This sucks. To me, no point in getting a new phone later than2 month after its launch in other countries (unlike some people who wait for prices to drop) when it will be outdated in 6-8 months in terms of specs. I dont mind paying high to be an early adopter.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Nov 17 2012, 10:51 PM

I believe you can switch it on or off (live updating of your apps) because it involves data usage. (on an unrelated note, WP8 has data sense, where you can monitor your data usage easily and even set a limit so that it does not exceed the udage - but it must be supported by the carrier. Perhaps you can set it to zero, no usage allowed).

In my opinion, if you are not on data plan, just using prepaid, at least go the settings and look for network/connection. Usually it is set as "dual mode" by default (the other options are 3G mode or GSM only). Switch it to GSM only so that your phone never tries to search for 3G networks whenever available - it can save you a lot of battery usage.