Details of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 were prematurely outed thanks to a leaked video obtained by Pocketnow.com.
The next big iteration of its Windows Phone platform appears to address many of the early concerns and brings it to par with competing platforms. Microsoft is still fighting an uphill battle in getting its phones — which have been critically praised —into the hands of consumers. So far, consumers have by far favored Android smartphones and the iPhone.
The version, codenamed Apollo, will allow vendors more choice with how they build their phone, going back on Microsoft's previous insistence upon using a standard set of specifications. That allows the handset manufacturers to better compete and stand apart from each other with varying levels of specs.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Windows Phone 8 details reportedly leak on CNET News.
