Thursday, January 16, 2014

HTC is planning an update to Android 4.4 Kitkat for One X and X + more - ZDNet.de

HTC According to no update for the former top model One X is planned. “We can confirm that the One X and the One X + are obtained via Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5, no further updates”, HTC UK has declared to ZDNet.com . Previously, it had spread the bad news on Twitter.

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The statement also includes a sort of apology and some kind of statement: “We recognize that some users will not disappoint, but our customers can be confident that we have both devices for our amazing camera and audio experiences optimized. “This seems to mean that HTC keeps the interaction with Sense 5 for very successful and therefore would no longer make any further developments.

The One X was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress the spring of 2012, and could be bought from April, the One X + was really only available from November 2012. So it’s only just over a year old. However, Google has invoked in the case of the Galaxy Nexus on only 18 months long update window for support, beyond it undertakes no obligation to support.

As owners of the Galaxy Nexus is also HTC users only the way to a Custom Rom to more or sometime even to get Android 4.3 to the current 4.4.2. Such operating system distributions not only dispense with crapware, but also offer additional features, more privacy and a better adaptability. CyanogenMod has made available a build of 4.3 for the HTC One X. OmniROM is, however, not yet for One X or X + before, although it now supports 39 devices.

The One X Jelly Bean with optimized Sense user interface (Sense 4 +) was launched with the Android 4.1 also known as the One X even came with Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4. Sense 5 followed until March 2013.

[with material from Liam Tung, ZDNet.com]

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