Windows Mobile might be dying but a number of folks still use a Windows phone as their daily driver. Some of these loyal Windows fans own older devices that didn’t get updated to Windows 10 Mobile. Devices like the Lumia 520 and Lumia 635 didn’t get the update because of their small RAM (512MB) and small storage (8GB) while others like the Nokia Lumia 1020 didn’t get updated because of it’s old Snapdragon S4 processor.

seems to be available to the 520 and 635 512MB model

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However, those devices might just be able to get the update to Windows 10 Mobile today, thanks to an anomaly. Microsoft earlier released the Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update to the Release Preview Ring of the Insider Program. That’s the equivalent of a developer version of an Android ROM. Twitter user @mccools2013 who checked out the update found out that the it is available for the Lumia 520 and 635 512MB model.

The Creators Update itself isn’t even available to all devices running Windows 10. Although Microsoft says unsupported devices can get the update if they are registered for the Windows Insider program.

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According to Neowin.net, the anomaly is limited to devices with 512MB of RAM as they didn’t get the updates on the Lumia 1020 and LG Lancet. So if you own any Windows phone with 512MB RAM and wish to update it to Windows 10, you may want to give this a a shot.

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Microsoft has been released the new Lumia 638 smartphone to Chinese market, the phone is running the Windows Phone 6.1 operating system.

The new Lumia 638 is the new variant from Lumia 630 and Lumia 635. Microsoft has open the preorder through the Shanxy Mobile and offers with the 1,199 yuan proce tag or about $191 USD price tag per unit.

Interestingly, this phone has 4G connectivity and also support for dual SIM card slot and has dual standby. The new Lumia 635 is also sports with 1GB of RAM, and comes with 4,5 inch screen size with 854 x 480 pixel resolution.

The new Lumia 635 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor that running on 1,2GHz clock-speed, the phone is also has 8GB of internal memory and has 5 megapixel camera and powering up with 1830 mAh battery capacity.

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