I think OEMs will a good offer for people

[12Danny123]

I think they should do this for existing users. because people with a Lumia 900 will be able to get a early termination fee and maybe upgrade them to Wp8 for free. I think AT&T and t-mobile will do this. but need to show reps a Wp7.5 or a Wp7 device . and it would be worth it for them. this would attract alot of people . Microsoft should do this offer!. I pray they do


Anyway I still Lov my two Lumia devices

 

[HeyCori]

Won't happen.

 

[palandri]

Won't happen.

+1 I agree.

 

[rockstarzzz]

Won't happen. Don't need it.

WP8 won't be in our hands till 2013 and by then these phones would be 8-9 months old with already one software update.

Nothing wrong with Lumia 900 as it is today.

 

[jdevenberg]

Won't happen. Don't need it.

WP8 won't be in our hands till 2013 and by then these phones would be 8-9 months old with already one software update.

Nothing wrong with Lumia 900 as it is today.

No way it takes that long. We will see a GSIII and HTC One X with WP8 by November.


Still, They won't give any early upgrade.

 

[gwydionjhr]

Won't happen. Don't need it.

WP8 won't be in our hands till 2013 and by then these phones would be 8-9 months old with already one software update.

Nothing wrong with Lumia 900 as it is today.

WP8 won't be in our hands till 2013 and by then these phones would be 8-9 months old with already one software update.

Two reasons why I disagree

#1 and the most important. The whole point to Win8 and WP8 is integration and ecosystem. There is pretty strong speculation that we're going to see Win8 hit the shelves sometime in October. If MS wants to really sell the idea of the ecosystem, make as big a splash as possible, and bootstrap WP8 to their strongest product, Windows, they need to be released together.

#2 No way they hold the developer event we saw last week and then leave devs and consumers hanging for that long. Never going to happen.

 

[socialcarpet]

Won't happen. Don't need it.

WP8 won't be in our hands till 2013 and by then these phones would be 8-9 months old with already one software update.

Nothing wrong with Lumia 900 as it is today.

Exactly.

If anything Nokia has already been extremely generous considering the economic position they are in right now.

I am very very happy with Nokia between the $99 refund for a data issue I didn't even experience, which made my phone FREE, the quick response to software updates and bug fixes and the amazing effort they have put in with developing new apps and getting apps developed for WP by third parties. They have done a better job for me than any other OEM of any phone I've owned before BY FAR.

 

[NWRounder]

okay, for those of us who purchased the lumia 900, titan 2, focus 2 before the wp8 announcement, we took a risk and get what we get. The phones still on the shelf, who will buy them? what will be the sales pitch for these phones? I feel that the OEM's can and should offer a free upgrade for these models when wp8 devices arrive in stores. And MSFT can and should reimburse the OEM 's. This would help keep the current WP support, and provide a way to encourage sales of the remaining wp7.5 devices. Think of it this way, if changing the OS again to evolve with current hardware is important enough to drop it's current device owners, then maybe investing in those same device owners is valuable too. A severance pay of sorts.

 

[rockstarzzz]

okay, for those of us who purchased the lumia 900, titan 2, focus 2 before the wp8 announcement, we took a risk and get what we get. The phones still on the shelf, who will buy them? what will be the sales pitch for these phones? I feel that the OEM's can and should offer a free upgrade for these models when wp8 devices arrive in stores. And MSFT can and should reimburse the OEM 's. This would help keep the current WP support, and provide a way to encourage sales of the remaining wp7.5 devices. Think of it this way, if changing the OS again to evolve with current hardware is important enough to drop it's current device owners, then maybe investing in those same device owners is valuable too. A severance pay of sorts.

I think the sales pitch will be exactly the same as when one walks into a shop wanting an Android phone but cannot afford GS3. So the sales person goes a level below One X? No can't afford. What's your budget? $200. Ok, how about some gimmicky gingerbread? Oh yes!
Read this excellent post on XDA - xda-developers - View Single Post - An idea for the poor ones with no WP8 update., that is where my thought process on that sales speech started off

Imagine yourself to be that feature phone user, who walks into the shop in November 2012. You see Lumia 900 as that low end phone on Windows platform and then you see that HTC Desire low end Froyo running android phone - what will you want? That Lumia 900 which people are running to return today, will be the sexiest low end phone for you as a feature phone user who wants a smartphone or even a smartphone user who just wants a cheap phone. That sexiness will be worth spending money for, irrespective of platform saga.

 

[vp710]

Seriously? This again?

 

[johnmcd348]

There's an old adage that goes: "You spend you money, you take your chances." That goes pretty well when discussing tech. I don't think it's quite as extreme as it was 10-15 years ago but, technology improves annually and by the time the hardware reaches the marketplace and hits the shelves, it's already outdated. Unless you are an early adopter, you will always be at least 1 generation behind.

I'm holding off for now for many reasons. Mostly due to the fact Sprint doesn't have anything else out there right now. Also, I'm in the process of creating a new desktop and am holding off for a few more months to get the newer tech at discount once the newer chips hit the market.

You buy an item to use, not in hopes of being upgraded in the future. I could possibly see something like this happen after the newer units hit the market and there's a shortage. Maybe OEMs would promise to send you an upgrade if you buy one of the older units in order to get them off the market. Not likely but you never know.

 

[12Danny123]

Seriously? This again?

There's nothing. wrong it just just a apology for the people for people. While I think that MS did a good job of keeping support

 

[palandri]

Technology moves fast. Whatever is the latest and greatest today, won't be the latest and greatest 6 months from now.

If a business made a product that lasted forever, they'd put themselves out of business.