Windows Phone 8.1 Blue update to add on-screen nav buttons

14 December, 2013
A leaked crop of a Windows Phone 8.1 screenshot points to on-screen touch navigation buttons.

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  • AnonD-122899
  • TII
  • 14 Dec 2013

Windows Phone UI is getting from bad to worse. Even since the intro of new column for 1520, the whole screen is such a mess. I expect MS to have bigger tile size like the ones on Windows 8.1, but instead it added more mess to it. And now, they are even trying to squeeze a row of on-screen buttons. Well done MS..... :/

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    • Cenas
    • mVA
    • 14 Dec 2013

    AnonD-134749, 14 Dec 2013apple took 6 year,and android took 3 year to bring notofica... moreAre you on drugs? Android had the notification shade since the beginning.

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      • AnonD-197313
      • 2Tw
      • 14 Dec 2013

      oh shit we were waiting for good thing but what appears, change this thing, we don't like keys on screen.

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        • AnonD-92238
        • t1$
        • 14 Dec 2013

        AnonD-134749, 14 Dec 2013apple took 6 year,and android took 3 year to bring notofica... more...really!!! As per my knowledge android 1.0 api level 1 had notification center :P

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          • AnonD-134749
          • KAe
          • 14 Dec 2013

          AnonD-29741, 14 Dec 20132,5 year to bring notification center - epic fail. Microsof... moreapple took 6 year,and android took 3 year to bring notofication centre. still ms is faster

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            • AnonD-134749
            • KAe
            • 14 Dec 2013

            AnonD-186595, 14 Dec 2013What about current phones which already have physical touch... moreall phone will get 8.1. on screen keys are choice of makers

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              • AnonD-134749
              • KAe
              • 14 Dec 2013

              Protocol, 14 Dec 2013Another reason to not purchase any Windows Phone in future ... morethen dont buy a phone with on screen keys. not all wp will have onscreen keys

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                • judabne
                • 3VR
                • 14 Dec 2013

                I really hope that this rumor turns out to be fake. I don't like the virtual on screen buttons and I prefer capacitive ones below the screen (and why not real buttons)

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                  • lonesomedovepk
                  • Lbc
                  • 14 Dec 2013

                  MS need to redesign its phone OS from scratch if they want to live and survive in the mobile OS business.I shifted to Windows Phone after using android from 1.6 to 4.2.2 on my different android devices. The way software works and deliver performance in android is far more smoother and faster in every way than a windows phone.The idea of tiles just look very old and boring and software performance is very sluggish in each bit of program you have in Windows Phone.

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                    • AnonD-29741
                    • 3L@
                    • 14 Dec 2013

                    AnonD-134749, 14 Dec 2013hard ware keys increase screen. i dont want to mug up 1/4 o... moreU dont need 16:9 ratio when u dont watch movie. For casual use as browsing, Reading text, apps etc., 4:3 or 15:9 ratios are better.

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                      • Protocol
                      • t1$
                      • 14 Dec 2013

                      Another reason to not purchase any Windows Phone in future because I hate on screen keys as they take some small inches of display..

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                        • AnonD-102194
                        • u7G
                        • 14 Dec 2013

                        AnonD-186595, 14 Dec 2013What about current phones which already have physical touch... moredid they mention anythin lik tat? stop spreadin false rumours

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                          • AnonD-92238
                          • t1$
                          • 14 Dec 2013

                          They said android got no style, but they didn't said other OSes copies android :D ....lol

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                            • AnonD-186595
                            • rKc
                            • 14 Dec 2013

                            What about current phones which already have physical touch buttons? That means they are not going to upgrade current phones to Wp8.1?

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                              • AnonD-29741
                              • 3L@
                              • 14 Dec 2013

                              2,5 year to bring notification center - epic fail. Microsoft u are mad and lazy!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 955
                                • 14 Dec 2013

                                bad feature... by lumia

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                                  • AnonD-154138
                                  • mEA
                                  • 14 Dec 2013

                                  AnonD-134749, 14 Dec 2013hard ware keys increase screen. i dont want to mug up 1/4 o... morei think that on screen buttons are ok if they keep the same screen size and make the overall phone smaller...

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                                    • AnonD-134749
                                    • KAe
                                    • 14 Dec 2013

                                    hard ware keys increase screen. i dont want to mug up 1/4 of the 16:9 screen by keys

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                                      • Nawjeet
                                      • t}S
                                      • 14 Dec 2013

                                      Waiting for 8.1.