A leaked Windows Phone roadmap shows what we’ve got to look forward to in 2012. In the short term there’s a batch of cheapy phones for the masses, but by the end of next year we could be looking at “superphones”.
The October roadmap shows us a skeleton of what we can expect from the Tango and Apollo versions of the Windows Phone operating system. By midyear, we’ll see Tango phones for “products with the best prices”, which sounds pretty disappointing even without knowing what those products are.
What’s got us a little more excited are the Apollo Windows Phones coming at the end of next year. What features will these “Superphones” have? [WMPoweruser]
Jordaan
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 9:30 AMSo, the 800×480 resolution is below par at the moment. And since you have to keep the aspect ratio the same, odds are the next generation of devices will have something along the lines of 1200*640, or 1600×960 (I can dream!).
Dual and Quad core processors are needed to keep processing power up to par.
And we’ll ideally see the inclusion of SD cards as a media-storage drive. (as in, cannot hold apps or executable code, can be used as a common repository for media).
MotorMouth
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 11:14 AMAFAIK, 800×480 is the minimum resolution allowed by MS, not the max.
Jordaan
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 12:40 PMvery true, but given that most apps are designed with 800×480 in mind, there is little incentive for OEMs to go above that resolution
oleary
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 10:20 AMWindows Phone + Little red cape = Superphone.
Chris
Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 9:32 AMI sense a new weapon in the next worms..