8 New Features from Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has just unveiled Windows Phone 8, the next-generation smartphone operating system (OS) at its Windows Phone Summit event in San Francisco on Wednesday. The new Windows 8 phone software will be built on the same core software as its new upcoming Windows 8 OS for personal computers and the new Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Tablet. The new Windows 8 Phone OS is expected to arrive on new phones later this year. (Read more about Windows for Smartphones here)

While we await its anticipated arrival, here are 8 new features and functionalities we can expect from the coming Windows 8 Phone OS.

Click on the photos above to see the new and improved features to come in Windows Phone 8.

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