Microsoft Windows Phone 8 launch scheduled for October 29

The Microsoft Windows Phone 8 launch has now been scheduled for October 29, a few days after the launch of Windows 8.

In the past there has been three test I run using the built-in internet browser. Phone 7 failed in three areas which to me I felt were important. Windows Phone 7.5 fixed one area, improved in a second but still failed in a third which meant for me, I would not be buying a Windows Phone.

Once Windows Phone 8 is launched and I can get my hands on a demo unit I’ll perform the single browser test. If it passes, Windows Phone 8 is back on the table. If it fails, then I’m not interested. This same flaw existed in early versions of Android and has long since been fixed. The issue has not to my knowledge existed in Apple’s iPhone, although the iPhone until iOS 6 failed one of the tests.

For me buying any mobile phone is about the phone doing what I’d like it to do. If the phone fails on functionality then the phone isn’t right for me. Surprising my requirements aren’t that strict and most people would probably feel the same, but most people simply don’t know or recognise the issue.

Until October 29.

 

Kelvin Eldridge
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