Here's why current WP phones won't get Windows Phone 8

Again, MS is to blame. They knew for a fact that they were going to update their hardware with dual cores and micro cards, and even said that their OS won't fragment which they did. They owe customers an apology for that. They better not mess up again in the future with a possible WP9.

I do not even blame them for not upgrading a phone with old hardware. I do blame them and Nokia though for marketing a phone with old hardware as a flagship phone. The Lumia 900 should have been marketed as a mid range phone at best. Along with informing people from the start that the specs will not hold up for WP8. To buy a phone that is one year old and not receive the next upgrade is ridiculous. Phones should be upgraded at least until two year contracts are up.

Flagship phone or not, it's $100 and you get what you pay for. This is no surprise coming from Microsoft that did a similar thing with the original Xbox abandoning it early in it's life cycle for the 360 and giving it next to no first party support when the new hardware launched.

Unfortunately a lot of consumers are naive and thought that MS and Nokia were giving them a bargain for a flagship phone. The average consumer does not know anything about CPUs or cores. They see the commercials and see that the Lumia 900 is the premier Windows phone to get.

Should consumers be more knowledgeable, of course. But you do not see HTC promoting the One V as the best phone out. They call it how it is. One V (low end), One S (mid range) and One X (high end). MS and Nokia could have done the same thing. They counted on the lack of knowledge from the average consumer to screw them over while they waited on WP8 to be completed.

Nokia has more than 1 version of the Lumia so what are u talking about?

Their high end phone is not high end. That is what I am talking about. The Lumia 900 should not have been marketed as a high end phone like it could compete for the next few years. They new that it would not be upgraded when they were marketing it. They were comparing the 900 to the GSII and the Iphone 4S, real flagship phones. Both of those phones are getting major upgrades, the 900 is not.

Bull... no different than buying any other MS OS, you'll pay for it. Kind of hard to use that excuse while users are watching Apple still supports the 3GS

I don't recall Nokia comparing it to anything. I know the media did that, but I don't think anyone else did. It's arguably the best Windows phone so wouldn't that technically make it a flagship phone from a marketing standpoint? They have to push something don't they?

Apple "supports" the 3GS, and even the iPhone 4 just as well as Microsoft does Windows 7.5 devices. 3GS and the 4 are getting "iOS6" but it won't have all the features you'll get in the 4S or the next iPhone. Both are holding back features so stop acting like Apple is so perfect. Fragmentation exists in their phones, as well.

I'm not trying to argue with you man, I was just trying to get why you keep saying that they're comparing it to Android's top of the line phones. I agree with you regarding the whole Beta test commercials, but I just felt like it was marketing, not necessarily comparing it to the top of the line phones.