According to data from many sources, the official presentation of the Microsoft Surface Phone smartphone will take place at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. It will be based on the Windows 10 operating system on ARM, which the manufacturer will supplement with the Andromeda OS graphical shell. It is she who adapts the entire interface to a small screen diagonal. The future new product is credited with three screens at once, and two of them will represent one whole.
Today, June 2, 2018, the Surface Phone from Microsoft was shown in photographs, and in working condition. In short, the mobile device looks amazing. Its body, apparently, is made of steel, and the smartphone itself has a folding design, thanks to which it can be turned into a tablet by opening it similar to a book. There is even support for the proprietary Surface Pen stylus, but in a reduced size.
It is expected that Windows 10 installed on a smartphone will be able to perform any task, including running computer applications and games. One of the key features of the Microsoft Surface Phone will be the ability to act as a main computer. Using a special docking station, a mobile device can be turned into a full-fledged PC by connecting only a monitor, mouse and keyboard.
Due to the two screens, which are one whole, the convenience of work is increased. One of the displays, for example, might show Microsoft Word while the other displays the keyboard. In this case, the user will not have to sacrifice ease of use due to the overlay of one window on another, as is now the case on all phones. In addition, apparently, the display will be full-size, just like in the iPhone X.
The Microsoft Surface Phone will fold like a book, but if the AMOLED screen bends, the body will only fold, consisting of two strong parts connected to each other by a titanium hinge to increase strength and make the entire structure lightweight. If the future new product really looks like this, then there is an extremely high probability that its price tag will definitely exceed the $1,200 mark, that is, even US citizens will have to pay more than 70,000 rubles for the phone, and its price in Russia may even exceed the $1,200 mark. 100 00 rubles.
Earlier it became known that the Surface Phone is based on a mobile processor.
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For almost two years now, rumors have been circulating online about the development of a Microsoft Surface Phone smartphone. This mobile device is credited with many unique features, the main of which will be a flexible AMOLED screen and a foldable body. According to numerous sources, the phone will run on a real computer version of Windows 10 with a special shell. This will allow you to use it as a portable computer that can connect to a monitor and turn into a full-fledged office PC to perform tasks of any complexity.
Insiders claim that the official announcement of the Microsoft Surface Phone will happen in 2018, and it will go on sale in the same year. The new product will be based on an ARM processor, which will most likely be an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with a clock frequency of 2.8 GHz. In addition, the future new product is credited with 8 GB of RAM, thanks to which it will be able to turn into a real personal computer and even work with the Photoshop graphics editor.
Today, the profile resource WinCentral shared the first images of a real Microsoft Surface Phone. One might assume that this is a fake, but the reputation of the resource suggests otherwise. In particular, he has previously correctly predicted information about future Microsoft products and smartphones more than once, so most likely he has his own sources within this American corporation who provide him with classified materials.
As you can easily see, the real Microsoft Surface Phone looks fantastic. When folded, it is a thick phone with a screen on both sides. If you unfold it, the display becomes square, thanks to which you can do various tasks on your smartphone with increased comfort - draw, look at photos, play games, make some notes, etc.
In addition, as you can easily see in the picture, the revolutionary foldable Microsoft Surface Phone has a special compact stylus that can be reduced in size due to the folding mechanism. This accessory has a very thin tip, which means it will be possible to take handwritten notes on the new flagship of the American corporation. For many people, this feature can be extremely useful and necessary.
It is expected that the official announcement of the Surface Phone smartphone based on the Windows 10 operating system will take place in 2018. The cost of the new product will most likely exceed $1000, that is, this device in its basic version will cost more than from Apple.
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According to rumors, the device from Microsoft is teetering on the brink. In fact, all indications are that the Redmond company's smartphone aspirations will end in painful failure.
Any hope of a revival and bringing diversity to the polarized Android-iOS landscape could die with the shrouded phone, which likely won't launch until next year, if at all.
However, there is always hope, and according to recently published patents, Microsoft has turned its attention to smartphone displays with built-in fingerprint scanners.
What is the idea?
Most of these scanners are installed in the home button under the display or on the back cover under the camera. Microsoft's idea to integrate scanners into LCD and OLED displays will help save space and allow the use of thinner designs, but this may also affect the price.
According to the patent filed with WIPO, the system consists of a waveguide and a filter, which are placed under glass. When you press the display The sensor on the glass can recognize different patterns.
Patented idea, although very promising, is in fact different from the final product. Large companies like to collect patents just in case - often with modest or no intentions for use.
