Microsoft Turns To Software To Move Hardware — techcrunch.com

Microsoft announced two new phones yesterday, the Lumia 640 and the Lumia 640 XL. The inexpensive devices are designed to handle global communications, built with dual-SIM slots and the like. They also included something curious: Free Office 365 for a year. The company currently offers a Surface bundle that includes Office 365, and a cheap HP laptop recently shipped with the same. To my knowledge this is the first Windows Phone device to come equipped with an Office 365 subscription. I’m vamping with Microsoft to confirm the point.

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