Galaxy S3 & S3 Mini Won't get Kit Kat Update

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According to Samsung Mobile UK,
“In order to facilitate an effective upgrade on the Google platform, various hardware performances such as the memory (RAM, ROM, etc.), multi-tasking capabilities, and display must meet certain technical expectations. The Galaxy S3 and S3 mini 3G versions come equipped with 1GB RAM, which does not allow them to effectively support the platform upgrade. As a result of the Galaxy S3 and S3 mini 3G versions’ hardware limitation, they cannot effectively support the platform upgrade while continuing to provide the best consumer experience. Samsung has decided not to roll-out the KitKat upgrade to Galaxy S3 and S3 mini 3G versions, and the KitKat upgrade will be available to the Galaxy S3 LTE version as the device’s 2GB RAM is enough to support the platform upgrade.”
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** 2GB Variant of Galaxy S3 Will get the Kit Kat Update.

GSMArena: Galaxy S III I9300 and S III mini won't be getting KitKat update - GSMArena.com news

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WHAT THE FLYING F*CK SAMSUNG? You seriously need to go S*ck a D*ck.
 
Lord Ammar

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If only Samsung could copy the way Apple supports its devices, that'd be great.

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Lol and s3 users have been running cm 11 without any issues for months now.

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Hahahaha, good thing I got rid of my S3! :D

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Talk about the Sammy-bloatware beetch!

Lord Ammar said:
If only Samsung could copy the way Apple supports its devices, that'd be great.

Sent from an iPhone 4 (released 2010) running iOS 7.1.1 (released 2014)
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Ouch. That might hurt. Dat reason tho. :lol:

Sent from my Moto G with ONLY 1GB of RAM running KitKat 4.4.2 (176.44.1)
 
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samsuck did it again while dumbroids were chanting hail kitkat hail!!
btw kitkat was advertised to run smoothly even on 512mb ram...pathetic samsuck liar :p
 
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S3 is a crappy device indeed... It was best on ice cream sandwich... After that it was laggy crappy etc... Acha kiya Samsung ne..as they don't know a shit about software optimization.. As after the update S3 ne power on hi nahi hona tha.
 
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But its not end of world..s3 users will get even next updates through custom roms. and if they like touchwiz ui they gonna get it ported from s5

But poor thing for those who dont do custom stuff. still many of those who are not into this thing doesnt care about updates as well
 
JJDoctor

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Lol... before buying S4 I was trying to save money and get S3 but I am happy I made the right decision. S4 i9505 has a Google variant i9505G, and I m sure it will get updates for long
 
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Lord Ammar said:
That itself is a total WTF. Why does the US get 2GB?
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Because it "only" had a dual core CPU and Samsung "made up" for it with 2GB Ram. The biggest WTF is why Samsung continues to make 3G versions of it's flagship? Just make one LTE version for all regions even Pakistan is getting LTE now lol.
 
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