New Windows Phone 8 OS builds & WXGA display resolution spotted in the wild

Windows Phone 8 concept

In mid June, Microsoft is expected to showtime revealing info on the much anticipated Windows Phone 8 Bone (aka Apollo) merely until that day, we have just crumbs of information to work with. One of those sources comes from peeping OS builds that diverse developers "see" when looking at their app data usage.

Such an example is illustrated by Marios Karagiannis (aka Karios) developer of the popular (and Windows Phone Central favorite)MonsterUp. In a recent blog post on his site, the developer listed some new OS builds that manifestly come from Windows Phone 8 devices:

• 8.0.9698.0 69
• eight.0.9697.0 35
• 8.0.9696.0 4
• eight.0.10101.0 4
• 8.0.9691.0 4
• viii.0.9695.0 two
• 8.0.9699.0 one

Likewise, our ain Rogue Code, who makes Ffffoundtoo as Pocket Meme, has also seen similar numbers in his apps including 8.0.9673, 8.0.9644, viii.0.9627 and 8.0.9699.

We presume by this betoken that Microsoft has to be testing Windows Telephone 8 and seeing Os builds floating around probably should not exist too surprising. Unfortunately, more than info cannot be gleaned from such build numbers making this observation more entertaining than revealing.

Turning to our ain Google Analytics for this site, nosotros can discern some interesting tidbits too. Specifically under our "mobile visits" we now have 768x1280 resolution devices running Internet Explorer ten making rare but occasional stops to our site. Brandish colors were set at 24-bit (a bump from 16-bit that nosotros commonly see) and many pings originate from Redmond, WA.

Google Analytic data from WPCentral.com show ing supposed WP8 devices (click to enlarge)

Furthermore, we can officially confirm with other independent sources that 768x1280 will be a supported resolution in Windows Phone 8 in addition to three others including 480x640, 480x800 (current WP7 resolution) and 720x1280.

While a WXGA resolution may seem a flake odd, in Jul 2022 Samsung were reportedly working on a mobile phone running that exact screen resolution, albeit sporting Android. To put such a resolution in perspective, equally Phone Arena notes "...on a 4.v inch screen, the pixels per inch would come in at 332, topping the 326ppi reading of the Retina Display on the Apple iPhone 4". No dubiety an impressive statistic.

Of course we'll simply accept to await and come across what Microsoft officially tells us in the coming months. Until then, the higher up info should exist treated as rumor/speculation every bit things like emulators (versus actual hardware) may be playing a role.

Notwithstanding, we retrieve the info presented above is accurate and will be the path for Windows Telephone 8.

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8-os-builds-spotted-well-new-display-resolution

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