Microsoft was supposed to roll out Windows 10 Mobile this month. But the company disappointed thousands of Windows Phone users when it said the mobile version of Windows 10 would not arrive until “early next year to select Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 users.” It means the update may arrive anytime in January, February or March 2016. And it will begin to roll out to “select users.” Most existing users will have to wait until mid- or late-2016 before they would get the much-awaited update.
Windows 10 Mobile to be rolled out in batches
If you want to get Windows 10 Mobile at the earliest, you may have to join the Windows Insider program or buy the new Lumia 950 or 950XL. Meanwhile, Nokia Power User reports that a Reddit user has revealed the list of devices that will get the Windows 10 Mobile over-the-air (OTA) update in batches. The Reddit user has also listed phones that are not eligible for the update.
In the first batch, Money Penny, XDE, Phi, HTC One M8 for Windows, Lumia 1520, Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia 950 XL, and all variants of Lumia 640 will get the newest OS. Phones listed in the second batch are Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 730, Lumia 735, Lumia 430, all variants of Lumia 435, all models of Lumia 532, all versions of Lumia 535, and Lumia 540.
The third batch includes Lumia 1020, Lumia 1320, Lumia 520, Lumia 525, Lumia 526, Lumia 620, Lumia 625, Lumia 630, Lumia 720, Lumia ICON, Lumia 822, Lumia 920, Lumia 925, and Lumia 928. To receive the OTA update, your Windows Phone 8.1 device must be running build 8.10.14219.341 or higher. Make sure that the phone has at least 1.5GB of free space before installing the update.
These devices won’t get Windows 10 Mobile
And then there is a long list of phones that are not eligible to get the Windows 10 Mobile update. It includes Lumia 530, Lumia 610, Lumia 800, Lumia 810, Lumia 820, Lumia 900, Samsung ATIV S variants, LG Lancet, Windows Phone 8S HTC, Windows Phone 8XT HTC, Windows Phone 8X HTC, Dell Venue Pro, and Samsung Omnia 7.
