14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is getting ready to bring to the market a new version of its Windows Phone operating system, and confirmation on the matter has already emerged.
Microsoft evangelist Nuno Silva has confirmed the upcoming availability of Windows Phone 8, which will be released under the codename of Apollo.
Moreover, he unveiled that Microsoft plans on making the platform available for all devices that are currently powered by Windows Phone 7.
“What Microsoft said/stated and what I’m allowed to tell you is that all actual devices will get upgrade to the next major version of Windows Phone (we´re talking about Apollo),” he said.
This is not the first time that we learn of Microsoft’s promise to upgrade existing handsets to newer platform releases. The new statement, which appeared on Portuguese forum Zwam, is meant to confirm that the company hasn’t changed its mind.
Since no distinction between devices was made, it could mean that low-end Windows Phones might get a taste of that update as well, the same as the initial WP devices, many of which packed lower hardware specifications.
On the other hand, a recent article on The Verge claims that Microsoft won’t make the upgrade available.
Applications built for Windows Phone 7 will run on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform, but this is the only connection between the two, trusted source reportedly stated.
Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement on Windows Phone 8, and all the necessary details on this will be unveiled later on.
One thing that appears to have been already carved in stone is that applications will continue to work even after the new OS version arrives.
Even if Microsoft won’t make Windows Phone 8 available for devices running under Windows Phone 7, the company will certainly provide users with some sort of a “value pack” upgrade, similar to what some of Samsung’s users received instead of Ice Cream Sandwich.
