Comments on: Galaxy S4 Will Be Absent from Mobile World Congress 2013, Samsung Has Other Plans for It

By: Deidre Richardson

Deidre Richardson — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:25:09 +0000

I agree with you. That is a long time to wait for a phone release. It is going to cost them if it takes 2-4 months before arriving at carriers. I am looking for a 2013 smartphone that I can purchase, seeing that I love tech…and I am not willing to wait until summer to check out the newest phone selections.

The same thing happens with Samsung’s updates. I own a Samsung Galaxy S3 on a regional American carrier, and it took two to four months after Jelly Bean was released to get the update from my carrier. If for nothing else, I would like to get a Google phone so that I can get the latest updates right away.

By: icky_boo

icky_boo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:31:19 +0000

If anything it would be the for the exact same reason as last years SGSIII May announcement, To keep the lag time from announcement to release very short and not piss off the U.S buyers since their models usually come a minimal of a month after the internationals.

The SGS1 and SGS2 had announcements at MWC (Feb 2010 and 2011) then it took them another 4 months to release internationally (in June of that year for select markets) then another 2-4 months for U.S launch depending on the carrier, That’s the lag time I’m taking about. People just can’t wait that long and I don’t blame them.