Before the 2017 Mobile World Congress, the Microsoft
Surface Phone has been speculated to show up in the said event. Regardless of
no official announcements, many still hope that the said event is the best
venue to introduce the new smartphone as the event is known for famous phone
launches. Sadly, Microsoft did not make the anticipated launch of the new
handset.
As of this moment, reports are stating the upcoming
Microsoft Surface Phone will apparently defer until last quarter 2017. Clearly,
the new handset will still need to wait for its powerful features, Windows 10
Creators Update. PCAdvisor predicts that the new handset will most likely come
out in the forthcoming Microsoft's yearly event in October.
Supporters have been keeping a very close eye on
Microsoft ever since the tech scene got word about the Surface Phone. The
company’s Surface devices are never without rave reviews and the prospect of a
smartphone joining the lineup has fans truly excited. Should it actually
arrive, there is little doubt that the gadget will be Microsoft Corporation’s
handset salvation. Surface devices are all shades of innovation and constantly
build bridges between normal everyday products.
The smartphone market is truly immense and in this
league of giants Microsoft is only a tiny player. If you are in possession of a
smartphone, and who isn’t, chances are your device runs either Google’s Android
or Apple iOS. Those in Eastern demographics and other developing regions could
also be using Samsung’s Tizen OS or that of BlackBerry. Point is, Microsoft
remains a distant runner up to all of these smartphone players. Although the
Windows operating system is undeniably mature and widespread, it finds very
little love when translated into phones.
The Lumia handsets that were taken off Nokia’s hands
three years ago are thought to be on their way out. The acquisition is often
referred to as multi-billion dollar write-off for Microsoft. The Windows
operating system as a mobile platform is taking its time getting off the
ground. Right now, analysts scarcely believe that it ever will.
The phone range continues to be held back by a lack
of innovative services and popular apps. This renders the already struggling
range of Windows Phones unfavorable among smartphone users. Microsoft’s phone
business subsequently fell into the shadows, doomed to be taken back to the
drawing board and re-approached.
Seeking to change all this is the widely talked
about Surface Phone. Looking at the attraction of the Surface gadgets, adding a
smartphone to the lineup could prove to be an excellent move for Microsoft. The
products are all shades of innovations and seem to appeal to the world’s hunger
for premium tech that defies ordinary conventions.
Microsoft Surface gadgets come as something fresh
and new. They are renewed take on what personal and business gadgets should
essentially offer. Whether buyers are in search of the ideal personal, creative
or business PC, they needn’t look any further than the Surface Book, Surface
Pro and Surface Studio to find a gadget that is capable of tasks beyond the
capacity of conventional hardware.
Though Surface Phone rumors have been circulating
for some time now, no one has settled on the product’s appearance. There have
been a few exciting renderings, even a number of sourced design filings by
Microsoft, although consensus continues to be in the wind. Back in January,
sources spotted a patent filing from Microsoft. The design showed a smartphone
with a foldable display, leading many to believe that is how the upcoming
smartphone will appear.
There is a newer patent recently uncovered, showing
multiple small screens that fold to form a seemless display. Patents are never
a guarantee, but they do hint at ideas that a company is considering. That
being said, many patents never actually make it to production, although we can
be sure the Surface will defy smartphone conventions like the rest of the
Surface range.
The Surface Phone will no doubt be a Windows phone.
It should offer the latest and most innovative use of the Windows 10 Mobile
operating system. The Elite x3 from HP is thought to be a massive hint at where
Microsoft plans to take its next handset. HP’s device is a Windows phone, too,
and comes as a near-perfect example of a smartphone with a PC-like capacity.
Devices produced by MSFT’s leading partners paint a good idea of Satya
Nadella’s mobile ambitions.
Nadella believes the “key in any momentum [Microsoft
has] is that you have to have some amount of boldness in taking risk, and
knowing that you are not always going to get it right.”
Looking ahead, it will be interesting to see how the
company innovates on its approach to smartphones.
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