If I were Microsoft I'd throw money at making W8 Phone run as a viable replacement for iOS on these devices. And I'd make the software 100% free of charge.
Never, ever, ever going to happen. Apple would provide the access required to do that, so you'd need to reverse engineer the device in order to install a custom OS on it- something that Apple would likely take legal action against.
Add to that the perception that WP is a dead-end OS for crappy old devices, and you're ruined your brand too.
Never, ever, ever going to happen. Apple would provide the access required to do that, so you'd need to reverse engineer the device in order to install a custom OS on it- something that Apple would likely take legal action against.
Add to that the perception that WP is a dead-end OS for crappy old devices, and you're ruined your brand too.