I really regret the day I switched to WP. What's up with all these platform instability since WM 6.5? Why do they keep on changing stuff that worries poor consumers. A lot of people really need to be sacked from MS for making stupid decisions.
I really don't care about the stupid looks they announced.....all I care about is being supported.
Microsoft has confirmed that WP8 apps WILL NOT RUN in WP7.x. How many developers do you really think are going to design for WP7 now? To tell y'all the truth, there will be no support for WP7.x when WP8 comes out. I need support for apps not stupid looks.
Currently we (WP7.x) users are still fighting and praying for apps to come out, now with the announcement of this, I guess all ideas will be dropped and shifted to WP8...WTF! Is this some sort of Marketing strategy or what?
Why didn't they decide all this kernel change before releasing WP7? We would have all be able to upgrade peacefully. With this I really think they'll change the kernel again when WP9 comes out and the cycle continues again.....why Microsoft? Are you guys some college and high school dudes with no PhD holders amongst you? Thus accounting for the stupid decisions you make to hurt our feelings and steal our money.
I don't buy phones cheap because phones here are not carrier based and on contract....they are all unbranded and ****ing expensive. When will I ever get a WP8 device? My current phone is less than 14months old and you really wanna make me buy a ****ing expensive phone again or still use my device like a Symbian phone? This is just stupid.
I now understand and know that using a WP7.x was really a beta test.
I'm really pissed and just gonna throw my Stupid WP away and even switch. What's up with all these stupid changes and instability with the platform....****ers!![]()
I really regret the day I switched to WP. What's up with all these platform instability since WM 6.5? Why do they keep on changing stuff that worries poor consumers. A lot of people really need to be sacked from MS for making stupid decisions.
I really don't care about the stupid looks they announced.....all I care about is being supported.
Microsoft has confirmed that WP8 apps WILL NOT RUN in WP7.x. How many developers do you really think are going to design for WP7 now? To tell y'all the truth, there will be no support for WP7.x when WP8 comes out. I need support for apps not stupid looks.
Currently we (WP7.x) users are still fighting and praying for apps to come out, now with the announcement of this, I guess all ideas will be dropped and shifted to WP8...WTF! Is this some sort of Marketing strategy or what? Why didn't they decide all this kernel change before releasing WP7? We would have all be able to upgrade peacefully. With this I really think they'll change the kernel again when WP9 comes out and the cycle continues again.....why Microsoft? Are you guys some college and high school dudes with no PhD holders amongst you? Thus accounting for the stupid decisions you make to hurt our feelings and steal our money. I don't buy phones cheap because phones here are not carrier based and on contract....they are all unbranded and ****ing expensive. When will I ever get a WP8 device? My current phone is less than 14months old and you really wanna make me buy a ****ing expensive phone again or still use my device like a Symbian phone? This is just stupid.
I now understand and know that using a WP7.x was really a beta test.
I'm really pissed and just gonna throw my Stupid WP away and even switch. What's up with all these stupid changes and instability with the platform....****ers!![]()
Work with carriers to make a special upgrade program for those who bought one of the newer Windows Phone in 2012 such as Lumia 900, Focus 2, and Titan II.
What I'm trying to say is to find a way to delight those who bought one of the "newer" phones.
Agree? Disagree? Other suggestions?
EDIT: By "special upgrade" I mean a super early upgrade to a WP8 phone.
EDIT 2: Making a note that it is perfectly understood that Microsoft and their partners may very well do nothing, but it would be nice if they did. That is the gist of this post.
Think what would happen if Apple or Google would have an event and state that they will release the next iOS or Android in 4 months and then you have to buy a new phone to get it. Apple upgrades 3 year old devices and Google tries to convince the OEMs to follow the "upgrade for 18 months"-policy.
But even if many Android phone have to wait forever for an upgrade, Android 2.X is still much more mature then WP 7 and has a enormous user base and therefore a massive app developer support.
Of course there is always new hardware features, both in iOS, Android and WP which older devices cant take use of.
But WP 7 users will not even get all the software features of WP 8, and sooner then we know the apps will stop coming to us...
LMAO @ these topics being merged. I love it
Damage control, they are trying to make it look like there's not a dozen topics of people disappointed.
Anyway yeah, Windows Phone 7 needed to die. We need top or the line phones and these weak processors can't handle it. ( lol at all the guys that gave me a hard time because I complained about the phones being too low end and that Apollo was not going to be a real thing). My hunch was right.
Bring Windows Phone 8, bring up the future.
Apple did that with 5.0. 3GS owners basically got something similar to a 7.8 update. Android users are considered lucky to even SEE an update.
2.X is more mature in pertaining to.....?
And you know your last statement based on.....?
Damage control, they are trying to make it look like there's not a dozen topics of people disappointed.
Anyway yeah, Windows Phone 7 needed to die. We need top or the line phones and these weak processors can't handle it. ( lol at all the guys that gave me a hard time because I complained about the phones being too low end and that Apollo was not going to be a real thing). My hunch was right.
Bring Windows Phone 8, bring up the future.
Okay, iPhone 3GS was at that point over 2 years old, and it can still run a majority of the apps in App Store.
With Windows Phone they are still selling new phones just months before the major upgrade of the OS which will make them incompatible with new apps.
And when it comes to Androind my point was just that, it does not matter that much if the device gets an update or not (even though most of them do within 18 months), Android 2.X and soon 4.X has such huge userbase so they will never be left out of the eco system just months after they are released.
I base my last statement on the fact that WP 8 runs another kernel, and with only months to release, MS will concentrate on getting WP 8 polished and pushed to market, rather then porting/developing features for WP 7 which soon will be obsolete.
As someone that had an iPhone 3GS when IOS4 was released I think this is a good call by MS. I would rather have my Lumia 900 run smoothly on WP7.8 than bog it down with software for features I can't even use.
I think there is some misunderstanding as why so many of us are disappointed in MS's announcement. If you own a Focus, DVP, or Trophy (like myself) then whatever you don't really care about not getting WP8 that much. BUT, Nokia has been marketing the beejesus out of the Lumia line and is the majority Windows Phone OEM now if I am not mistaken. So that coupled with the fact that Microsoft purposely did not come out and state the upgrade path for current devices seems shady. However, its business and everyone knows Microsoft is not going to come out and say "yeah go ahead buy that Lumia, it won't be getting upgraded though." Nokia would have been SOL. The thing is, it looks bad. We have such a small market share as it is and even though I will be sticking with MS and their platform I worry for how this will resonate. Plus think about this. Everyone who writes on this forum follows the technology scene somewhat. What about the people who don't? What about the people who buy the Lumia 900 in the coming months (GOD bless their soul) and when a cool new app comes along they can't get it because they don't have WP8.