Windows 10 Mobile: the final version available for Windows Phone 8.1 – ZDNet France

Expected in late 2015 and January 2016, update the Windows 10 Mobile for Windows Phone 8.1
 is finally available, Microsoft has formalized the deployment Thursday night. French users are concerned

The installation procedure is as follows:. Before proceeding with the update, the owner of a Lumia Windows Phone 8.1 will download and install the “Windows Application 10 Upgrade Advisor App “.

By launching the application, users must check whether the Lumia is eligible if it needs an updated Windows Phone 8.1 before upgrading to Windows 10 and whether the making day for this Lumia is available on servers, so no software installation discomfort particularly in the context of a smartphone in a managed fleet of mobile in business if the space available on the Lumia is sufficient for installation .

to update (from the Settings menu), the smartphone must be 100% charged or connected to power and it must be connected to a wireless network quality, accurate . Microsoft

a couple of Lumia smartphones is eligible for the update: the Lumia 1520, 930, 640, 640XL, 730, 735, 830, 532, 535, 540, 635 1GB, 636 1GB, 1GB 638, 430, 435, but also other devices. HD w510u BLU Win, Win BLU HD LTE x150q, CJD Madosma Q501

the stakes are high: Windows 10 mobile has become an extension of Windows 10 and promote the growth of both ecosystems. But it’s also a bit of the operation the last chance for Microsoft’s mobile environment that dark all over the world.

Despite the launch of new Lumia, Microsoft can not do: as of end January Kantar figures in
 the EU5, its share lost 1.8 points to 7.2% and even in countries where
 it is best established, weight decrease. In Italy, it goes from 12.7 to
  8.1% share! In the US, Windows Phone disappears almost the same
  radar with a share of 1.6% (-2.2 point) and Japan, its share is
 0% …

In France, the trend is the same with a market share which gives 3 points to 8.7%.

At the global level, the Microsoft platform moved up just 2.2%. And IDC is very pessimistic
  on Microsoft’s development prospects with a PDM 2019
  estimated at 2.3% and 43.6 million smartphones. Without partners,
 the firm does not believe the chances of the publisher to break, finally. The question is whether the new terminals under Windows 10 will change the game, nothing is less certain.

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