Windows 8.1 Update and Verizon

Question

How long does Microsoft expect us to wait for the update to arrive on the the phones.  It will almost at this point and be a 1/2 a year since the update has been released and yet no update.  how does Microsoft expect to keep up with Apple or Android if their updates are half a year behind.  And besides that point no new Lumia phone this year I feel like microsoft has given up on the mobile market and i should swithc over to android or apple.

Answer 1

Totally agree with you but pushing the update depends on Verizon's decision.
Which is told unofficially is that some Verizon apps don't work correctly with WP8.1.
IMO that should be a problem of Verizon not Microsoft. Verizon should ask their app coders to change/update their apps and not Microsoft to perform some corrections to WP8.1 OS.
People have discussed about all kinds of conspiracy theories. Here's some of them:
1) Lumia Icon was discontinued because of WP8.1 update issues. If Verizon is not happy with the update and won't release it, they can always claim that they've already retired Lumia Icon. And Lumia 928 is so "old" that they won't provide the update for it anymore,
2) Lumia Icon was discontinued because of the introduction of Lumia 930. It can be purchased by anyone and has more (LTE) frequencies to use it on all carriers' networks,
3) Verizon will earn only small amount of money while dealing with Windows Phones. Android phones and iPhones will make the most of their incomes comparing to Windows Phones. So why waste your bullets on something which is not so profitable.
Well, personally speaking I don't know what is the main reason but maybe it's the combination of all those described above.