Official 8.1/Denim for the Icon?

[Surmisation]

Verizon is acting like a massive corporation that doesn't care about the 4% of their customers that use Windows Phones.

T-Mobile is acting like a company that's just trying to get by.

Actually, each company's reasons for delaying the update are similar. The reason is to push the sale of new devices. Microsoft is complicit here too. Carriers charge fees to test updated firmware. Microsoft does not want to pay large fees for a small percent of the userbase. Look at those pie charts.

Also, the OM8FW is supposedly being updated today with HTC Eye Experience support. U mad bro?

 

[Vincent Pellicone]

I really want to get the Miracast dongle that Microsoft just released, however I'm not spending my money on it until I get Miracast support on my phone. I do remember way back when the Cyan schedule was leaked, the Icon was left off of that list. It could be possible that since the icon was delayed for so long when it first came out that there is possibly a newer device to replace it. Microsoft had released its low end models 530 & 630, them it's mid range 730 & 830, next up on the schedule would be the high end models.

 

[Vincent Pellicone]

There has been leaks of a Microsoft branded phone without the Nokia name, I think that is coming next. And possibly why it has been retired

 

[Dreamspell]

I really want to get the Miracast dongle that Microsoft just released, however I'm not spending my money on it until I get Miracast support on my phone. I do remember way back when the Cyan schedule was leaked, the Icon was left off of that list. It could be possible that since the icon was delayed for so long when it first came out that there is possibly a newer device to replace it. Microsoft had released its low end models 530 & 630, them it's mid range 730 & 830, next up on the schedule would be the high end models.

That schedule you are talking about was for the BeNeLux region in Europe, where the 928 or Icon aren't sold since they are exclusive to the US.

 

[awilliams1701]

Even if that issue came back for Cyan on the Icon, it doesn't explain the 928 not getting updated.

Yeah Nokia was having firmware issues with the icon when it was supposed to be launched November of last year and that's why the launch was delayed

 

[MikeSo]

There has been leaks of a Microsoft branded phone without the Nokia name, I think that is coming next. And possibly why it has been retired

Microsoft has now officially dropped the Nokia name for their phones, so future models will not have it. I don't think that has anything to do with current availability of the Icon.

 

[Patriots1959]

I spoke to my Verizon corporate sales goon today: Apparently there were two versions of the Icon. He believes the 1st was retired and the 2nd version will get Cyan/WP8.1 soon (can you believe it?) The goon offered to research the Icon retirement situation and get back to me tomorrow - more to come!

 

[kloar]

I spoke to my Verizon corporate sales goon today: Apparently there were two versions of the Icon. He believes the 1st was retired and the 2nd version will get Cyan/WP8.1 soon (can you believe it?) The goon offered to research the Icon retirement situation and get back to me tomorrow - more to come!

Goonies never say die!

 

[MikeSo]

I spoke to my Verizon corporate sales goon today: Apparently there were two versions of the Icon. He believes the 1st was retired and the 2nd version will get Cyan/WP8.1 soon (can you believe it?) The goon offered to research the Icon retirement situation and get back to me tomorrow - more to come!

Nope, not believing it.

There were not two versions of the Icon, but maybe their inventory records had it that way for some reason, or they have a new version coming.

 

[grafixguy#AC]

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

 

[GoJays]

Nope, not believing it.

There were not two versions of the Icon, but maybe their inventory records had it that way for some reason, or they have a new version coming.

The Icon for Windows without the Nokia stamp? That's a little tough to believe at this point.

 

[MikeSo]

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

That could be it as far as inventory goes actually.

 

[aximtreo]

Has anyone else questioned this fact? If the ICON is such a problem to update to 8.1/Cyan that Verizon retired the phone then why haven't they released 8.1/Cyan for the 822 & 928. That fact alone would have pointed out that these two phones had no problems updating and the problem must be with the ICON only.

They haven't updated any of the WP's so I have to think that Verizon/Network/CDMA system is a problem for Nokia Phones throughout. They could release the updates for the other than ICON phones but hey haven't.

They are continuing to sell the 928 which makes no sense to me at all.

What other thoughts do some of our members have on this set of facts?

 

[Indistinguishable]

Has anyone else questioned this fact? If the ICON is such a problem to update to 8.1/Cyan that Verizon retired the phone then why haven't they released 8.1/Cyan for the 822 & 928. That fact alone would have pointed out that these two phones had no problems updating and the problem must be with the ICON only.

They haven't updated any of the WP's so I have to think that Verizon/Network/CDMA system is a problem for Nokia Phones throughout. They could release the updates for the other than ICON phones but hey haven't.

They are continuing to sell the 928 which makes no sense to me at all.

What other thoughts do some of our members have on this set of facts?

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

 

[zrob7]

I know someone who has a Lumia test phone that came with Cyan already installed and she reports no problems with the software.....so I think the chatter about the software not being compatible is wrong. Something else is holding this up.

 

[Neil Hinkle]

Is the test phone on Verizon?

 

[MikeSo]

Has anyone else questioned this fact? If the ICON is such a problem to update to 8.1/Cyan that Verizon retired the phone then why haven't they released 8.1/Cyan for the 822 & 928. That fact alone would have pointed out that these two phones had no problems updating and the problem must be with the ICON only.

They haven't updated any of the WP's so I have to think that Verizon/Network/CDMA system is a problem for Nokia Phones throughout. They could release the updates for the other than ICON phones but hey haven't.

They are continuing to sell the 928 which makes no sense to me at all.

What other thoughts do some of our members have on this set of facts?

None of the other US GSM networks have updated their phones either only AT&T.

 

[cory1717]

Would love to have cyan on my icon

 

[grafixguy#AC]

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

 

[arbyjr]

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

I really don't think you are going to get to many people coming out and showing proof right about now, has any one heard from tcman88 in a while?
I know I would like to keep my anonymity!