Lumia's reply to my tweet regarding Denim Rollout.

[crunkizzlekid]

Today I tweeted Lumia asking about a timeframe for when the Lumia Denim will roll out for my Lumia 1520 and this is what I got as their response; "Hey there, it'll roll out soon following the testing and carriers' approval."
What's ironic here is the fact that here in India, there is no concept of carrier whatsoever, hence I'm having a little difficulty here coming to any conclusion on when to expect Denim.

 

[Conan143]

That was their excuse....

 

[Darthbobcat]

Probably just got a canned response.

 

[jmshub]

Carrier testing may be part of the firmware testing process. Millions of Windows Phones are updated to the latest updates through Developer Preview, so they can get quite a lot of feedback that way, but firmware updates are only released when the carrier clears them, or they are officially released by the manufacturer, in the case of unlocked phones.

 

[Torcher Death]

Well, lumia is for worldwide so, they give that generic response, you should try tweeting Microsoft India instead

 

[crunkizzlekid]

Well, lumia is for worldwide so, they give that generic response, you should try tweeting Microsoft India instead

I tried, it's the same response all across. Hope it come out soon anyways, it's already past mid fourth quarter already, I don't know why Microsoft does that in the first place, I mean what's the point of announcing something in so much advance when it's not ready or whatsoever for general distribution shortly afterwards.

 

[teamkillYAY]

One of the bad things about andriod, and windows phones (and love about iPhones) is the time it take from when a major update is announced, to when it is ready for users to download. I would rather MS keep the updates mute until they are ready to announce and push to users , rather then announce and keep us waiting and waiting, and feeling like we made a mistake choosing one handset over another! This was one reason I left druid - it felt like my phone never got suport

 

[cocopops]

This is a pretty old school marketing tactic.. You make the announcement so anybody on the fence about which platform to go for might hold out until the update hits to see it in all its glory.. They normally make the announcements at key times when competitor activity is high to catch the fence sitters attention.. Time to roll out may vary but the work has been done. As a very basic summary.

 

[petergoogle]

Basically they don't know. That's the canned way to state that as probably a good amount of people ask this daily.

 

[msirapian]

How can't you have carriers in your country? Even in a country variant (not branded), carriers have to validate the radiofrequency part (radio ROM) as your Lumia is ALSO a phone and use their cellular service. So yes it's a standard answer and not having branded variants should mean validation should be faster (as your operators don't add nor remove anything from the FW)

 

[Squachy]

This is a pretty old school marketing tactic.. You make the announcement so anybody on the fence about which platform to go for might hold out until the update hits to see it in all its glory.. They normally make the announcements at key times when competitor activity is high to catch the fence sitters attention.. Time to roll out may vary but the work has been done. As a very basic summary.

That may be so but the key to succeeding is to make sure turn around time is acceptable. 1-2 months is fine, 3-4 is pushing it, any further is unacceptable. Its also based on the timing of the competition as well. You don't want to announce something so early that the competition ends up releasing their own version sooner. You may have announced it first but they brought it out first so they get all the attention and sales.

 

[BatteryLife]

Soon™

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

Their reply was a sweet way to cut you off and keep you wandering in the dark. You'll very rarely see light at the end of the tunnel with their replies.

 

[warmth]

Link to that reply?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

One of the bad things about andriod, and windows phones (and love about iPhones) is the time it take from when a major update is announced, to when it is ready for users to download. I would rather MS keep the updates mute until they are ready to announce and push to users , rather then announce and keep us waiting and waiting, and feeling like we made a mistake choosing one handset over another!

Yes, ignorance can be bliss.

 

[Sonu K]

How can't you have carriers in your country? Even in a country variant (not branded), carriers have to validate the radiofrequency part (radio ROM) as your Lumia is ALSO a phone and use their cellular service. So yes it's a standard answer and not having branded variants should mean validation should be faster (as your operators don't add nor remove anything from the FW)

Is this true?
I mean i don't think the carriers have anything to do with the device releases in India, since OEM companies sell the phones directly in shops (in this case, Nokia outlets-yes, still they do exist-and other private shops). We can use whatever network sim card we chose which we will buy from a Vodafone or Airtel or any other shops. We are not 'limited' to any updates or upgrades or usage.