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Re:Announcing Windows Phone 8 by stonemetal on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:02PM (#4139983)
However, enthusiasts will have the ability to opt out of the carrier restrictions—likely with some kind of "this will void your warranty" disclaimer, as their phone will probably cease to be eligible for carrier-provided tech support—and manually install updates as they become available.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/windows-phone-8-to-pr...

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Re:Announcing Windows Phone 8 by rbanffy on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:05PM (#4139997)
This is good news. There are very capable, fairly new phones that wouldn't get OS updates if it weren't for this unlock switch.
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