I honestly have zero faith in Facebook or Twitter updates from manufacturers especially LG, I remember when they said the Optimus line would not get updated to Froyo or Gingerbread(think Gingerbread) because the devices couldn't handle it on Facebook, but they sent the update anyway.
Tell the whole story, if you are going to tell that much.
Not quite right. At FIRST LG said it wouldn't get an update, allegedly due to CPU limits. But within 24 hours LG had to reverse and PROMISE the Optimus would indeed get a 2.3 update because Google Android team said
LG was full of bull that the CPU in the Optimus couldn't handle Gingerbread.
Who knows better, LG or the actual Gingerbread team?
Read more here:
LG Optimus One WILL Get Gingerbread, After All
http://phandroid.com/2010/12/09/lg-optimus-one-will-get-gingerbread-after-all/
And in fact all the 600 MHz CPU Androids STILL coming out (HTC, Samsung) show the LG Optimus (aka Optimus One to the rest of the world) can in fact handle Gingerbread 2.3. So, LG then promised it would,
THEREFORE the "revised" Facebook/Twitter announcements were correct.
Metro discontinued the LG Optimus before the update could happen, then are now selling HTC, Samsung and upcoming ZTE Androids with the same/similar specs.
Metro: "You want Gingerbread? You gotta pay us for Gingerbread."
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Metro did allow the Huawei Ascend to upgrade from 2.1 Eclair to 2.2 Froyo, but that's only because it was such a sucky phone, Froyo could only improve it and help sales. Plus, it was the only Android in like the whole world that launched during that time with ancient 2.1 Eclair instead of 2.2 Froyo.
So, 2.2 just made it not be pre-historic at that point.
Metro won't do that again, I'm sure.
You want ICS? You'll have to pay for ICS.