A new rumor is suggesting that the Note 2 and the S3 would skip Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and will jump straight to Android 4.3. Meanwhile, Samsung is still selling the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.2.2 and the company is set to unveil the new Galaxy S3, also expected to run Android 4.2.2 or Android 4.3.
JULY 18, 2013, 1:31 PM. Article by Raphael Labuguen.
Whether Samsung would admit it or not — it's quite obvious that the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 is already delayed, though Android 4.1.2 is more than enough to satisfy some customers. However, season Galaxy owners want the latest and greatest versions of Android too — so where's the latest Jelly Bean OTA that Samsung has promised?
And here it is — a new rumor claiming that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 are both skipping Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and will jump straight to Android 4.3, an unannounced version of Android update as of date. Well, I'll give Samsung a round of applause for its convincing reason — but not all S3 and Note 2 owners are happy.
Android 4.2 is considered a minor update, but on Google's own logs, it shows that Android 4.2 is very important because it improves a phones' user interface. Here's the list of benefits of running Android 4.2 according to the Google Android team:
First: Everything in Jelly Bean feels fast, fluid, and smooth. Moving between home screens and switching between apps is effortless, like turning the pages of a book.
Secondly: Jelly Bean improves performance throughout the system, including faster orientation changes, quicker switching between recent apps, and smoother and more consistent rendering across the system through vsync and triple buffering.
And lastly: Jelly Bean has more reactive and uniform touch responses, and makes your Android device even more responsive by boosting your device's CPU instantly when you touch the screen, and turns it down when you don't need it to improve battery life.
See more on Google's Android Jelly Bean documentation.
Of course we all should take this skipping rumors with a grain of salt despite the fact that ever-credible CNET already published the piece on its popular site which adds credence to this claim.
In the United States, wireless carriers already started updating their Galaxy S3 phones to Android 4.1.2, months after the international unlocked model received the update. It clearly shows that all United States-based models are on the backseat when it comes to Samsung Android updates, and if this new Android 4.3 rumor is true — then you may need to wait until next year for your Galaxy Note 2 or Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean "4.3? OTA.
Also, keep in mind that Samsung is already selling the Galaxy S4, and not updating the S3 to the latest update with the new TouchWiz would give Samsung a higher chance to convince the S3 user to purchase the Galaxy S4. And for the Galaxy Note 2, Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 3 later this year, and similarly, not updating the Note 2 to latest software would push users to wait and switch to the new phone.
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