[Q] Defy and Ice Cream Sandwich update - any chance?

[ObserverBG]

Do you think Defy (MB525) has any chance to get Ice Cream Sandwich update?
Do hardware limitations (477/512 RAM) make it just a dream?

22 Oct - from the official Motorola Mobility Twitter account:
@laarsnl We'll be releasing devices for ICS 6 weeks after Google releases the final version of it
Sources: See GSMarena .com and Twitter

 

[kawa636r]

I think we will get it at least with cyanogenmod. At today google and Motorola are the same things.... I don't think that they doesn't want to update their phone....

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[alexemel]

mb motorola will make ICS official rom for defy+ and then devs port it to common defy

 

[Otto.BR]

mb motorola will make ICS official rom for defy+ and then devs port it to common defy

+1

or just wait for the next CM

 

[ObserverBG]

10x for the answers.
Other opinions?

What will be your conservative prognosis of Defy+ getting ICS? 12 weeks from now?

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[viper.]

Who cares, Nokia is BACK!

Who cares ,its windows phone.

Android ftw

This should be deleted.

 

[ObserverBG]

@strikoo
No thanks for trolling & my point of view:
Nokia, as we knew it, RIP. Elop drove it back 15 years in terms of market share. Microkia has an year to prove it will be a world player or it shall follow the fate of SE and Siemens Mobile.

As we're in a Defy forum, please, do not continue with off-topics.

 

[strikoo]

on topic: we didn't even get an update to 2.3.x android, and you are expecting an update to 4.x, don't be ridiculous.
maybe and just maybe the devs of cm like their defys so much and we all are giving them so much money through donations that they will make an cm rom based on android 4.x...

 

[salingpusa]

on topic: we didn't even get an update to 2.3.x android, and you are expecting an update to 4.x, don't be ridiculous.
maybe and just maybe the devs of cm like their defys so much and we all are giving them so much money through donations that they will make an cm rom based on android 4.x...

well if it makes cm rom better and defy users happy. Why not. Same as ICS or windows, they make them because they get money out of it and it makes people happy. If somebody us not happy, read below

Got a Headache? It's all in your Head.

 

[MaxLe]

I still thinking ... but Defy is likely no chance using. 800mhz quite slow for something like ICS.
Ah, and today's new's that Nexus One don't get the ICS Update, but Nexus S do. What's the difference between them ? Snapdragon and Cortex A8.
Defy+ seems have Cortex A8 too... like the Nexus S. So that's good news for Defy+ users.

 

[bvbfan]

^ What a bullshit talking about ?! Defy, "+" and many other phones have TIOMAP 3630 clocked on different frequency. In Nexus S and Defy+ is 1GHz in Defy is 800MHz it's exactly the same CPU and ICS will work pretty well. When code of ICS will be released CM9 will give to us ICS with great performance, no chance to official update since "+" is on the stage.

 

[cickvoa]

on topic: we didn't even get an update to 2.3.x android, and you are expecting an update to 4.x, don't be ridiculous.
maybe and just maybe the devs of cm like their defys so much and we all are giving them so much money through donations that they will make an cm rom based on android 4.x...

stari ne seri, nokia je mrtva. Si malo ljubomoran na nas prekrasni defy?

 

[MaxLe]

^ What a bullshit talking about ?! Defy, "+" and many other phones have TIOMAP 3630 clocked on different frequency. In Nexus S and Defy+ is 1GHz in Defy is 800MHz it's exactly the same CPU and ICS will work pretty well. When code of ICS will be released CM9 will give to us ICS with great performance, no chance to official update since "+" is on the stage.

What day is it for you to stick with phones that have the processor under 1ghz. Even a 1ghz like Snapdragon not capable.
Second, I'm talking about the OFFICIAL UPDATE. not CM9. Sure CM9 will do for Defy, but have bugs.

 

[strikoo]

stari ne seri, nokia je mrtva. Si malo ljubomoran na nas prekrasni defy?

why would I be jealous at a phone that I own?

 

[labsin]

I still thinking ... but Defy is likely no chance using. 800mhz quite slow for something like ICS.
Ah, and today's new's that Nexus One don't get the ICS Update, but Nexus S do. What's the difference between them ? Snapdragon and Cortex A8.
Defy+ seems have Cortex A8 too... like the Nexus S. So that's good news for Defy+ users.

Whywon't it work? It even gets smoother with every new update. Especially low end devices run better on GB then on froyo. Only most new functions are not available for defy (no front camera etc).

Sent from my MB525

 

[labsin]

Defy+ could get ics

Sent from my MB525

 

[MaxLe]

Defy+ could get ics

Sent from my MB525

Likely fully functional.
The hardware between Defy+ and Nexus S is actually ... same

 

[zakoo2]

Likely fully functional.
The hardware between Defy+ and Nexus S is actually ... same

theres a huge difference between the two hardware (other than the screen): the nexus s has powevr sgx540, the defy only has sgx530... lets not call those the same. and the nexus s is an official google phone, so its totally different. but yeah, since any phone that is capable of running gb, will handle ics, so the defy+ most probably will get the new android.

sent from my cm7.1 defy...

 

[MaxLe]

theres a huge difference between the two hardware (other than the screen): the nexus s has powevr sgx540, the defy only has sgx530... lets not call those the same. and the nexus s is an official google phone, so its totally different. but yeah, since any phone that is capable of running gb, will handle ics, so the defy+ most probably will get the new android.

sent from my cm7.1 defy...

yeah, totally forgot that.
But they don't cause so much problems right ?

 

[techguyone]

Motorola say they will always do at least one OS update on each new phone.

Defy has has its already. So nothing further there.

Defy+ however, shipped with Gingerbread, so it's extremely likely it will get ICS as its designated update.