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Samsung considers KitKat update for entry-level smartphones

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07 December, 2013

Samsung Android

Samsung's plans for updating its high-end tier of smartphones have already been unveiled and we know the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S4 are getting Android 4.4 KitKat in January. As it turns out, though, the manufacturer is considering also bringing the latest version of Android to its more affordable droids.

A leaked internal document shows that Samsung is investigating the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy S Advance, Galaxy Core, Galaxy Fame, Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Fresh to see if they are capable of running KitKat smoothly. As you might known the latest iteration of the Google OS lowers the minimum RAM requirement to just 512MB, but that's not including the custom TouchWiz skin that Samsung preinstalls on its smartphone.

Mind you, as per the leaked slide, Samsung is just investigating the compatibility and hasn't officially announced any firm plans.

Despite this, the news is great for owners of entry-level Samsung phones. Sony is also considering smartphones such as the Sony Xperia SP and Xperia ZR

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  • Mahesh raj
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  • 09 Jun 2015

i like it.

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  • monish
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  • 04 Jan 2015

samsung should have to update galaxy core, please update the Samsung galaxy core gt-I 8262 we need update, when Samsung galaxy core update officially tall me? if Samsung not update galaxy core then our money lost to by Samsung phones

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  • 10 Nov 2014

even micromax and karbon are rolling out kitkat update , start rolling out stable kitkat update for samsung galaxy s advance...

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