Samsung announced that neither it or the original Galaxy Tab would be getting the update to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The company blamed it on the devices’ hardware, saying that they can’t handle the new version of Android with the TouchWiz UI pasted on top. After getting some bad press, Samsung’s PR and software teams huddled together and came up with a solution that misses the point entirely: in place of Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy S will be receiving a “value pack” full of ICS-like features.
Ever since Ice Cream Sandwich was announced for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, customers have been waiting to hear which other phones and tablets would get the upgrade. But Samsung remained tight-lipped on the subject.
To be clear, Galaxy S II phones, which were released in 2011, should be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in a few months. This value pack would be fore the 2010 model of Galaxy S phones.
