According to WinRumors.com sources, Microsoft may be about to release new and more flexible hardware specifications for future Windows Phone devices. The move appears aimed primarily at allowing manufacturers, including new partner Nokia, to launch cheaper devices. Unfortunately, there were no hints as to what these new specifications will look like.
Microsoft is currently working on Mango, the next major release of Windows Phone. Expected later this year (some rumours suggest 2012), it could ship as Windows Phone 7.5 and could be the version that Nokia will use for its first Windows Phone devices.
An announcement could be made as early as this week as part of Microsoft’s MIX11 conference.