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>> "It's not in any way shape or form a version or variant of Windows Phone 8 though."

I wonder, how would you characterize WP8?

Judging by the fact that very similar situations to this one have happened over and over again throughout history, I'm fairly sure that once Windows Phone 8 is out, people will forget very quickly that previous Lumia phones never supported WP8. They'll simply get excited about the current offerings and that's it.

People aren't very good at holding grudges when a shiny new carrot is dangled in front of their face.