14 DAY TRIAL // Galaxy S devices on the United States market did not receive a software update to the newer Android 2.2 Froyo operating system from Google, and various rumors on the matter already started to emerge, including some suppositions that Samsung would be charging carriers per unit for each upgrade.
However the leading mobile phone maker says that these rumors are false, and that the company is not charging wireless carriers for the delivery of this type of updates.
“No. Samsung is not charging carriers for Froyo updates to Galaxy S. We hope to have more detail on status shortly. Promise,” Samsung reportedly answered to a question asked by PhoneScoop.
For those out of the loop, we should note that Samsung and US operators have pushed back by a few months the release of an OS upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo for the Galaxy S models released in the country.
Although users in other markets already received the software update, those in the US would still have to wait for an indefinite period of time before the OS upgrade becomes available for them.
There have been various suppositions on what might have caused the delay, all culminating with a report from a “Samsung insider,” who claims that the vendor would be charging carriers for such updates, which are only optional.
Samsung's answer to these allegations did not offer a clear answer to what is causing the delay, nor on how long it would need to make the software update available for US users.
Other reports on the matter suggested that Samsung might be delaying the update on purpose, to add more value to the Galaxy S successor that should be released as soon as next month at the MWC show in Barcelona.
Hopefully, Samsung would manage to make the OS upgrade available of Galaxy S owners in the US in the nearest future possible, and they won't remain stuck on the older Android 2.1 platform version.