{"id":14927,"date":"2014-11-14T21:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=14927"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:49:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:49:42","slug":"windows-phone-8-devices-upgradeable-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/windows-phone-8-devices-upgradeable-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"All \u2018Lumia\u2019 Windows Phone 8 devices will be UPGRADEABLE to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wow! This is a big news for Windows Phone fans. Microsoft has just confirmed in a tweet that the upcoming Windows 10 will be available for all \u2018Lumia\u2019 Windows Phone 8 devices. The new Windows 10 update is due next year, somewhere in mids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a tweet that is made by Microsoft <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lumia\" target=\"_blank\">@Lumia account<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Y06_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_Y06_<\/a> There will be Windows 10 upgrades for all Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices \ud83d\ude42 And we will release new Windows 10 models in the future!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lumia (@Lumia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lumia\/status\/532128314467823616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, it means if you are having an old Lumia handset running on Windows Phone 8 or later, you need not worry about its \u2018old\u2019 hardware. Previously, we saw Windows Phone 7 users unable to switch to WP 8 because of old hardware.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tweet is specific about \u2018Lumia\u2019 Windows Phone 8 devices. So, what about other companies\u2019 Windows Phone 8 devices? Well, all the latest Windows Phone handsets i.e. hTC One M8 Windows will get the Windows 10 update. As per hTC 8X, we expect it to get the new update too as its hardware is not so bad at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per local WP handsets, it\u2019s too early to make a comment. Microsoft has also confirmed some new Windows 10 devices. So, we can expect to see some new Lumia devices when Microsoft launches Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft is gradually making a shift to Windows 10 from WP 8.1 OS.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Windows Phone 8.1.1 Update Available to Download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/new-windows-phone-8-1-1-update-download\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Recently released Windows Phone 8.1.1<\/a> update is a part of it. The update brought some <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Windows 10 Related Stories\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 10<\/a> features to Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are you waiting to get the new Windows 10 on your device? Do share your thoughts with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! This is a big news for Windows Phone fans. 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