Xperia SP needs KitKat update (Samsung Galaxy S3 is getting KitKat)

[jasmeet13n]

Hello Sony team,

I am an Engineer at Qualcomm Inc.

I bought Sony Xperia SP about an year ago in India. I was about to buy Samsung Galaxy S3, but wanted to try Sony and found Xperia SP to be a compelling option against Samsung Galaxy S3.

Now I heard that Xperia SP will not get KitKat update. However, Samsung is providing KitKat update for Galaxy S3 which was released an year earlier than Xperia SP. If Samsung is providing KitKat update to it's 2 year old mobile, why can't Sony do to it's only 1 year old mobile?

From a technical perspective, Xperia SP is in huge need of KitKat update because of the less RAM. Xperia SP has only 1 GB of RAM out of which only 750 MB is available. This hugely impacts the multi-taslking performance of Xperia SP.

As Android KitKat hugely reduces the memory footprint of the OS, it will be most benecial to all Xperia SP users to get KitKat update.

Xperia SP has highly competitive spcs, almost same as Moto X, which is already running KitKat. I have a lot of friends who bought Xperia SP and now want KitKat update. It will be huge let down by Sony if KitKat update is not provided. We all trusted Sony, and now Sony should play its part.

I know how difficult it will be for Sony to lay out a team for Xperia SP's KitKat update along with so many devices to launch in the pipeline. You can provide a late update, but please do provide. If you really do that, you will have a lot of trustworty customers, who will always choose Sony over Samsung or any other brand.

All other users of Xperia SP who want a KitKat update can support this post.

Regards

Jasmeet Singh

[gracie8419]

totally agree esp after this disastrous 4.3 update

[GreekXperiaSp]

Good news guys....

http://www.justaboutphones.com/sony-xperia-sp-might-get-official-android-4-4-kitkat/

[CarbonoAtom]

Hope what is written comes true:)

[Connorer]

I agree with this 100%, I think Sony phones are innovative, have fantastic features and competively priced and all with an elegant design - however with my current experience with the SP has really made me reconsider - if they brought an update to this device, and made it stable once more (Mine is crashing at least 3 times a day since the 4.3 update, requiring me to open the back and manually restart) then I would definitely continue to purchase my phones from them. Seeing as, without the bugs, they are still the best smartphones out there. 

[Connorer]

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@abhiambady wrote:
please provide kitkat,even if it as a late update..after 4.3 update whole smoothness of my phone losted...so many bugs,restarting,flickering,led while calling,app crashng,battery draining,nly 200mb remaing...and go on....u made a beautiful phne into a total waste..plz provide 4.4 update...and show the real belief to customers

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Yeah, my batter goes really quickly, i'll leave for work, and not touch my phone for about 6 hours (on stamina mode!) and then when i get home its down to 20%. My phone also shuts off at 5% - every **bleep** time.

[Cory_Chasez]

S3 will not receive KitKat..Samsung already confirmed it that it won't get Kitkat...

[ellusive123]

I support this. We really need kitkat update. I will wait another month, after that if they don't release it

[ellusive123]

I'll sell the phone or go back to previous version of android.

[Meid]

We must only see the spots from Sony, Xperia Z ultra and in the spot only says: the best camera in the world!! Hahaha!! They cannot tell something about another features or software? hahaha they think only with camera all is ok!