Verizon ready to bring Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to its Samsung Galaxy S III
By Florin on 13 Dec 12AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile have all updated their Samsung Galaxy S III models to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. So this leaves Verizon as the only major US carrier to not have pushed the update. But fret not, Verizon Galaxy S III owners: the carrier has approved a Jelly Bean build for the smartphone, and even detailed the upgrade (PDF file) on its support website.
Droid-life has heard that the update would be rolled out starting December 14. And that certainly can happen, now that Verizon has posted details about it. The update will have 64MB in size.
Verizon is currently selling the S III for $199 on contract. Among its similarly-priced smartphones, we must mention the HTC Droid DNA, the Droid Razr HD (which, according to Motorola, is better than the Galaxy S III), the HTC 8X (which doesn’t run Android, but Windows Phone 8), and – of course – the iPhone 5 16GB.
Needless to say, the Galaxy S III will be updated to the newer Android 4.2 Jelly Bean as well – but there is no way of telling exactly when it’s going to happen.
Samsung has managed to sell more than 30 million Galaxy S III units around the world (since May), making it the most popular Android smartphone ever.
If you liked the post, you might find these interesting too:
- Motorola RAZR HD XT925, Razr i, Razr M and Electrify M will be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in Q1 2013
- Android Jelly Bean updates for Verizon’s Motorola Droid Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD rolling out now
- Verizon’s original Motorola Droid Razr and Razr Maxx getting Android Jelly Bean as of now
- Android Jelly Bean update for Verizon Motorola Droid 4 possibly coming soon
- Verizon Motorola Droid Razr and Razr Maxx should get Android Jelly Bean updates this quarter
-
http://samsung-updates.com/ Krzysztof Bryk
« Huawei will bring both low-end and high-end Windows Phone 8 devices to CES 2013Samsung Ativ S to bring its Windows Phone 8 charm to the UK and Canada this week »
