Thursday, 27 August 2015

Windows Phone 10: You Might NOT Get It

Do you have a Windows Phone running WP8.1?
If you do you are probably expecting a free upgrade to Windows (Phone) 10.
As you are already aware, this has been delayed for several months.

Early this year, Microsoft told customers that not all Windows 8.1 phones would be upgraded: Phones with less than 1GB of RAM might not run Windows 10 properly, and there has been talk of a few different versions of Windows 10 making it onto people's mobiles.

It has just been announced that there are some Windows Phones which simply won't make the upgrade to Windows 10 - namely those with less than 8GB of memory.

Fortunately, there aren't that many models around with less than 8GB, though the year-old Nokia Lumia 530 falls into this category.

The Nokia Lumia 530 is a relatively new phone, yet the 4GB of memory it comes with has denied it any chance of a Windows 10 upgrade.


I feel sorry for this little phone. It had to carry the torch for the excellent, budget, Nokia Lumia 520, but failed to live up to it's predecessor in so many ways.
The Nokia Lumia 530 is still being sold at quite a price (£50-60 in many cases!) and it really doesn't meet this price tag, so anyone thinking of buying one should really think again - especially since the cheaper, superior, Microsoft Lumia 435 can be had for £40 or less.

It looks like the road to Windows 10 is still a bumpy one for some Lumia phones, though most are likely to be absolutely fine.