Windows 10 for Lumia phones drops Friday at 1pm EST

[Lloydbm41]

Standby for update via dev preview. Following phones will be getting this update:

Lumia 1020
Lumia 1320
Lumia 1520
Lumia 520
Lumia 525
Lumia 526
Lumia 530
Lumia 530 Dual Sim
Lumia 535
Lumia 620
Lumia 625
Lumia 630
Lumia 630 Dual Sim
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 720
Lumia 730
Lumia 730 Dual SIM
Lumia 735
Lumia 810
Lumia 820
Lumia 822
Lumia 830
Lumia 920
Lumia 925
Lumia 928
Microsoft Lumia 430
Microsoft Lumia 435
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV
Microsoft Lumia 532
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

Lumia 930/ICON will not be getting this update due to a scaling issue in the software. Sorry.

Link: http://www.windowscentral.com/next-build-windows-10-phone-due-friday

 

[csixty4]

Looking forward to seeing that changelog.

 

[MRU]

Wtf, no 930??????

 

[Lloydbm41]

Wtf, no 930??????

Yep. Only Lumia left out in the cold it seems.

 

[MRU]

Yep. Only Lumia left out in the cold it seems.

Must be the only manufacturer who would leave out its supposed 'flagship' from an update / preview over every single budget and mid level device.

 

[jamezr]

Must be the only manufacturer who would leave out its supposed 'flagship' from an update / preview over every single budget and mid level device.

The Icon is exclusive to Verizon. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?


Also do not see the HTC M8 Windows phone or the Samsung ativ

 

[Michael Goff]

They gave a reason. The 930/Icon has a unique size/screen resolution that has caused them trouble with the preview so far.

 

[MRU]

They gave a reason. The 930/Icon has a unique size/screen resolution that has caused them trouble with the preview so far.

But the 1520 has same resolution at least ? Just means at the moment I can't stoke up the 930 on the shelf and give it a shiny new os.

 

[Michael Goff]

But the 1520 has same resolution at least ? Just means at the moment I can't stoke up the 930 on the shelf and give it a shiny new os.

Yes, but the 1520 also has a different sized screen. I think it's the combo of screen size and resolution, big one of them specifically. That's what Aul said on Windows Weekly anyway.

 

[Lloydbm41]

The Icon is exclusive to Verizon. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?


Also do not see the HTC M8 Windows phone or the Samsung ativ

This is a Lumia only update. HTC and Samsung phones are not being updated by Microsoft.

 

[maflynn]

I saw this on Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott. MS is rolling out to a much larger audience for the next tech preview.

The Icon/930 is the exception as noted due to the screen/resolution

 

[Lloydbm41]

Well, in usual MS fashion, the servers weren't configured correctly for all new devices receiving the update, so they were taken down and reconfigured. Update started rolling out for me at 5:20pm EST on my Lumia 925.

 

[rhinosrcool]

As of 7:54 pm CDT, no update for my lumia 635. At present, I do have the initial W10 TP. We'll I'm going out. Tomorrow, we'll see...

 

[Lloydbm41]

After using WP10 for a couple hours now, you can def tell it is still a Beta (rough Beta at that!) and needs quite a bit of work.

I'm on a Lumia 925 with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of free space (not a lot of apps) and the UI is sluggish, the Spartan web browser needs quite a bit of work, especially on scaling properly for webpages, the Settings UI is now bloated and not as intuitive as it was, menu's and app info overlaps on the notification tab at top, the new notification tab font is crappy thin block lettering and icons...

I know it will get better before release, but I would not do it if you are on your primary phone. Way too many bugs right now!

 

[Vegastouch]

No 640?

 

[maflynn]

I have it on my Lumia now, MS had server issues that delayed the roll out for many folks. I was one of them. The latest build looks good and has some interesting features, I like the setting screens, a lot cleaner and easier to follow.

Email has changed, and now its under a unified outlook app, again looks clean. I'm not sure why they didn't use transparent tiles for outlook, Seems to go against the grain.

Still some rough edges, including messaging.

 

[three]

Really great to see this build rolling out to a larger amount of devices this time around. I installed it on Friday as soon as I was able to, and i've been playing around with it since. I'm liking the additions and changes with the UI and with the Outlook Calendar, Outlook Email, People, and more redesigned settings pages. I agree with what Paul Thurrott said though, it's a buggy, visual mess, and definately incomplete.

That said, I'm really interested to see the changes with Windows 10 for Phone (I'll still call it Windows Phone 10) and will be installing each build on my 635 up until it's full release. I'm liking the overall direction with Windows 10 so far. I'm thinking about picking up a 1520 to have a better experience with Windows 10 once it's released.

 

[maflynn]

Really great to see this build rolling out to a larger amount of devices this time around.

I really like where its heading, but I agree its very buggy at the moment. The core services work (barely). My Facebook app doesn't work and other apps just sit there.

Some of the text seems a little too small though, for instance, they decreased the size of keyboard.

 

[three]

I really like where its heading, but I agree its very buggy at the moment. The core services work (barely). My Facebook app doesn't work and other apps just sit there.

Some of the text seems a little too small though, for instance, they decreased the size of keyboard.

I totally noticed the same thing, OneNote in my case has completely broken, and I see visual artifacts and items that seem out of place a lot. I'm really interested to see where this goes, I'm hoping we'll see stability increases and some major UI finishing touches in the next updates.

Edit: What device are you testing on maflynn?

 

[dsnort]

On a Lumia 925, for the most part it's "ok". Miss the tile set up for contacts, having issues with Outlook not getting messages from one of my Gmail accounts. Fonts for some apps have gotten a lot smaller, problem for older eyes. Flashlight X won't work at all.

Tried to roll back to 8.1, there's an app for that. Unfortunately, on the only Windows computer I have the app was crazier than a sprayed roach, stuck with 10 for the moment. Will go back to 8.1 as soon as possible, 10 doesn't add any functionality I need, and I lost some thing I like.

EDIT. I figured out how to get larger fonts, but they seem to want scale properly

 

[maflynn]

Edit: What device are you testing on maflynn?

Lumia 830. Its a really nice Windows phone, I was going to go with a cheaper one brand new, but I saw this on swappa and couldn't pass it up

 

[kodos]

Now that I switched to the S6 Edge, I'm going to load this on my 1520! Love WP. Hope 10 gets more devs on board.

 

[maflynn]

Now that I switched to the S6 Edge, I'm going to load this on my 1520! Love WP. Hope 10 gets more devs on board.

Yeah, its not ready if your WP is your main phone. There's just too many issues, but I do like what I see.

 

[three]

Lumia 830. Its a really nice Windows phone, I was going to go with a cheaper one brand new, but I saw this on swappa and couldn't pass it up

I'm curious, how do you like the 830? I've currently got a Lumia 635 as my main "Windows Phone" device and I'm looking to update to something better in the near future.

 

[Vegastouch]

Lumia 830. Its a really nice Windows phone, I was going to go with a cheaper one brand new, but I saw this on swappa and couldn't pass it up

Id get that one too but i don't think it is compatible with T-Mobile's network bands.