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Current Windows 7 phones are getting updates, 7.8. Contrast this with the original iPad which won't get ios 6 and it was released in 2010.
by rome 14y ago
Current Windows 7 phones are getting updates, 7.8. Contrast this with the original iPad which won't get ios 6 and it was released in 2010.
- pohl 14y agoThere's a legitimate reason for excluding the original iPad, though: it has to push four times the pixels as the iPhone 3GS, while still being limited by the same 256M of RAM that the 3GS has. Apparently at least one essential application (my guess would be Mobile Safari at least, probably many apps) couldn't provide an acceptable user experience within that constraint. Perhaps there's a legit reason for the current Windows 7 phones, though. Does anybody know?
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoI vote that "different kernel" qualifies as a legitimate reason too.
- robert_nsu 14y agoThank you. I'm glad someone else sees this. If a developer writes a NFC enabled app that finds its way on to previous generation phones, the support alone will be an utter nightmare.
- toksaitov 14y agoThe original iPad got 2 major updates from iOS 3 to iOS 5.
- shinratdr 14y agoIt already got two major updates though. Hardly the same situation, Microsoft has just been neglecting their older phones for quite some time now. I wouldn't exactly cheer them for that.