Samsung Galaxy S lineup and Galaxy Tab won’t be getting ICS; Samsung justifies its actions

All those millions who bought the Galaxy S and the Tab and were hoping for a frozen treat this year will be sadly disappointed to know that Android 4.0 for these two series has been officially canceled. We knew that all devices won’t be equipped to run Ice Cream Sandwich without glitches but to hear that the Galaxy S (all variants) and the Tab don’t have enough horsepower to run the latest firmware is definitely surprising. Sammy decided to explain its actions anyways and this is what it had to say:

We used the Ice Cream Sandwich platform in order to give our device users the latest. Unfortunately, the hardware specifications must be met, and in particular, the available memory (RAM, ROM, etc.) capacity is important.

Galaxy Galaxy Tab S and S, unlike the Nexus platform, in addition to Google Manufacturer-specific features (Touch Wiz / Samsung Widgets / video calls, etc.) Country-specific features (such as mobile TV), carrier services, and is mounted, so the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich is not possible. The lack of available memory cannot provide a satisfactory environment.

With the hardware considerations, provide customer devices featuring the best user experience is what we aim to do.

Sounds like a good reason to us but still disheartening to know that there will be no more official improvements on these yesteryear stars. But if you think that these devices will lay down and die because of this, you will only have to take a look at the number of custom ROMs that are available to know better – take a gander at our ROMs section in the coming days and you might just find something for you this festive season.Source