Don't mean to be the Devil's Advocate or anything, but the Go has a far lower screen resolution than that of the U or Sola and hence less RAM is used by the GPU to push the pixels. I still believe that Sony could have found a way to provide JB to the U and Sola by releasing it with a vanilla Android skin which uses less RAM resources.And the Xperia Go has the same gpu and same amount of Ram as that of U, Sola.
What I am referring to is your previous claim that Xperia U would be upgraded to jelly bean.
Actually the phone can run pure JB but not bloatware added JB(according to Sony)I have no idea about this but does Google provides any minimum or recommended hardware requirements for running different versions of android?
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"In case you are wondering how is that the low-end Xperia J is getting the Jelly Bean update, while the dual-core U and sola aren't - despite Sony didn't make any statement, we guess the GPU is the one to blame.
All three phones have 512MB of RAM, but the Adreno 200 GPU on the Xperia J uses far less RAM than the Mali-400 inside the Xperia U and sola. We also know that Project Butter needs more GPU power than what the ICS UI. And the insufficient RAM due to GPU usage is probably the reason why these phones won't be getting to taste Jelly Bean."
Hi, if I'm not wrong you were he one saying that if Sola doesn't get JB you will give out the Sony flagship phones to us for free some time back. You even stated that the ROM is working and that some final testing is still left. If Sony feels that the usability will suffer why not Open Source the code for the ROM they made, so that developers would get a fair idea about how to go about it and CM10 could become a reality on our devices.
It's kind of sad to see how Sony has just chosen to ignore these 2 phones. Will not be buying and recommending Sony any more.
lol @ people going sad for sony ignoring 2 phones, simply coz you bought the phone which is 1 of the 2
Using an Xperia S, love everything about it except the 3 buttons, its a hit or miss
lol @ people going sad for sony ignoring 2 phones, simply coz you bought the phone which is 1 of the 2
Using an Xperia S, love everything about it except the 3 buttons, its a hit or miss
Oh really? You added such great value to this discussion.
Whch happen to be Sony's 2012 best selling phones
Hardware wise, they may lack the stuff required to handle the load.
Galaxy Ace is also a best seller in low end price range, isn't updated in any way officially
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Hardware wise, they may lack the stuff required to handle the load.
Galaxy Ace is also a best seller in low end price range, isn't updated in any way officially
Would it be possible to start a signature campaign against Sony's decision?
The Galaxy Ace is based on ARM V6, if I am not wrong this was one of the primary reasons along with it having only 288MB of RAM. The Xperia U and Sola aren't slouches, they have dual cores and 512MB RAM enough to run JB. Anyway, the point is when your beloved XS does not receive JB 4.2 then you shall to bear the burns of buying a Sony phone.
I think we can start one, even though I am a go user and secure that I will get the Jelly Bean update.
For some reason I am not getting any firmware updates while my friend with the Sola gets two a day. =|
What are the chances of the SAMSUNG Galaxy S Advance getting a bump to Jelly Bean? It has the same SoC powering it as the early SONY XPERIA 2012 lineup.