Windows 10 Mobile: Select Models will get Initial Update, News, Updates

There was a collective groan from Windows Phone users as Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 Mobile will being rolling out early 2016 to existing Windows 8. And 8.1 phones. Even worse news is that not all phones using Windows 8 and 8.1 will receive the update as only select models will get the initial update.

Windows 10 Mobile is the mobile operating system being touted by Microsoft as the system that will allow more extensive synchronization of universal applications across devices such as PCs, Xbox and mobile devices that use the Windows 10 OS.

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A few of Lumia smartphones, the mobile devices designed by Microsoft Mobile, were released last November 2015 with already the Windows 10 Mobile OS natively installed. The flagship smartphones – Lumia 950, Lumia 950 Xl and Lumia 550 had much to be desired though as reviewers noted several issues with the phones and its operating system.

Windows phone owners are hoping that the reported issues will be solved when the update is rolled out early 2016. There are some reports that the update will be released by batch, with some models getting the release first, then a second and third batch for other models. This was noted from information parsed from a WP 8.1 to 10 Device Upgrade Eligibility list. Meanwhile, some devices might not get the update at all.

First Batch of phones getting an update include the Lumia 1520, the Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Lumia 640 variants, and the HTC One M8 for Windows.

The second and third batches are purportedly most other models of Lumia phones that can take the update, while those in the list who might never get an update include older Lumia Phone models, and several non-Lumia phone models. Furthermore some others brands are not even mentioned in the list which leads to some speculations as to whether Microsoft will work on the update to Windows 10 to these other brands or not. We would likely only find out more concrete explanation before the early 2016 deadline.

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