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In regards to regular updates, Windows Phone is looking more and more like Android. Even on Microsoft's "preferred" US carrier, smaller bugfix updates are being
by jerlam 15y ago
In regards to regular updates, Windows Phone is looking more and more like Android. Even on Microsoft's "preferred" US carrier, smaller bugfix updates are being delayed or skipped by AT&T:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2017856705_att_to_offer_windows_phone_os_update_--_just_not_y.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/20178567...
Previously, Microsoft provided exact details on when specific phones on specific carriers would be getting software updates, but this policy ended in January 2012:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/01/microsofts-newold-windows-phone-update-policy-keeps-customers-in-the-dark.ars http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/01/microsofts-new...
- cageface 15y agoQuoting from the original article: I’ll point them towards Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone instead. At least with these platforms, you’re guaranteed core OS updates and bugfixes for the length of your contract. I think this just isn't true. Maybe WP is currently more homogeneous than Android but clearly MS is somewhat at the mercy of the carriers here too.