{"id":742493,"date":"2013-03-19T13:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T17:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=137656"},"modified":"2013-03-19T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T17:29:44","slug":"microsoft-windows-phone-8-is-upgradeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/742493","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: ‘Windows Phone 8 is upgradeable’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft is under heavy fire from disgruntled folks across the web after revealing that Windows Phone 8 will only be supported for 18 months, with the end date July 8, 2014<\/a>. The news shocked many, generating debate and speculation about what happens after the deadline passes.<\/p>\n

In a Twitter post that followed shortly to calm the waters, Microsoft tries to reassure users that the end may not be as near as it seems. The software giant states<\/a>: \"As we\u2019ve said, one benefit of moving to the Windows core is that Windows Phone 8 is upgradeable\". Microsoft therefore suggests that current devices running Windows Phone 8 can in fact be upgraded to an upcoming iteration of the smartphone operating system.<\/p>\n

The issue that stems from users' comments on the matter is that with the end of Windows Phone 8 software support, devices that run it will not be upgraded to a newer version. This, I presume, has something to do with the fact that people make a direct connection between Windows Phone 8 and the devices that run it, considering the two as tightly cuffed one to another.<\/p>\n

Fact of the matter is Microsoft has always slapped an expiration date on each of its own software products, including\u00a0Windows 7<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Windows 8<\/a>, but subsequent versions that followed were (or still are) able to run on older devices. That is, as long as the hardware requirements are not bumped up.<\/p>\n

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