From half a dozen to several dozen support Lumia phones
When Microsoft made available its first Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, it only officially supported six Lumia handsets (630, 635, 636, 638, 730, and 830). The reason? Microsoft had to select from a set of phones that had sufficient system partition sizes configured by the manufacturer in order to do in-place upgrades. Well, with the next Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, the mobile operating system will support a total of 36 Lumia devices, Microsoft stated in a blog post.
The six-fold increase in supported devices is the result of a "partition stitching" feature that allows Microsoft to dynamically re-size the system partition of phones running Windows. This is a recent development, with partition stitching code coming into Microsoft's main code branch late last week. It's since passed all quality evaluations.
Microsoft said it spent the last week testing the next build on individual devices.
"This testing will allow us to support A LOT more phones for the next flight. I get a ton of questions every day on Twitter about when your favorite phones will be usable, and I’m happy to report that the vast majority will be supported with the next flight," Microsoft said.
Here's a look at the current set of devices Microsoft expects to work:
- Lumia 430, 435, 435 Dual DIM, 435 Dual SIM DTV
- Lumia 520, 525, 526, 530, 530 Dual Sim, 532, 532 Dual SIM, 535, 535 Dual SIM
- Lumia 620, 625, 630, 630 Dual Sim, 635, 636, 638, 640 Dual SIM
- Lumia 720, 730, 730 Dual Sim, 735
- Lumia 810, 820, 822, 830
- Lumia 920, 925, 928
- Lumia 1020, 1320, 1520
- Lumia ICON
This isn't necessarily a full list. Microsoft says some devices aren't listed because of the presence of a bug, which could get fixed in time for the next release. Likewise, a bug on any of the existing device could be cause for its removal.
Microsoft isn't ready to announce a release date for the next build.
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