Windows Phone 8 Update Enables Bigger, Brighter Smartphones

Windows Phone is about to get bigger and brighter. In a new update to its mobile operating system, Microsoft is trying to hit the trifecta of the smartphone experience by rolling out new features and tools for Windows Phone targeted at mobile app developers, consumers and device manufacturers.

Foremost among the improvements in Windows Phone 8 Update 3, Microsoft is optimizing the operating system so manufacturers can build larger smartphones with screen sizes ranging between 5- and 6-inch screens that will support 1080p HD resolutions.

Microsoft will also enable Windows Phone manufacturers to place better chips in smartphones, with support for the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor. The Snapdragon 800 processor is employed by the likes of Samsung and LG for their newest flagship smartphones running Android and is considered perhaps the best smartphone processor ever created (until the next one, of course).