a5cent
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Every windows phone 8 device will get supported at least 18months... <snipped>... So whatever updates or fixes they do within that time frame every phone will get.
I am sure WP8 will get OS updates for at least 18 months, but I don't think that means what you are implying.
MS' statement leaves two ways for WP8 not to get updated to WP9, without MS breaking any promises. WP9 might release only after 18 months have passed (Q2 2014), or alternatively, WP9 could release tomorrow, while WP8 continues to receive updates for the promised duration. The later is exactly how MS has dealt with WP7.x, BTW.
As always, I'm just using WP9 as a generic name for that update which WP8 devices no longer receive. Whatever it ends up being called is irrelevant in this context.
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