We've already heard about several different variants of the new Surface with a high-end, unspecified Snapdragon chip and more RAM. But as the years go by and no release date has been announced, it may well be that SP will never see the light of day. The prospects are quite illusory, but one cannot help but pay attention to the display with a built-in sensor.
Microsoft is currently working not only on releasing its own operating systems. She also has one rather interesting goal - the production of interesting mobile phones. And one of these products is the Surface Phone, the release of which is periodically delayed.
This is the second year in a row that Microsoft has delayed the release of the phone. There can be many reasons for this:
- Difficulties in implementing the concept;
- The company’s desire to release a fairly high-quality product;
- The constant desire to give the smartphone optimal characteristics.
As a result, it turns out that users who have heard a lot about the work on this device are constantly looking for news and its release date and are looking with interest at all the new renders of this smartphone that periodically leak onto the Internet.
Estimated release date: first quarter of 2020. This is the world, and it is possible that the model will not appear in Russia at the same time. Most likely, the first model in the line will appear only in the United States, and in a few months in the rest of the world. The possible date for the model to go on sale in Russia is mid-to-late 2020.
This deadline is not official, and may be postponed again due to development issues that we encountered earlier.
Microsoft Surface Phone - OS and Specifications
It is difficult to say what exactly the model will be equipped with, the release of which is still in question. We have collected basic information from foreign forums, which will probably be as close to the truth as possible, but it is possible that there will be significant changes.
One of the key points, which is also considered quite controversial, is that this device will definitely run the mobile version of Windows. As you know, the share of this OS in the relevant market does not exceed one percent. This suggests that user confidence in this system is extremely low. Nevertheless, the developers hope that such a device will show the whole world what their operating system is capable of. They didn't even turn to outside organizations for help. And they even reduced production of the famous Lumia to some extent.
If you try to compare this smartphone with other devices of this kind, the sensational Google Pixel may come to mind. But before the development of the device in question running mobile Windows, the most advanced option was the HP Elite X3.
Microsoft Surface Phone at some point was planned to be released in two variations, which would be built on the same processor. This is a fairly powerful Snapdragon 835. The differences will be in the use of different amounts of RAM. We are talking about 4 and 6 GB respectively. It is possible that by the time the phone is released, the generation will change, and the model will no longer receive the 835 processor, but its replacement.
As for the operating system, it will be mobile Windows version ten. In both cases, this means a 64-bit OS, but the more powerful device will be complemented by an x86 emulator called Cobalt.
As explained, this solution will allow you to work with desktop applications that can connect the device to monitors and TVs. If we talk about a more powerful smartphone, then it is quite possible to classify it as an almost full-fledged PC.
We are looking forward to the new smartphone from Microsoft. We hope that the release date of the Microsoft Surface Phone, scheduled for early 2020, will not be postponed again. And for those who cannot wait that long and focus on an unknown and inaccurate release date, we recommend.
Share with us in the comments why you are looking forward to this phone and when you think it will go on sale.
The latest product of Microsoft Corporation - the Surface Phone smartphone - will change all ideas about the capabilities of a mobile device in 2017.
In the seventeenth year, a new revolution awaits us, which all the Bolshevik owners of mobile devices have been talking about for so long. The instigator of historical events this time will be Microsoft Corporation, which is going to present a truly revolutionary product - the Surface Phone smartphone.
Surface Phone News: Microsoft's Ultimatum
In an environment where Android can't and iOS doesn't want to surprise users, the Surface Phone is poised to disrupt the mobile device market. After all, Microsoft has actually prepared a new type of device - a business smartphone with the capabilities of a personal computer or laptop.
According to information from a number of insiders, the Surface Phone will be taught to work with x86 applications, thereby eliminating the fine line between a mobile gadget and a personal computer. Simply put, the Surface Phone smartphone will run the same programs as any laptop or system unit running Windows 10.
Surface Phone smartphone: specifications and hardware forecasts
The computing power of the revolutionary smartphone will be provided by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, supported by 6 GB of RAM. The volume of internal data storage is rumored to reach 512 GB. It was previously reported that Microsoft's smartphone would have one of Intel's processors, but the company decided to leave the mobile chip market.
In addition, this device will have a 5.5-inch Quad HD display that will occupy the entire front side of the smartphone. In any case, Microsoft has already received a patent for a fingerprint scanner built into an AMOLED screen.
Surface Phone release date: when can we expect it?
Analysts cite April 2017 as the most likely release date for the Surface Phone. It is by this month that the new Windows 10 Mobile Redstone 3 operating system will be ready.
The most likely manufacturer of the Surface Phone will most likely be Pegatron, which, according to insiders from Commercial Times, has begun test assembly of the first copies of the revolutionary smartphone.
