Microsoft details Windows Phone 8.1, update coming this spring

Microsoft isn't saying "Windows Phone 8.1" today at Mobile World Congress, but the company is detailing a few of its features. In an update arriving this spring, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore says the company will "technically" support all existing Windows Phone 8 devices. It's not clear whether carriers will allow Windows Phone 8.1 devices to upgrade, but Microsoft is announcing its own support of existing devices. That's a change from the Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 8 release, where existing devices were not able to upgrade to the latest version.

Hardware changes designed to entice Android phone makers

While Microsoft is only saying spring for this Windows Phone update, Belfiore also took some time to reveal some of the changes the...

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