Microsoft has sent out build 15204 out to fast ring Insiders. It only successfully brought up 12 of them, with some of one model getting stuck.
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Microsoft Lumia stock resurfaces at the Microsoft Store, snatched quickly
Microsoft left customers with a dearth of Lumia options, firmly indicating that it is out of stock of all them while still listing them on the Microsoft Store. The only option out of eight that was available as of January 2 was the AT&T-locked Lumia 950 in white for $298.99.
That was until January 6. Neowin reported that the Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL were back on the digital shelves, if only for a short time. Those sales are now also long gone and we’re back to just the AT&T Lumia 950.
Microsoft supposedly scheduled the end of Lumia distribution for December, but with another rumored first-party flagship launch months and months away, we have to ask: why now?
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Microsoft shaves up to $430 off Surface Pro 4 bundles, $400 off Surface Book for Christmas
Admit it, you procrastinated and waited so long for the perfect holiday tech deal that you’re now suddenly running out of time to get your special someone an impressive gift earning you unlimited free passes for guys’ nights out and forgotten anniversaries in the new year.
The good news is it’s still not too late. But obviously, it will be soon enough, so you may want to order something off Microsoft’s “Holiday Super Sale” inventory ASAP. Yesterday would be a great time to complete your last-minute Christmas present/bargain hunt.
Now, we know what you’re thinking. How in the world is a $1,300 Surface Pro 4 a bargain? Well, it’s the Intel Core i7/256GB SSD/8GB RAM configuration you’re looking at here, bundled with a black Type Cover keyboard.
Normally, the versatile and super-powerful tablet/laptop hybrid package costs a whopping $430 more, so yeah, despite the extravagant price tag, this is a solid last-minute holiday deal. The same goes for a few other Surface Pro 4 variants combined with Type Covers, featuring 16GB RAM, Core i7 processing muscle and between 256GB and 1TB solid state storage, themselves discounted by a cool $429.99 off list each.
Then you have the even beefier and costlier Surface Book convertible laptop, available starting at $1,300 (down from $1,500), and with up to $400 savings in a trio of ultra-high-end versions. Don’t forget about renewed $450 Acer Liquid Jade Primo and $650 HP Elite x3 bundle offers either, or the crazy affordable $100 AT&T Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Windows 10-ready phone.
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You could probably do way worse than the $80 unlocked Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
The signs are all there, and Windows Mobile’s odds of coming back from the dead practically match those of a Chicago Cubs World Series win. Oh, wait. Well, you get the point, but the fact of the matter is that a number of Lumia devices retain their relative desirability at the right prices.
Case in point, a $60 Microsoft Lumia 550. Or a sub-$400 Lumia 950 XL. And what faults could you possibly find a $299 AT&T Lumia 950? How about an $80 unlocked Microsoft Lumia 640 XL?
Yes, ladies and gentlemen looking for the perfect first-time smartphone user holiday gift, this 5.7-incher is cheaper than a one-year Apple Music subscription for just four more days over on Daily Steals. You can even choose your favorite color from a rich selection including black, orange, blue, and white, activate the phone on your preferred GSM carrier, and rest assured, you won’t be getting a refurb.
All units on sale are brand-new, shipping in official retail packaging, technically running Windows Phone 8.1 out the box, but eligible for immediate Windows 10 Mobile updates. The Lumia 640 XL is still sold for $150 unlocked by Microsoft, or $100 at e-tailers like Amazon, and its perfectly respectable spec sheet includes 13 and 5MP cameras, a generous removable 3,000 mAh battery, microSD support, and Snapdragon 400 processing power.
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All NYPD officers now use old Windows phones for work, and the plan is to upgrade to W10M
Essentially every comprehensive smartphone market report this year has estimated Windows global usage share at well below 1 percent, down from 2 or 3 in the recent past. And Kantar claims Microsoft’s nearly abandoned mobile OS accounted for 2.3 percent of US sales between June and August 2016, 4.1 percent in the EU5 region, and 0.1, yes, 0.1 percent in China.The Redmond-based tech giant in charge of ...
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Windows 10 Mobile transition slow, but happening with OS share at 14 percent
The faster the word “Phone” fades and the word “Mobile” brightens, the better off Microsoft will be. But it’s gonna be a long, long, long run.AdDuplex has issued a new report for Windows device statistics for this month and it says that while Windows Phone 8.1 still makes up about 77 percent of the ecosystem, Windows 10 Mobile’s stance at 14 percent represents accelerated growth from previous months.“Last month the growth doubled from 0.5% to 1%. This month it more ...
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Lumia 640 XL picks up long overdue wireless charging backplate
What’s it take for us to pull up a year-old phone and start looking at it in a new light? A software update? Sure – but it had better be a major one. A newly discounted price? Again, possibly, but you’d have to be practically giving the handset away for us to spend much time on an aging model. But what about new hardware functionality? The idea of a smartphone picking up some new hardware tricks months after it launches is a pretty tantalizing one, maybe most because it just so rarely ...
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No less than six WP8.1-powered Lumias will get Windows 10 soon, at least in Germany
Could Redmond’s Windows 10 Mobile woes be finally over? Probably not all of them, and likely not for good, but the Lumia 950 and 950 XL are once again shipping in most parts of the old continent, which suggests rampant demand was indeed behind recent shortages rather than software ...
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Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview causing apps to bog down? You’re not alone
Windows 10 starts coming to existing Windows smartphones in a couple more months, with Microsoft recently confirming plans for December distribution. Between now and then, there’s still a lot of testing to be done, and just as it has for the past several months, that means relying on plenty of input from users like you, trying the latest Windows 10 builds on your phone as part of Microsoft’s Insider program and reporting any issues you run into. In some of those recent builds, users have ...
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Lumia 640 and 640 XL could be coming to AT&T later this month
Two of Microsoft’s hottest new devices could be making their way to the lineups of one of the US’s largest nationwide carriers very soon. The Lumia 640, announced at Mobile World Congress this year to build on Microsoft’s affordable smartphone success, is coming to T-Mobile today. And if new information from WinSuperSite is to be believed, both the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL are also going to be making their way to AT&T by the end of the month.Allegedly, WinSuperSite obtained the ...
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