Snapdragon S4 powered HTC One S will getting Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Sense 5 update

Back to July, HTC had dropped the plan for updating the One S to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Sense 5 UI. HTC did not state the reason why the One S not getting Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Sense 5 update. According to some source, HTC stop updating the One S due to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 powered HTC One S C2 (Ville C2) variant which was released in Asian (including Malaysia) and select eastern European markets.



Qualcomm has stopped critical software support for the S3, leaving the obligation to update those gnarly pieces of chipset software on OEMs. Coding the Android 4.2 update with Sense 5 for the S3 variant of the One S would not be impossible, but it would force HTC software engineers to take on an extremely difficult and expensive task which has typically fallen on Qualcomm’s shoulders. Here's a good news for Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 powered HTC One S users, the One S will receive Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update soon alongside with Sense 5 UI.
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