC Desire HD

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC One XL

Yes

Q4 2013



HTC Hero

No

-



HTC Incredible S

No

-



HTC Desire Z

No

-


Source: Technos Amigos
Via: Android Guys
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I dont know how true this list is some things that caught my attention was the following,
1. HTC Desire HD to get 4.3 but isnt it still stuck on 2.3.4?
2. why even bother including out of date EOL devices such as the Hero?

But who knows right.

 

[TonyLibations]

My upgrade isn't until January. So, I hope this is true. We'll see. Right?

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[PhyscoAssassinX]

Lucky you I have to wait until next June lol so would hold me over nicely

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[kronosqq]

Yeah, I call bs on the list, although a 4.3 update for us is possible. Like you said, there's no way the desire HD is getting anything. In addition to that it might be an overly optimistic turnaround time for the update, it's not just a patch, it's a full on updated version, and while if 4.3 is released sometime this month then that could be reasonable, if it's much later I'd expect to see it early next year if at all.

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[kronosqq]

All that being said, the evo will definitely be able to run it, and as always we'll definitely get some roms from xda when the time comes.

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