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Android 5.0

jlede

jlede

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People are asking when is the 5.0 update coming to the galaxy nexus its not because 5.0 requires a quad core processer that's means the us s3 won't get it they will get 4.2.2 :D so will most Samsung phones so the highest version of android any dual core phone can get is 4.2.2 which is still good right thoughts on this subject guys
 
I wouldn't believe anything you read regarding the next iteration of Android until it comes out of the mouth of Google.

JellyBean will still run on 3 year old, Single Core handsets so for whatever the next version of Android is to require 4 cores is probably stretching it a little. I'm not saying it's not the case, it might well require quad core, but until we have that confirmed by Google, I doubt it's true.
 
This is just a rumor until Google officially says it.

Perhaps a recommended spec to insure quality maybe, but as a requirement would only fragment Android. The point of ICS was to unify Android devices and requiring quad-core would undo that work.
 
I have 4.2 JB on a MT4G with 1GHz single core processor.

Spec limits are generally an arbitrary designation by OEMs to claim a device is obsolete. If a device is supported for more than 2 years, where is the motivation to buy a new device? It is highly likely the GS3 gets the next version of android since it will be ~18 months old at that point. Precedent: The GS2 is currently receiving JB.

5.0 hasn't even been announced. Any "rumor" is pure speculation and has little truth to it.
 
This makes no sense. If Android 5 literally required a quad-core CPU, then the Nexus 10 would be out of luck too. I could see the Nexus S not getting 5.0 officially, but I'd be surprised if the GN was left out. I could also understand if RAM was a barrier, but not core count or clockspeed--these SOC's spend 99% of their time idling.

This reminds me of the fabricated rumors about 4.2 and project roadrunner, modular UI skins...

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I think Google has used the term "key-lime pie" but never "5.0" that I recall. They might advance the minor number instead, so KLP could very well be 4.3.
 
As far as the number designation, they've already had 2 full versions of Android on 4.x so I would like to see a 5.0 It just feels like a truer upgrade. Of course it depends on how much is actually changed...
 
As others have said, there have been BS rumours about earlier android versions, including made-up system requirements. My guess is that this is the same.

Remember also that counting cores isn't enough. The quad core S3 and One X weren't really more powerful than the dual core variants, because the dual core versions used more modern cores. So requiring quad cores would mean what? Not simply processing power. And if your OS were so busy that it needed multiple cores humming along just to maintain responsiveness that would be a bad design for a mobile device.

Nah, forget it and wait for Google to announce something.
 
Nobody here knows, yet ;)

I'll be flabbergasted if the One X isn't capable of running it. When/whether HTC will release an update for the One X may be a harder question to answer though, and if your phone has carrier-branded software that will add a further delay.
 
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