{"id":5008,"date":"2014-01-12T16:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=5008"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:50:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:50:19","slug":"wp8-upgradaeble-windows-phone-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp8-upgradaeble-windows-phone-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"All WP 8 phones will be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When <a title=\"Microsoft Official Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Microsoft<\/em><\/a> released <em>Windows Phone 8<\/em>, it somehow <strong>ditched previous Windows Phone users<\/strong> as none of the Windows Phone 7.x devices were able to update to Windows Phone 8. According to Microsoft, there were some hardware limitations in Windows Phone 7.x devices that created hurdles in the way of upgrading to latest Windows Phone 8. Keeping in view, the issue, Microsoft provided Windows Phone 7.x users with <strong>Windows Phone 7.8 update<\/strong>.The update brought many new features of Windows Phone 8 to their Windows Phone 7.x devices like resizable live tiles and more. However the update did not was as good as WP 8 is. Now it was a question in the mind of WP 8 users that will their phones receive further major upgrades?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5184\" title=\"windows-phone-8.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1.jpg\" alt=\"windows-phone-8.1\" width=\"576\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-750x436.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-1140x663.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5184\" title=\"windows-phone-8.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1.jpg\" alt=\"windows-phone-8.1\" width=\"576\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-750x436.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-1140x663.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Considering this question, Windows Phone&#8217;s Director of public relations <em>Greg Sullivan<\/em> says ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;We will not have the same experience as we had when Windows Phone 7 was upgraded to Windows Phone 8.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5185\" title=\"windows-phone-8.1-concept\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept.png\" alt=\"windows-phone-8.1-concept\" width=\"257\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept.png 1020w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept-768x1280.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept-750x1250.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5185\" title=\"windows-phone-8.1-concept\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept.png\" alt=\"windows-phone-8.1-concept\" width=\"257\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept.png 1020w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept-768x1280.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-phone-8.1-concept-750x1250.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further mentioned that unlike WP 7, Windows Phone 8 is a \u201cpowerful\u201d platform capable of supporting upgrades. So it suggests that Windows Phone 8 users will<strong> surely get the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update<\/strong> on their handsets. So Windows Phone 8 users can have peace of mind now. Moreover, Windows Phone 8.1 is set to be the biggest update the platform has ever seen.\u00a0 We are very excited to see what Windows Phone 8.1 brings to users.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Stay in touch as we promises to bring more about Windows Phone!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Microsoft released Windows Phone 8, it somehow ditched previous Windows Phone users as none of the Windows Phone 7.x devices were able to update to Windows Phone 8. According to Microsoft, there were some hardware limitations in Windows Phone 7.x devices that created hurdles in the way of upgrading to latest Windows Phone 8. Keeping in view, the issue, Microsoft provided Windows Phone 7.x users with Windows Phone 7.8 update.The update brought many new features of Windows Phone 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[12,69,15,503],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WP 8 phones will be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8.1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlike the previous WP 7 phones, WP 8 phones will be able to upgrade to WIndows Phone 8.1. 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