Actually LOLUPFEE, I am using the Preview for Developer on my Nokia Lumia ICON, and I have had a slight change in mind in the last day since installing it a few days ago. I think there are is some legitimacy to Verizon wanting more "quality" out of the update. I am not going to go to the extreme as some on this forum do and say that Verizon has no fault in this update fiasco, because I believe they should be more transparent to users about their dealings with any device manufacture or software company. Understandably being transparent could hurt their profits, but I am a customer that values honesty and transparency. I am not gong to go the opposite extreme though and say it is all Microsoft's fought, even "if" they are dropping the ball on the update. Even if Microsoft was supposed to train Verizon salespeople how to interact with the Windows phone, Verizon should not allow their employees to bash any device they sale. If I were Verizon I would not run my company in such a way that aloud workers to dis any device I was selling. But that is not what the topic is about so I will give a few reasons why I have had a slight change in mind in that I now think Microsoft does need to address Verizon's quality concerns.
From using dev preview (currently still using) and skimming att forums:
- Today I noticed I could not access the internet after going out of range from wifi, the phone should have auto switched to using network Data. I think there is an option for this, no matter what this should be set by default. But the way I fixed it was to turn on and turn off airplane mode. (Then that's when the idea popped into my head) Users over in the att forums are experiencing issues with airplane mode, most likely a legit issue on the Verizon Lumia phones as well.
- Also, there other issues I have noticed and have already mentioned in other threads. A lot of this may be that I don't have the Cyan firmware, but maybe not.
The fact that Joe said the update would be coming later to me sounds like Microsoft just started working on the updates again recently after a long break. For whatever reason there was this long break, who knows, this is where I feel both companies should be more transparent.
Whatever it may be, I feel Microsoft is going in the right direction with the update, it is growing into a really nice OS, platform, and ecosystem. So I do feel Microsoft is hard at work at something, because I am pretty impressed with the additions/features in windows phone update 8.1. Although I wish they would add the feature to place speed dial tiles on the home screen instead of having to press the users tile and then pressing call to call them. Also, adding a flashlight tile on the home screen without having to use an app would be nice. It would be sort of like widgets under android but instead a tile that toggles the flashlight on and off.
