AzD
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The average joe may now know or care but people on forums like this do and since the OS actually does work pretty much the same across all devices there is no benefit in buying a new device now. IIMO.
The average Joe WILL care if he learns that his shiny new phone won't run a plethora of apps that will come out for WP8. We WP7 users are kind of living on the dream of catching up to Android/iOS in the app department.
Don't forget this article that said most Lumia 900 purchasers came from another platform (iOS, Android) - I doubt they will stick around very long if they find out they just bought a soon-to-be obsolete phone.