Microsoft plans cheaper Windows Phones

Microsoft plans cheaper Windows Phones

Microsoft writes the manufacturers of smart phones with Windows Mobile 7 exactly what hardware specs they must fulfill at least. These include a 1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM or a capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. To facilitate the construction of cheaper smartphones, Microsoft wants, according to the Japanese blogs nanapho.jp now relax the specifications Happen: How have the internal flash memory instead of 8 GB now amount to only 2 GB, enough place a 5-megapixel camera has a with a resolution of 3 megapixels.

These requests come primarily from low-cost smartphone manufacturers benefit from the Asian region - about ZTE had already presented earlier in the week with a 4.3-inch model Tania a mango-smartphone, which is equipped with only 4 GB of memory. This is Tania but so far only announced for sale in Asia.

Other requirements for WP7 smartphones remain: Thus, the smart phones have a micro-USB connector, a 3.5-mm audio jack, GPS and accelerometer and position sensor. For grid connection have Wi-Fi (802.11n) and HSPA are available.

Microsoft spokeswoman Irene Nadler refused to comment on the speculation not pointed but on one interview with the Handelsblatt, the Microsoft corporate vice president of Mobile, Achim Berg, a new set was announced by specifications, "the manufacturers to build cheaper hardware allows".