Windows Phone 10 Spotted Online

Microsoft confirmed in September that
an early version of Windows Phone
would ship in the first months of 2015,
and it appears that the company is now
giving the final touches to the very first
build of the next smartphone platform.
Reports coming from China reveal that Microsoft has
already completed development of a Windows Phone
10 build and is now testing it online. Obviously, details
are missing right now, but it's the very first
confirmation that Windows Phone 10 is out there in
the wild, so it's pretty clear that we're not very far
from a public release of this early build.
The version appearing in logs is Windows Phone 8.15,
while the latest release available to Preview for
Developers users is 8.10.14203, so there's no doubt
that this is an updated smartphone platform which
could see daylight sometime in the near future.
Microsoft will be holding a Windows 10 event in late
January, and people close to the matter have said that
the company is very likely to unveil the first Consumer
Preview build of the upcoming desktop operating
system, but we're also hearing that more new products
are on the table right now.
For example, in addition to the first Windows 10 build
aimed at consumers, Microsoft could also present
Windows Phone 10 Preview, an early build of the next
smartphone platform specifically targeting developers
and obviously created with feedback in mind.
No details about the features that could be included in
Windows Phone 10 Preview have been provided until
now, but some people close to the development plans
have indicated that Microsoft could actually merge the
tablet and smartphone platforms in a single operating
system powering both type of devices.
The merger could take place as soon as early next
year, so the preview aimed at Windows Phone users
could also be used on Windows RT tablets, such as
Microsoft's very own Surface RT.
As far as the final product is concerned, only little is
known at this point, but some sources have indicated
that Microsoft is planning to bring both the desktop
version of Windows 10 and the smartphone flavor on
the market at the same time, in mid-2015.
This plan hasn't yet been confirmed by Microsoft, but
Windows 10 is very likely to be released in mid-2015,
after eventually reaching RTM in spring. The
Consumer Preview build will be launched in January
or early February, so Microsoft would have enough
time to collect feedback and fix the found bugs.



Source: Softpedia