Microsoft Lumia 940 XL new feature leaked
We know we keep repeating ourselves but it’s clear that many people are waiting for Microsoft to introduce some new high-end Lumia smartphones. The Microsoft Lumia 940 XL and 940 have been the subjects of a growing amount of leaks and rumors lately. Now there’s some more news about the larger Lumia 940 XL and a possible feature.
In late May we reported on a fresh specs leak about both of these Lumia handsets, and this was swiftly followed by details of a benchmark test thought to be for the Lumia 940. As far as the Microsoft Lumia 940 XL is concerned, leaked specs we’ve heard so far include a Qualcomm Snapdragon octa-core processor (possibly the Snapdragon 810), a 5.7-inch Quad HD resolution display, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD).
Further unconfirmed specs have included a 20-megapixel rear Pureview camera, 5-megapixel front-facing snapper, and removable 3300 mAh battery. It’s also thought that the Microsoft Lumia 940 XL will release running Windows 10. Now the latest news is adding an iris scanner to the mix.
Microsoft Cityman skips fingerprint reader, leapfrogs right to iris scanner.
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 6, 2015
Previously there have been reports of two top-flight Lumia smartphones to be introduced by Microsoft dubbed the Talkman and Cityman. The Talkman is believed to be the Lumia 940 while the Cityman is thought to be the codename for the Lumia 940 XL. Prolific and well-known leaker @evleaks has now disclosed that the Microsoft Cityman is to skip a fingerprint reader and sport an iris scanner instead.
This is an interesting development, although we have to remember this is not official news from Microsoft. However, we will say that this leaker is often a very reliable source for information about upcoming smartphone. Therefore this is certainly plausible. There’s no news on whether this feature will also appear for the smaller Microsoft Lumia 940. Also it remains to be seen if this will be enough for the Windows Phone platform to regain some of its recently lost market share.
Are you hoping that the Microsoft Lumia 940 XL and Lumia 940 will be made official soon? Would the addition of an iris scanner for at least the larger version make it more appealing to you? Do let us know with your comments.
Source: @evleaks (Twitter)
Via: WMPowerUser
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4 thoughts on “Microsoft Lumia 940 XL new feature leaked”
Bring it! My 920 is now off contract and I recently injured it badly (it survived me without a hiccup for 2 years), but I don’t want to upgrade, not downgrade.
As for iris scanning? That wouldn’t rock my world as much as hearing that Qi charging and SensorCore are onboard. If Microsoft wants to know what customers want, all they have to do is read their own feature suggestion boards.
Unlike you my 920 took a 5 ft fumbled drop to the corner that houses the sim. While I can still use Wi-Fi and play games on it I had to get something ‘right now’ and settled for a HTC M8 Windows. I’ve been waiting for a high end, flagship device for over a year and will not settle for the 3rd world crap phones MS has been putting out. If the Lumia 940XL comes out with the features, fit and finish I’m expecting I’ll be right there.
My 1520 is my favourite phone ever, and, as you can see from my pic, I am very old man who has experienced many phones, dating back to dear old Alexander Graham Bell himself. As such, I await the 940XL with much frothing of flanks, although I do hope they tweak the current LC5 algorithms so my children look less like zombies.
I’m so ready for a new phone. MS needs to hurry up. Or at least launch the 640 and 640 XL in the USA on the major carriers, so I can side-grade until the new flagship phones launch.