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The Samsung Galaxy S3 will not receive an update to Android 4.4 KitKat

It seems that the Samsung have decided not to launch a update to Android 4.4 KitKat and the devices Galaxy S3As to published by Samsung branch in the United States, designed to reassure anxious users (compared to others brandSamsung is known for delays regarding firmware updates).

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Unfortunately, it seems that the same list is confirmed and Samsung users in Europe, Samsung smartphones who will receive the update to Android 4.4 the following:

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3
  • Samsung Galaxy S4
  • Samsung Galaxy Active S4
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
  • Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
  • Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
  • Samsung Galaxy Grand
  • Samsung Galaxy Express 2

For those curious why Galaxy Note 2 will receive the update and Galaxy S3 not, especially as these two devices are in same generation and they are almost the same configurationIt seems that the reason would be that S3 order only 1 GB RAM. However, this reason does not seem plausible given that GWhich is on the list, has all 1 GB RAM and KitKat is optimized for only 512 RAM.

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