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Sony confirms Xperia Play will remain on Gingerbread due to gaming issues

yahoo.com (11 months and 23 days ago)

May 26, 2012

Sony Mobile on Friday confirmed that it no longer plans to update its Xperia Play smartphone to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich due to compatibility issues with the device’s gaming features, Phone Scoop reported. “Ice Cream Sandwich demands more from the phone hardware than Gingerbread,” a Sony spokesperson said. “Android 4.0 is a more powerful OS and thus, more resource intensive – applications require more RAM, CPU power, and network... full story

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Sony confirms Xperia Play will remain on Gingerbread due to gaming issues

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