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Windows Phone 8 shown running on 64GB Vertu with integrated SkyDrive storage?

Windows Phone 8 shown running on 64GB Vertu with integrated SkyDrive storage?

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Alleged Windows Phone 8 screenshots emerge running on a Vertu with mentions of built-in SkyDrive storage.

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Windows Phone 8 vertu rumor (WPXAP)
Windows Phone 8 vertu rumor (WPXAP)

Following the leak of several alleged Windows Phone 8 screenshots earlier this week, additional images appear to have surfaced. Chinese site wpxap has posted a number of photos of what it says is a Vertu device running Windows Phone 8. The photos show a device with 64GB of storage, identified as a Vertu in the operating system's settings menu. Vertu was Nokia's luxury phone arm that the company has agreed to sell to private equity group EQT this week.

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While we can't be certain this is a genuine Windows Phone 8 build running on a Vertu, one particular screenshot shows a SkyDrive cloud storage settings menu. The menu is not present in the current SkyDrive application on Windows Phone, and appears to be part of the general built-in settings menu — indicating that Microsoft could be building SkyDrive cloud storage into Windows Phone 8. We'll know more about Microsoft's general plans for Windows Phone 8 soon, the company hosts a Windows Phone Summit next week on June 20th.