Microsoft to provide low-cost version of Windows Phone 8.1 to manufacturers

Interest in getting your hands on entry-level handsets powered by Windows Phone 8.1? Microsoft has announced that a version of the latest version of Windows Phone for low-cost devices will be available to manufacturers. Microsoft announced in their official blog: Over the next couple weeks leading into Computex in Taipei, you’re going to see many of our hardware partners announce new Windows devices. Microsoft was built on the foundation of partner opportunity and our goal remains mutual success for us and our partners. This means a continued commitment to helping ensure our hardware partners are able to build innovative, differentiated and competitive devices on the Windows platform. Over the past year, we have done a lot of work to scale Windows to an even greater number of customers with more partners and new devices at a broader range of price points. In 2013, we began to ease our approach to device certification and reduced some hardware component requirements, helping to empo
http://news.phonesltd.co.uk/phones/nokia/microsoft-to-provide-low-cost-version-of-windows-phone-8-1-to-manufacturers/