SFR, France’s second biggest wireless service provider, announced a little while ago that Android 4.4 KitKat was rolling out to the HTC One, only to backtrack and postpone the update until “early February”.
HTC has some catching up to do in the software support arena, as Samsung has already begun sending KitKat OTAs to the Galaxy Note 3, with the GS4 likely right behind it. Also, the Taiwanese may want to divert some attention away from their inability to bring the still fresh and hot One X and One X+ up to date.
And there’s really only one way to turn the media hostility around: upgrade the One as soon as possible, plus maybe the One max and One mini. And Droid DNA. But alas, it’s not that easy. Not for always-trailing-behind-Samsung HTC.
The sad thing is HTC’s partners aren’t helping with the OEM’s public image one bit, posting confusing message after message. Take SFR France. In a desperate attempt to score free publicity and for once steal its main rival’s (Orange) thunder, they spilled the beans on One’s Android 4.4 bump a little early, claiming users were getting it when in fact the carrier had the port on its table for testing.
Of course, it didn’t take long for SFR to retract the statement and apologize, but the harm was already done. And no, it isn’t technically HTC’s fault. Then again, as the network tried to make amends with its customers, it disclosed a new and this time likely legit deadline: early February.
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HTC has some catching up to do in the software support arena, as Samsung has already begun sending KitKat OTAs to the Galaxy Note 3, with the GS4 likely right behind it. Also, the Taiwanese may want to divert some attention away from their inability to bring the still fresh and hot One X and One X+ up to date.
And there’s really only one way to turn the media hostility around: upgrade the One as soon as possible, plus maybe the One max and One mini. And Droid DNA. But alas, it’s not that easy. Not for always-trailing-behind-Samsung HTC.
The sad thing is HTC’s partners aren’t helping with the OEM’s public image one bit, posting confusing message after message. Take SFR France. In a desperate attempt to score free publicity and for once steal its main rival’s (Orange) thunder, they spilled the beans on One’s Android 4.4 bump a little early, claiming users were getting it when in fact the carrier had the port on its table for testing.
Of course, it didn’t take long for SFR to retract the statement and apologize, but the harm was already done. And no, it isn’t technically HTC’s fault. Then again, as the network tried to make amends with its customers, it disclosed a new and this time likely legit deadline: early February.
Which knowing HTC, may end up as February 15. Heck, it’s the shortest month of the year, so why not push the update back a little further to, say, early March? Irony aside, one has to wonder exactly how much time HTC will need to spread the 4.4 port all over the world since they find it so difficult to jumpstart it. Two, three, maybe four months? No wonder they’re heading for bankruptcy.
Sources: SFR France , Gotta Be Mobile
Sources: SFR France , Gotta Be Mobile
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