Proto Beta Test

A run through Windows Phone history by looking at prototypes. The smartphone beta test resumes now.

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Lumia Emergency files are now available to download again from our website

https://t.co/bBPxz98vZj

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@ileios Hello, we have fixed the issue and files are available to download again.

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@Shyam9553 Hello, we have fixed the issue and files are available to download again.

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Reminder that you can get genuine factory emergency payloads for almost all lumia devices even when Microsoft pulls everything down here:

https://t.co/bBPxz98vZj

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We take a look at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS project running on a Lumia 950 https://t.co/odQvZJTZqb

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@gus33000 @WindAesthetic @h0x0d Oh my goodness that's me (well, my dog Bentley). I worked at MSFT ~ a dozen years & more or less owned ImageUpdate from WP7 through what is now known as Win10X. Got him 8 days earlier as a rescue, 1/17/12. Here's proof: https://t.co/R25A0Cil8z, he passed but other dog still w/ us

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Anyone remembers this?

https://t.co/PR212vRIiL

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Some may have wondered why this Lumia 920 prototype uses the old windows navigation bar icons, well Windows Phone 8.0 originally had the same logo as before, complete with the Windows Phone 7 animation, ported to the NT platform

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Today is the anniversary of both this prototype Lumia 920 and its Windows Phone build. This is a pre-release build of WP8 codenamed Apollo, and for that special occasion the team decided to make the default lockscreen an Apollo wallpaper.

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@DylanLaiine @Daniel_Rubino it may on first glance, but when you put the two devices side by side you notice the differences quickly. Flat display / rounded, bigger bezels at the bottom, thicker, larger display

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The original estimated Apollo RTM date was actually set to the 24th of August 2012, the OS ended up being released 2 months later

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That's not a McLaren btw.

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@WindowsDocs @LauraCatPJs We love our McLaren 👀👀

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Meet Microsoft Guilin, the short lived Lumia 730/735 successor https://t.co/K3ERrVZfdN

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Here's some random tidbit: The lumia camera app for both the 1020 and the cancelled Lumia Icon (929) 34MP variant had a rather handy feature called focus light control. Here's how it looked:

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Here's a look at one of the first Lumia Icon prototypes ever made.

https://t.co/pbAIpM6Gyh