{"id":29464,"date":"2012-06-21T03:48:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=29464"},"modified":"2012-06-21T03:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T19:48:06","slug":"existing-windows-phone-7-5-will-not-get-updated-to-windows-phone-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/21\/existing-windows-phone-7-5-will-not-get-updated-to-windows-phone-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Existing Windows Phone 7.5 will NOT Get Updated to Windows Phone 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For existing Windows Phone 7.5 users, bad news for you. Your Windows Phone 7.5 will NOT get updated to Windows Phone 8. However, as a condolence, they will provide you Windows Phone 7.8 with some limited features of the Windows Phone 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/21\/existing-windows-phone-7-5-will-not-get-updated-to-windows-phone-8\/wp7-8-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?fit=600%2C328&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,328\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp7.8-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?fit=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?fit=600%2C328&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29465\" title=\"wp7.8-02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C328\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-02.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And here is a recap of what Windows Phone 7.5 users will get.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/21\/existing-windows-phone-7-5-will-not-get-updated-to-windows-phone-8\/wp7-8-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,329\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp7.8-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?fit=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29466\" title=\"wp7.8-01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C329\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wp7.8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, some features from Windows Phone 8 will be available. The rest, I guess you will need to buy a new Windows Phone 8. BTW, Microsoft also announces that Marketplace has already reached 100,000 apps. But can you guys remove those &#8220;crap&#8221; apps?<\/p>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/windows-phone-8-slide-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For existing Windows Phone 7.5 users, bad news for you. Your Windows Phone 7.5 will NOT get updated to Windows Phone 8. 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