Rumors: Current Windows Phones Might Settle for WP7.7 Rather than WP8

Yes; we’re back to the upgrade or not topic; this time the latest rumor comes from a German business article claiming that a trusted Nokia/MSFT source has informed that the current gen of windows phones will NOT be getting Apollo and instead will have to settle for a stripped down version of it that might be 7.6 or 7.7.

These handsets will recieve a stripped down version of Windows Phone 8 which may be called Windows Phone 7.6 or 7.7.

The publication reports  ”An update is not technically possible because Windows Mobile 8 uses different chip sets.”

Honestly this is probably the most logical rumor we’ve heard so far; changing the current UI to match whatever happens is definitely much easier than trying to figure out how to load full multitasking onto what would be considered an underpowered phone; I guess this is similar to whats happening with the N8 and the rest of the first gen S^3 devices which haven’t received Belle FP1 yet. My personal speculation is at the very least we might see Skype integration as well as some UI changes to the current range of WP; pf course we’ll find out more on June 20th once the Apollo “sneak peak” is revealed.

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Category: Nokia, Windows Phone