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3acres I have a Lumia ICON (929) on of course Verizon Wireless, I have not heard of Microsoft gaining control of firmware updates, these still have to pass through Verizon and FCC. This would be great news, where have you read this?
You're extrapolating what I said. I meant MS now is in charge of the OS (like before) and the FW (new, since they're an OEM). Still a fw still contains a RF part etc which will require carrier validation. But other features could swap to the OS.
So carrier wise, nothing will change. But if Microsoft can maximise what's inside the OS and minimise what's fw dependant, it would mean features available faster. Take the 1020. People can have Denim by just installing the preview for developers. The firmware won't bring much. That's what I meant, sorry if it wasn't clear and gave you false hopes.