Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and S Advance to skip ICS

We’ve got great news for owners of the NovaThor U8500-powered Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy S Advance.

One of our readers from Bulgaria contacted the local Samsung branch, asking if the two smartphones will be getting Android 4.0 ICS. The surprise response was that these two  mid-range smartphones will apparently be getting the official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update without any Ice Cream Sandwich in-between jump.

Let’s hope this is not some bitter misunderstanding, or worse – some prank or hoax! We’ll be looking to an official word from Samsung, of course, but if this is true, the company really deserves a pat on the back for taking such good care of its mid-range offerings. It will probably take a few more months for the update to be finalized, but we are hoping for it to happen before the end of the year.