i have a windows 7 phone, and bought one after windows 8 was announced.
i had no problem doing this, because of the hardware keyboard support,
and zune compatibility. so i knew what i was getting.
i never thought that people think that the switch from 7 to 8 was a disaster.
to me, it was just normal business practices.
if the hardware can't support the new OS, then people will buy a new phone.
that being said, if there are features in windows 9, threshold, that can't be
done on windows 8, 8.1, 8.1 update 1.... then so be it.
you will have to get a new phone to take advantage of those features.
how is this different from anything else, you as a consumer should know
hopefully what you are getting, and what it can do.
yes, it would be nice to have some support for older hardware and applications.
but if this holds back the development of a newer, and improved system, then
that's what they will do.
i can definitely see it happening.
later
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