14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III were released back in 2012, so they are about three years old. When they came out on the market, they were powered by Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, respectively.
Being among the most popular and powerful smartphones Samsung launched in 2012, they were also the first to receive major OS updates.
However, it appears that Samsung has decided to stop supporting these smartphones with major OS updates, so they will probably be stuck on Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
In a series of tweets, Samsung UK has confirmed that both Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III will be skipped from Android 5.0 Lollipop and will not be upgraded any further.
The good news is the information is only available for UK users, so there's a chance that the handsets will be updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop in other regions.
Lollipop for these devices might still be available in other countries
In this regard, Samsung Galaxy Note II has already been confirmed to receive the highly anticipated update in Finland and Poland, but if the information proves to be accurate, we expect Lollipop to arrive on the phablet in other countries as well.
Unfortunately, we can't say the same thing about Samsung Galaxy S III, which seems to be doomed to remain on Android 4.4 KitKat forever.
Again, there's a slim chance that Samsung might offer Lollipop updates for this smartphone in some countries, but we don't have any confirmation yet.
The fact that Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III won't be getting any further OS updates in some regions shouldn't be surprising since these smartphones are really old.
We recommend those who still own these smartphones and live in the UK to consider upgrading to a new device if they want to benefit from the new features and improvements included in Android 5.0 Lollipop.
@WesoLabeshnai We don't like to give out bad news Rohan but the Note 2 and the Galaxy S3 won't be receiving the Lollipop update.
— Samsung Mobile UK (@SamsungMobileUK) July 4, 2015