Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Now Available for 50% of Users

Roughly one week ago, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has started the roll-out of a new software update for its Windows Phone users, and has made significant progress in the area, it seems. 

The company notes that they already managed to make the new OS flavor available for half of Windows Phone devices out there, and that updates have been successful so far. 

Most of the Windows Phone devices out there have started to receive the update, with some minor exceptions that we mentioned for both the United States and for the global market. 

Apparently, the first wave of updates were successful on all handset models out there, in every country and on every carrier that started the roll-out. 

“On behalf of the engineering team, I want pass on a big thank you for updating your phones so quickly, since it helps us gather the data we need to make decisions more rapidly,” Eric Hautala, general manager, Customer Experience Engineering, Microsoft, notes in a blog post. 

“In fact, the update success rates we’re seeing look so good we’ve decided to open the spigot ahead of schedule, and make Windows Phone 7.5 available to 50 percent of eligible customers starting right now,” he continues. 

At the moment, Microsoft is still collecting and analyzing installation data from various smaller carriers, and it needs a little longer before making sure that all is good for all Windows Phone users to receive Mango. 

“I know some of you have questions about how Windows Phones are selected to receive the update. Put simply, it’s done totally at random, with absolutely no preference for carrier, model, or country,” Hautala explains. 

According to him, this is the manner in which the company can accurately measure quality and find issues in due time. Additional info on the handsets that are receiving the new software update at the moment can be found on this page at Microsoft.

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