Microsoft may end support for Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 7.8 in 2014

If you were hoping that your newly-purchased Windows Phone 8 device would be supported by Microsoft for ages, you’re in for a shocker. A quick search for Windows Phone on Microsoft’s Product Lifecycle page shows that the company plans to halt mainstream support for the operating system in 2014. You won’t be the only ones left out in the dark though. The same page also shows the company halting support for Windows Phone 7.8 two months after the support for WP8 has stopped.According to the page, Microsoft will make updates available for the OS on your phone, including security updates, for a period of 18 months after the lifecycle start date. This gives Windows Phone 8 an extremely short (in OS terms) lifecycle of a little more than a year and a half. Click here for full story