Verizon looks to possess removed mentions of the Lumia Icon from the Verizon Wireless web site, although the Lumia 928 (introduced in could 2013) remains featured and available there.
"Retiring," during this case, seems to mean continued to sell existing inventory however not restocking, supported a Twitter exchange between Blue Chip adviser Eric Grover and a 1 of the folks answerable for the Verizon Wireless Twitter account.
After pinging and repinging varied Microsoft spokespeople on whether or not this was true all day long on Oct ten, I still could not get a political candidate confirmation -- or a denial.
Nokia launched the Lumia Icon, a k a the Lumia 929, solely on Verizon in Feb 2014. The launch gave those people Windows Phone users on Verizon hope that Microsoft/Nokia and Verizon had begun smoothing out their rocky relationships. however since that point, sadly, it does not seem to be a lot of has very modified.
With some Microsoft product -- as an example, the Surface professional two -- the choice to not still manufacture and stock suggests that there is a new flagship in city. however there haven't been any new or recent rumors of latest Lumia flagship phones returning to the U.S. market before 2014 ends. One new reported Lumia flagship phone, codenamed McLaren, has either been scrapped fully or deferred, in step with varied sites chase Windows Phone. The Lumia 830 and 730 ar a lot of within the mid-range phone market, spec-wise. there's a pleasant non-Microsoft-made alternative: The recently introduced HTC One M8 for Windows, that I blue-eyed form-factor-wise over the Icon. however the HTC's camera is so-so, and a clear downgrade compared to the twenty megapixel one on the Icon.
It's robust to be a Verizon Windows Phone user.
As of Oct ten, Verizon had still not created obtainable to Icon users the Windows Phone eight.1 update, which has support for Microsoft's Cortana digital personal assistant; a notification center; and a spread of latest enterprise-focused options. nobody from Verizon or Microsoft has provided Associate in Nursing calculable date on once Verizon would possibly push Windows Phone eight.1 to Icon users. there is conjointly no word once Icon users can get the Cyan and Denim code updates from Verizon, which give some required updates to the camera on the Icon phones.
(Microsoft will have the way to permit those people willing to check in as developers to grab the Windows Phone eight.1 bits, however we will not get the Cyan and Denim code updates while not our carriers pushing them to United States.)
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