As a comparison, look at Android, almost all the 2012 android hardware released in 2012 are quad-core > 1.5ghz, LG/Motorola are already touching 2 ghz quad core or with Atom processors (rumor mill has it that Samsung Galaxy S4 would have 2Ghz quad core proc as well). With 2 gigs ram and super ghz multi cores, these hardware can take future release very easily.
Likewise, Apple let 4 generation old hardware iPhone 3GS upgradable to latest ios releases. Till date the resale value of iphone 3gs is probably one of the best give it is such an old model.
The best 2012 WP8 model is with 1 gig ram and 1.5 ghz dual core processor, does it not bother anyone why there is such a strict restriction for the vendors, knowing there is already better hardware available in 2012 (GS3 with quad-core released in May 2012) ? Knowing what MSFT did to WP7 users and with strict hardware requirements, I sort of want to back out.
Thoughts?
i dont know much about smartphones, im not trying to be a hater or a ******, but.
apple iphone 5's processor is like 1.4 ghz? from what i know it almost never laggs,
wp8 phones are 1.5ghz. my phone so far hasnt lagged, never on the homescreen or apps list.
SG3 and other android devices 1.7ghz maybe even more, despite the numbers, these are the phones i felt most lagged, when i did something like scroll through the homescreen tabs even.
im thinking ghz are like megapixels, you can have the highest number of them all, but if you dont use it right, its practically useless...
hopefully that makes sense i dont know if i answered anything though