Windows 10 Ported To OnePlus 6T Smartphone (androidpolice.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Qualcomm has been building laptop processors for a while now, designed for always-on Windows 10 ultraportables. Now that an ARM version of Windows 10 is widely available and works with Snapdragon processors, the gates have opened for porting the operating system to smartphones. @NTAuthority on Twitter already demoed Windows 10 on a Pixel 3 XL, but now they have ported it to the OnePlus 6T. In a series of tweets and replies, NTAuthority showed off the touchscreen working, with many applications (including Google Chrome) fully functional. The most impressive demo was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 running on the phone, using Windows' built-in x86 emulation compatibility layer.

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Hopefully Intel won't follow through on threats

[SB5407]

I hope that Intel doesn't go and try to screw this up by suing like they threatened to.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/09/intel_sends_arm_a_shot_across_bow/

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3011638/qualcomm-responds-to-intels-rant-about-x86-emulation-on-arm

So... a Windows Phone?

[fahrbot-bot]

So they basically re-invented the Windows Phone? How well did that go before?

But doesn't OnePlus also "spy" on users as well?

[ZoomieDood]

Who wins that race? Or is it being joined together?

See https://www.howtogeek.com/3401... and https://elgan.com/blog/why-i-d...

So, now we get Microsoft's public telemetry info being sucked from Windows 10 machines or phone-based platforms? http://investmentwatchblog.com... which includes:
- Typed text on keyboard sent every 30 minutes
- Transmits anything you say into a microphone
- Transcripts of things you say while using Cortana
- Index of all media files on your computer
- When your webcam is first enabled, 35mb of data
- Telemetry data

I'm a OnePlus phone owner (prior to all of this being disclosed), but even I'm considering not getting another one. I can't begin to imagine piling Windows 10 on top of it!

Re:Why?

[williamyf]

As sir edmund hilary said: "Because it was there".

Hackers like to hack.

Remember the demoscene, or doom runing on the touchbar, or linux on a toaster?

The guys doing this earn an inherent satisfaction of being able to "Just do it".

Dual booting

[macraig]

So does this mean that dual-booting both Windows 10 and Android on a smartphone is realistically possible?