The Windows 10 Mobile has yet to be released and Microsoft has been tight-lipped about the mobile operating system's release date. As part of the Windows 10 roll out and the company's bid to save its mobile market, which has suffered and is still suffering the aftermath of a failed multibillion-dollar deal, new developments on Microsoft's smartphone line are followed by tech enthusiasts and communities online.
While the company has kept mum about the Windows 10 Mobile release, it has announced which Lumia devices will get the operating system first. According to The Irish Examiner, ten Lumia models will be first in line to get Windows 10. These are the Lumia 430, Lumia 435, Lumia 532, Lumia 535, Lumia 540, Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 735, Lumia 830 and Lumia 930.
The Lumia Denim Update needs to be installed in the device in order for the user to get Windows 10 Mobile. The projected release of the Windows 10 Mobile is by November this year.
The devices cover a relatively wide spectrum of the mobile market. The Lumia 435, for instance, is a midrange smartphone, while the 830 and 930 lean more towards the higher end models. The lineup is considerably diverse, which may spell a broader market for Microsoft's mobile devices. After all, there aren't a lot of phones apart from the Lumia flagships that are powered by Windows.
Microsoft is looking into restructuring its mobile arm after it wrote off close to $8 billion from its deal with Nokia, creator of the Lumia series, one year after the deal was closed. Nokia has not succeeded in nabbing a bigger share in the smartphone business. The partnership resulted to a massive job layoff, leaving more than 7,000 Microsoft workers unemployed. More than 1,000 of those positions are said to be from the mobile division of Windows.
The Finnish mobile company Nokia has continued to suffer losses and the layoff took its toll on the economy and unemployment rate of the company's native Finland. Despite the recent events showing the company has gone downhill, Nokia expressed determination in staying in the mobile business, confirming it will still sell phones.
