Chime in: Is the true future of Windows 10 on ARM on (gasp) phones?

Always since the announcement of Windows x supporting ARM processors and always continued devices powered by them, there's a question in the community that won't become away.

And so we're talking it out in the Windows Central forums.

clintroymkt
07-23-2018 08:40 AM

I often see the true long term benefit of windows x on arm existence that in say a few years , nosotros tin have windows versions of really cheap android phones, perhaps non fifty dollars merely perhaps something akin to a core i3 machine for around less than 200 dollars. it would exist a huge help for people in countries like mine (Republic of zimbabwe) and could help microsoft be part of that push button for the next billion...
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It'south easy to sympathize why people desire this to be a thing. Qualcomm powers a decent chunk of the earth'due south smartphones, indeed, the last Windows phones used their chips, besides. And there's all the same a community of fans who yet use Windows phones and would beloved for there to exist something else down the road.

Merely information technology's not currently the focus. At that place's been questions already that we've tried to respond virtually just who these devices are for, and just how committed Microsoft really is to the project.

Could we see phones? I suppose you can never say never, but if you enquire the magic 8-ball you're likely to encounter "outlook not so good." And in the case of the forums mail specifically, information technology'd exist hard to run into Windows on ARM beingness in a position whatsoever time soon to run well on a super-affordable device. Qualcomm has the dedicated Snapdragon 850 coming shortly, but these are yet premium ARM CPUs.

If this is a discussion close to your own center, hitting the forums thread linked below and go in on the discussion.

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