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Re:Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041) by mhurron on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @09:53AM (#8324453)
So Windows Phone is updated at the will of the carriers as well? Basically the only way to get updates to your smart phone is either -

1. iPhone 2. Custom Rom and you're on your own.

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Re:Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041) by leen on Friday September 19, 2014 @02:03AM (#8339161)
> So Windows Phone is updated at the will of the carriers as well?

You can register for the Preview for Developers program [1] and get timely OS updates regardless of the carrier.

With the 8x the lack of updates is an HTC issue tho as far as I know. They look to roll out 8.1 on some of the 8Xs in October [2].

[1]: http://www.wpcentral.com/preview-for-developers

[2]: https://twitter.com/htc/status/509409362100879361

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