No doubt continuum is great feature but all the great features needs some great hardware requirements too. Of course everyone wants to see whether there phone can support this unique feature or not. Its always good to see the minimum requirement before we check compatibility of our phones. We have also listed down the complete features of Windows Phone 8.1 devices that can be up-gradable to Windows 10 and Windows 10 devices features also.

Joe Belfiore, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Operating Systems Group, demonstrates Continuum for phones at the Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. While Microsoft has already previewed some aspects of the new Windows 10, a parade of top executives will use the conference to demonstrate more software features and app-building tools, with an emphasis on mobile devices as well as PCs. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Joe Belfiore, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Operating Systems Group, demonstrates Continuum for phones at the Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 29, 2015.

Continuum for phone and tablet requirements

A Continuum supported phone must meet all requirements stated in the Windows 10 Minimum Hardware Requirements as shown below,

 

Component Minimum Requirements Premium Recommendations
Applications processor Qualcomm MS8952, MS8992, MS8994 Dual SIM support
RAM* 2 GB RAM for phones with display resolution of 720p 3 GB RAM for phones with display resolution of 1080p or more
Flash storage ≥16 GB nonremovable flash memory
microSD Optional microSD card support
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 support is required
Wi-Fi Supports at least 802.11n dual band 802.11ac dual band recommended. 2×2 antenna recommended.
Miracast Supports Windows 10 Miracast extensions.
USB USB dual-role required to support wired dock configuration. USB 2.0 support required USB 3.0 recommended. USB Type C connector strongly recommended to support wired configurations.

 

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Just to note again, all the older lumias like lumia 930 and earlier will not support continuum feature as they need minimum hardware. Here is the exact definition of the processors mentioned above,

  • MS8952 : Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
  • MS8992 : Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
  • MS8994 : Qualcomm Snapdragon 810

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