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Windows Phone 8.1 is the third generation of Microsoft Mobile's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8.It was based on Windows 8.1.Rolled out at Microsoft's Build Conference in San Francisco, California on April 2, 2014, it was released in final form to Windows Phone developers on April 14, 2014 and reached general availability on August 4, 2014.
Beginning with Windows Phone 8.1, XAP was replaced by APPX as the file format used to install WinRT apps on the Windows Phone platform, a move which was done by Microsoft in order to unify the app development platforms for Windows Store apps and Windows Phone apps. [1]
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued [6] mobile operating system developed by Microsoft Mobile for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile [7] [8] and Zune. [9] Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design language.
Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft.It was released on October 29, 2012, and, like its predecessor, it features a flat user interface based on the Metro design language.
APPX was originally the only installation system allowed for UWP apps, replacing the XAP file format on Windows Phone 8.1, in an attempt to unify the distribution of apps for Windows Phone and Windows 8. [30] APPX files are only compatible with Windows Phone 8.1 and later versions, and with Windows 8 and later versions. [31]
Windows 10 Mobile is the fourth and final generation of Microsoft Mobile's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8.1.First released in 2015, it was marketed by Microsoft as being an edition of its PC counterpart — Windows 10.
Windows Phone 7 [j] Metro ARMv7: October 29, 2010 Windows Phone 7.5: Mango: September 27, 2011 Windows Phone 7.8: Tango: February 1, 2013 Windows Phone 8: Apollo October 29, 2012 NT 6.2 Windows Phone 8.1: Blue April 14, 2014 NT 6.3 Windows 10 Mobile, version 1511: Threshold 2 November 12, 2015 1511 Windows 10 Mobile, version 1607: Redstone 1 ...
Windows Phone 7.8 is the final major release of Windows Phone 7. It consists exclusively of user interface improvements backported from Windows Phone 8 , as existing Windows Phone 7 devices can not be upgraded to due to changes to its architecture and hardware requirements.