Only 0.24% of Windows Phone 8 apps are incompatible with 512 MB devices

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Our general perception is that buying a 512 MB device will mean a much more limited selection of software is available for your Windows Phone 8 handset.

AAWP did some homework on this, and found this was in fact far from the case. For the 149,078 apps available at the time of their survey, only 0.24% (331) were incompatible with 512 MB devices, and if you exclude some city guide template apps by Manna and AppDesigner.com this drops 0.088%.

Games are somewhat more demanding, but even here the situation is encouraging. Only 65 out of 17,029 games were incompatible(0.361%).  These includes some high profile apps such as Halo: Spartan Asslt., FIFA 13, N.O.V.A.3, Tiger Woods 12, Mass Effect:Infiltrator, The Amazing Spider-Man, Cracking Sands, Gerbil Physics, MONOPOLY, Rocket Riot, and The Sims 3, but AAWP notes that this is a moving target, and some games have fallen off the list recently, including Temple Run and Drift Mania, while Halo: Spartan Assault is expected to accommodate 512 MB devices next month.

It seems overall buying a 512 MB is quite far from crippling, especially if gaming is not an area of interest.

Read the full report at AAWP here.

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