On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, .net noobie <dotnetnoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, this is not a compitition > Oh, but the marketplace *is* a competition :) > and I not claming to be an expert on it, but I was under the impression > quite a while ago that people would not be able to upgrade the wp7 devices > to wp8, > I don't even follow it very closely, I really just lisen to the one > podcast i mentioned before, thats it, but I also googled it and saw people > debating it as far back as mid to end of 2011 > > I also bet you did not see anywhere from Nokia or MS that you would be > able to upgrade a wp7 device to wp8 either? > I wasn't looking, but Apple, for instance, offer a deal where you get some form of recompense when buying an obsoleted ! item within a certain time of a new release. > > If the current devices have enough grunt or not to run a wp8 OS, I have no > idea, i just said is something I assumed would be the case if MS wanted to > basically run win8 on a phone... > I not saying they can or cannot, I am saying this was my guess > > Or were they pressured by carriers? They more often support handset churn than the SW manufacturers. From Microsoft's perspective, there's nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing this. (I exaggerate a bit) > but i think the min spec for wp7 was a 1ghz cpu? correct? and i maybe > wrong here but did they even lower the spec a little after/for mango 7.5? > > Anyway I can understand why people are annoyed, especially if you just got > a new phone, > I got mine the week they came out and I am not really happy either, but I > guess I got used to the idea I could not upgrade it already > > > I still want to know if Microsoft are releasing a phone that will run 8, and that they will undertake to do online upgrades for, in the same way Apple do, and Android do (for their 'concept' phones, aka Nexus line) Got an answer for that, Microsoft dudes? > > On 25 June 2012 13:17, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A reasonable position would be if they issued a rebate for those that >> bought WP7 in the last, say 6 months. It might take the bitter taste away >> for them, somewhat. >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:46 PM, .net noobie <dotnetnoo...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I just listen to podcasts like windows weekly, they been saying it for >>> months, blogs etc, but, also were a lot people claimig that it would >>> be upgradable >>> >>> but I personally did not expect you would be able to upgrade, becuase >>> I was thinking the the phone was also going to try and use the same >>> core as win8, so the phone would be different and current phones most >>> likely would not have the grunt to really do it, but i did expect if >>> the phone was more like "windows" that they would be able to still run >>> the old apps >>> >>> but if you google you will see people saying will not be upgradable >>> from mid to end of last year, while others saying that MS could not >>> cut off wp7 people becuase would kill the phone off >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Meski >> >> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >> >> > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
