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Originally Posted by gTen
Wel Samsung already released the Froyo update to some places in the world and it has 2.2.1 which would mean they beat HTC already, no? lol...that said the fact that HTC recycles hardware parts makes it easier to push updates..why? because when you reuse same hardware part you don't need to do major changes to the software one you got it right..
Every company's interest is to sell more..but regardless those of us that got the Epic got the most stable and smooth android device to date..while they made a few hiccups they are working ti fix them...so far epic got 2 updates since first released (one on release day)..so its not like they aren't working on it..
Samsung is actually one of Apple's biggest providers...in 2010Q1 Apple bought 800 million $ worth of parts from samsung >.>..*whistle*
That said, playing with 2.2.1 Nov 17th beta we can see a lot of improvements in GPS and in general to the device..but its a little bit laggy here and there..aka its just not ready to be released...even without 2.2 the Epic is still one of the best devices on the market..simple as that...
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I guess I'm just annoyed that they called this a "flagship" phone. Flagship devices usually require more attention to detail then any other product they offer. I just don't see that happening with the Galaxy S line. I just see mass production with lousy/slow customer service. If this was just any other phone line that wasn't hyped so much or they didn't charge premium pricing for this phone, I can understand the delays, but for a company trying to repair their name in the cellular business, I'm just not that impressed.
As far as some of the other parts of the world getting Froyo first, how much longer was the phone released there, I thought Europe saw it in early June? So it took 6 months or so to get that out, that also means that they've been working on these issues for alot longer and we just keep waiting and waiting. This is the same phone spread across dozens of carriers, one GSM chipset variant and one CDMA chipset, probably most of the same internal parts though. At&T and TMobile updates should have been released the same time as Europe was and CDMA shortly afterwards.
They could have gave us 2.2 months ago and then 2.2.1 sometime later and more slowly like HTC is doing. But hey, I shouldn't complain they made sure they released their Samsung Media Hub in a timely fashion before fixing anything else, which just shows again what the company's priorities are.
**Late Addition**: Also they hyped the fact that Froyo was coming soon as a selling point, not 5 months or later as it seems to be taking. For one year life of sales before being replaced by say "The Galaxy 2", 5 months or longer shouldn't be considered as soon...