Microsoft Offering Trade Ins On New Microsoft Band 2

Microsoft recently announced its new fitness band, the Microsoft Band 2 and now the company is offering trade ins on the device in the UK.

If you own the previous Microsoft Band then you can trade it in against the new Band to and receive £70.

If you own a Fitbit and want the new Microsoft Band 2, then you can get up top £50 back and if you own another fitness tracker you can get up to £40 back.

The new Band 2 comes with a curved OLED display which has Gorilla Glass 3, the device hjas a wide range of sensor and a battery which will last up to 48 hours. It will work with Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices.

You can find out more details about Microsoft’s offers on their new Band 2 at the link below, this is apparently only available in the UK at the moment.

Source Microsoft, Windows Central

Windows 10 Phone Updates Will Be Controlled By Microsoft And Not The Carriers

Some good news for Windows Phone users regarding the Windows 10 Phone update to their devices, Microsoft will control the updates and not the carriers.

This means that Microsoft will decide when the Windows 10 Phone update will be released to a particular handset and not the mobile carriers.

The news comes from Microsoft’s Panos Panay, who gave a statement regarding the updates to WMPU, you can see the statement below.

“Microsoft is working closely with mobile operators to leverage their testing and our flighting to meet and exceed current quality bars. We will use their input but will decide when to send the updates out based on input form Mobile Operators and our Windows Insiders.”

This means that you should not have to wait for your individual carrier to release the update for your handset, instead when Microsoft decides to release it for a particular device, it should be pushed to all carriers at the same time.

Source WMPU