Report: Windows Phone 8.1 to be released between July and August; Developer version coming earlier

4. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

A lot features are coming guys. A lot features are not in sdk. A tons of features coming.

7. LoveHater (Posts: 183; Member since: 09 Oct 2013)

Yes in that list ,, there was not mention of ie11 and new camera app,,, they are there surely

17. noler (Posts: 325; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)

True.
@tomwarren
"Reminder: there’s a lot of Windows Phone 8.1 features that aren’t in the SDK, and a lot that is hidden. A lot."

It seems that all user requests comes with a WP8.1 :)

61. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)

as long as it is released for my Lumia 520 i am happy !!!

66. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

Be ready for 8.1 for your cute 520. U won't gonna miss.

13. lalalaman (Posts: 637; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)

I was hoping for june...but july will also work....thank god I have unlocked device=)....no carriers

53. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

Yeah, and this is the time frame everyone is expecting anyways..

5. papss (unregistered)

Give it a rest... For effing sake.. If you don't like it then don't buy it.. Simple as that, vote with your wallet.. I do and will continue to support m$

33. sgodsell (Posts: 4855; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

But the world hasn't voted for them. WP has a tiny marketshare. With declining sales from the previous quarter, to rumors of running Android apps on WP devices, and Nokia releasing an Android device. Microsoft may as well just ask Google and Apple what they should do next.

55. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

Lol❕❕❕... As much as you guys trolling comments make me sick,,, I have to admit that was kinda funny..

58. alterecho (Posts: 1099; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)

I definitely won't, but i expect that they improve what i had supported already. By the way, i was supporting Nokia, not MS, by getting their Lumia, hoping they could earn more and part ways with WP and MS.

59. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

What's up dude?

64. nokia12 (Posts: 582; Member since: 19 Nov 2013)

exactly... wait for sales to start falling once they remove NOKIA name from their phones

67. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

That probably will happen initially if MS doesn't do some major, I mean major, Lumia brand awareness marketing.. But, I mean it would have to be stupendous marketing!!!!!

68. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

But, that's ok, and it is expected.. It's really nothing to panic over, and sales will bounce back with time.. It's more about the long run...

16. lorenzattractor (Posts: 68; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)

Everyone says lack of features, this and that and fail to say which ones.

18. noler (Posts: 325; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)

The Lag feature are missing.

20. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)

Transitional animations.
Lag is there, they just covered it up.

When feature parity actually matures, we'll see it for what it is, like iOS.

24. papss (unregistered)

I agree.. if theres going to be flaws we will see them after this update. This is where m$ should show their strength though so I hope not many surface... no pun intended

62. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)

Dirty franking truth is, I want to snag an alternate os, but at this point, bb has software upper hand imo, and wp the hardware.
So Frak me if its not a lowered expectation on either, at this point.
They need to be spurred harshly, android an iOS are not waiting around.

26. noler (Posts: 325; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)

So It's a shame that all Android transitional animations fail to covered the Android lag.

31. Awalker (Posts: 1689; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)

There's only a few transitional animations in Android and it's mainly in the app drawer.

The animations in Windows take a long time compared to Android and iOS. I've never really thought about it but maybe it's there to cover up lag .

32. noler (Posts: 325; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)

The transitional animations in Android is also between home screens, home screens to app drawer, app drawer to home screens...
The animations is to cover up loading time and not lag.
You can see stares in Android transitional animations
and the lag is built deep in to the system.

"Galaxy S4 Lag Fix Makes it 10 Times Faster! "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeKoJfuiy_Y

"5 Common Causes To Laggy Android Devices (And How To Fix Them)"
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/speed-up-android/

46. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

The only lag I see now is WP fan inability to see the plain obvious.

Nokia is producing android phone. Microsoft secret project in lab is Normandy X, an Android fork.

They have throw in the towel already for wp, my brain lag wp fans. LOL!

57. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3576; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)

Dude, you're hilarious... Keep telling them pathetic trolls what's up..
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The truth is that for every issue they bring up about WP there's also one for Android... Android is far from perfect, and not closer to perfect than WP.. Actually, I would say that for what WP does have, or do, it's more perfect than Android will ever be because it does what it does well...
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I'd rather have a stock Ferrari with only 400hp than a super tuned mustang with 800hp... The mustang, no matter how much you customize it, will never have the feel, and class, as the Ferrari... Like Android a mustang has to be modified to attempt to have the experience of a Ferrari, but with even more "power under the hood" it still doesn't perform well...
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It's quality over quantity... A concept that these trolls will never understand... So sad.

29. hurrycanger (Posts: 1625; Member since: 01 Dec 2013)

Agree. The lags are there! Sometimes it's really bad. The smooth "loading" animation really covers it up (which is a good thing). I've compared the Lumia 521 to the LG Mytouch 4G, and the 521 was not any better than the Mytouch. Sometimes it was worse, especially when switching back to the navigation app from the music app. Most of the time, the 521 is just stuck with the loading screen forever with the smooth animation. xD

(You can check the specs and compare. It's kinda interesting.)

44. elitewolverine (Posts: 5192; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)

I have and do own a 521, nothing that I would not expect of a 70$ phone. I do not get the lag you do, perhaps the developer unlock has fixed some?

Then again when a note 3 lags with much more hardware, there is an apparent issue. There is posts all over the web, and even apps to fix a laggy droid.

47. joey_sfb (Posts: 6600; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

Android is a breast, not for the weak. The weak does not known how to maintain their smartphone in tip top condition that their business.

My note 2, note 3 rock! And I like it that others Note lags or explode whatever! Blame it on their inability that my view.