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Microsoft and Qualcomm are continuing to get more backers for the coming Windows 10 on ARM “Always Connected” PCs that will be shipping later this year.
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At CES 2018, the pair announced a handful of additional mobile operators that will be providing LTE support for the coming Snapdragon-based PCs. The new additions to the list include Verizon, Sprint, China Telecom, Telecom Italia, and EE.
Last May, Microsoft’s list of mobile operators supporting Intel and ARM-based Always Connected PCs with eSIMs included AT&T, BT/EE, DTAG/T Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, Tele2, Swisscom, 3, KDDI, Gemalto, Oberthur, Gigsky, and Transatel. China Mobile was originally part of that list, but got pulled from it, a Qualcomm spokesperson said at that time.
(Update: It looks like the Verizon and Sprint pieces of this are re-announcements of what Qualcomm said in December. At that time, Qualcomm said the Asus NovaGo version of the Windows 10 PC would be supported by Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and other carriers, according to Thurrott.com.)
At CES this week, ASUS and Lenovo were showing off their coming Qualcomm-based Windows 10 PCs.
Lenovo’s $799 Miix 630, unveiled at the show, is a Snapdragon 835 machine with a 12.3-inch display. Like other Qualcomm-based Windows 10 PCs, it will ship by default with the Windows 10 S operating system, but will be upgradable to Windows 10 Pro for free within 180 days of product activation, Neowin says. (Originally the updated cut-off date for upgrading for free from 10 S to Pro was March 2018.)
Microsoft and Qualcomm showed off the first Windows 10 on ARM devices in December, touting multi-day battery life and built-in gigabit LTE support.
(Thanks to OnMSFT for the heads-up about the new mobile carriers announcement.)
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