Lollipop spotted on Sony Xperia C3, but that doesn’t mean consumers will get it

Over the weekend we reported on Sony’s apparent plans to release the Android Lollipop update to their Xperia Z series line of devices and only the Z series. This conclusion was based on the responses users on Twitter have been receiving from Sony’s support reps. Sony’s position seems to have taken a curious turn since then as some screenshots have popped up that appear to show Android Lollipop running on a Sony Xperia C3.

A few possibilities exist for what looks like contradictory information coming from Sony. The first, and probably preferable one for owners of Sony devices, is that the social media support reps for Sony are simply mistaken about the company’s plans for Lollipop on their devices. The reps may have been provided information about Lollipop on the Z series and somehow the communication was interpreted as the Z series were going to be the only set of devices to get the update. If that were the case though, it seems someone higher up in the Sony organization could have issued a statement to clarify things.

Another possibility is that Sony is still testing Lollipop on other devices in their portfolio and has not made a decision about an actual release. Sony could have tested Lollipop already and determined it would not roll out the update to the mid-tier and lower-tier devices they sold. The screenshots that were revealed could have been remnants from that testing process.

For now, owners of non-Z series Sony devices will have to continue to play a waiting game to see if they may eventually get an official Lollipop update on their devices.

source: IT168
via: Xperia Blog

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