Official 8.1/Denim for the Icon?

[Indistinguishable]

I'm calling BS on this without screenshots of an Icon with Cyan on it.

I'd assume that the poster is talking about a Lumia 735. There are many tech journalists that have a Lumia 735 on Verizon running Cyan, Daniel Rubino included.

The point is valid. There's currently a device running Cyan on Verizon. And Verizon felt comfortable enough to allow Nokia to release to journalists.

This is not a matter of testing. It's Verizon dragging their feet for other reasons. And ultimately, it negatively impacts wp8 market share and us the consumer.

 

[AR2186]

I had someone send me screenshots of a 929 with a Cyan build, but given they haven't posted them, I can't share. That said, if anyone has any insight into how Nokia/Microsoft generate the URL's for their downloads, I think we could possibly reverse engineer the address.

I currently have it ~50% worked out in an excel

 

[HarrBear]

I had someone send me screenshots of a 929 with a Cyan build, but given they haven't posted them, I can't share. That said, if anyone has any insight into how Nokia/Microsoft generate the URL's for their downloads, I think we could possibly reverse engineer the address.

I currently have it ~50% worked out in an excel

You figure this out and I'll build a statue in your honor.

 

[anon(7901790)]

At least we have HTC saying that we can "expect the 8x to get 8.1 at the end of October."

That's all well and good. But the 8x nor the M8 will never get Cyan or Denim..ever. Only Lumia devices will.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Sure there were. There was a black version and a white version. #sarcasm

Yes. They would have different SKUs so technically speaking there are two versions.

 

[anon(7901790)]

I'd assume that the poster is talking about a Lumia 735. There are many tech journalists that have a Lumia 735 on Verizon running Cyan, Daniel Rubino included.

The point is valid. There's currently a device running Cyan on Verizon. And Verizon felt comfortable enough to allow Nokia to release to journalists.

This is not a matter of testing. It's Verizon dragging their feet for other reasons. And ultimately, it negatively impacts wp8 market share and us the consumer.

Which device?

 

[Indistinguishable]

Which device?

Verizon Lumia 735 not scheduled until early 2015 | Windows Central

 

[Trent Vann]

It's not just the 735's that have test devices floating around.

 

[GoJays]

arbyjr posted this on another question. What do you think of this updated video from the Microsoft store? It shows the Icon ships with 8.1 and shows Cortana on the desktop.

Buy Nokia Lumia Icon for Verizon - Microsoft Store

 

[OvenRash]

It doesn't say "ships with 8.1", nor does it show Cortana.

 

[GoJays]

That's not my point. Look at the video.

 

[SoapBox3000]

website actually said windows phone 8.1 Ready. I did not see anything with ships with 8.1 on it nor do I see Cortana anywhere in the screen shots on the ICON.

 

[SoapBox3000]

I do have some news tho regarding Verizon updates for the ICON.
I got off the phone with Verizon reps last night and they said that the Update was cleared from testing on 10/14/14 and usually takes up to 2-3 weeks after it is released from testing to hit OTA. So I think our new, tentative update timeframe is end of October to middle of November. but honestly im taking that with a grain of salt right now.

so in conclusion good news indeed but still nothing from Verizon official regarding this update so don't get your hopes up.

 

[MobileVortex]

Again he said look at the video... The video DOES show cortana, and she does say "installed with windows 8.1"

 

[dkediger]

The video blurb, second tiny image from the top on the left, does show Cortana and does mention 8.1. IIRC, however, the (former) Nokia page for the 928 listed it as having FM Radio capability for quite a while before they corrected it, so those pages certainly aren't totally Gospel.

 

[GoJays]

Here you go. smh..

 

[GoJays]

 

[SoapBox3000]

yeah I saw it but that is just an advertisement of sorts. ill believe it when I see them change the specs page on the product page :-/

 

[grafixguy#AC]

I'd assume that the poster is talking about a Lumia 735. There are many tech journalists that have a Lumia 735 on Verizon running Cyan, Daniel Rubino included.

The point is valid. There's currently a device running Cyan on Verizon. And Verizon felt comfortable enough to allow Nokia to release to journalists.

This is not a matter of testing. It's Verizon dragging their feet for other reasons. And ultimately, it negatively impacts wp8 market share and us the consumer.

The 735 will ship with 8.1 and Cyan or Denim. Right now, Verizon and Microsoft, through their silence are doing more to damage Windows Phone in the US than any of their competitors.

 

[HarrBear]

I do have some news tho regarding Verizon updates for the ICON.
I got off the phone with Verizon reps last night and they said that the Update was cleared from testing on 10/14/14 and usually takes up to 2-3 weeks after it is released from testing to hit OTA. So I think our new, tentative update timeframe is end of October to middle of November. but honestly im taking that with a grain of salt right now.

so in conclusion good news indeed but still nothing from Verizon official regarding this update so don't get your hopes up.

Definitely taking with a grain of salt, but this is good news indeed!