Phones surface. Why Microsoft's Surface Phone is doomed to fail. In a nutshell, what is Surface Phone

According to data from many sources, at the end of this year, or early next, the official presentation of the smartphone will take place. Microsoft Surface Phone. 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 novelty 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, then mobile device looks amazing. Its body, apparently, is made of steel; the smartphone itself has a folding design, thanks to which it can be turned into a tablet by opening it by analogy with a book. There is even support for the proprietary Surface Pen, but a reduced size.

It is expected that Windows 10 installed on a smartphone will be able to perform any task, up to launching computer applications and games. One of key features Microsoft Surface Phone will be able to act as the primary 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 piece, the convenience of work is increased. One of the displays, for example, might show an office Microsoft Word while the other has a keyboard. In this case, the user will not have to sacrifice the convenience of overlapping one window on another, as is now the case on all phones. In addition, the display appears to be full-size, just like 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 durable parts connected to each other by a titanium hinge to increase strength and ensure lightness of the entire structure. If the future novelty really looks like this, then it is extremely likely that its price tag will definitely exceed the $ 1200 mark, that is, even US citizens will have to pay more than 70,000 rubles for a phone, and its price in Russia may even exceed the mark in 100 00 rubles.

Earlier it became known that the basis of Surface Phone mobile processor.

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Surface Phone Is the first smartphone from Microsoft to be developed outside of the Lumia lineup. For the first time, this device became known in October 2015, but since then, no official information about it has been reported.

But rumors don't just pop up, so we're confident the Surface Phone will make its debut this year and make the list.

We bring to your attention information about Surface Phone, which will be updated as new news and rumors come in.

Surface Phone release date: when will the smartphone arrive in Russia?

Initially, the release of the phone was supposed to take place in May 2016, however, the development of the Surface Phone was suspended, as a result of which the planned date was postponed indefinitely. On the this moment, work on the new product is in full swing, and most likely, the release date for Microsoft Surface Phone will be at the end of 2016. As for the start of sales in Russia, then, judging by the release of Lumia models, it will take place simultaneously with other countries.

The Surface Phone may be announced as early as September at the IFA in Berlin.

Specifications and design

The Surface Phone's design is likely to be consistent with the rest of the Surface line (laptops and tablets) and look like a miniature tablet. The image below is the vision of the model by designer Nadir Aslam (the picture in the header for this article is also his work)

There are no official images of the smartphone yet.

Concerning technical characteristics The Surface Phone is rumored to have a 64-bit Intel processor, a 5.5-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels, 4GB random access memory, 21MP camera and 64GB or 128GB of storage. The smartphone will work under Windows control 10.

The Surface Phone price is, of course, still unknown. Stay tuned for more news and rumors about Microsoft Surface Phone.

Microsoft is currently developing perfect smartphone called Surface Phone, which will be able to demonstrate all the functions and capabilities of the operating Windows systems 10.

As you know, Microsoft Lumia smartphones are not famous for high sales, while some of them, for example Lumia 950, are failures.

Not too long ago new Microsoft smartphone The Surface Phone has received the green light and is currently under development. The Surface Tablet development team focused on the Surface Phone. Three versions of the mobile device are expected: consumer, business and semi-professional.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Release Date and Price

Initially, it was reported that Microsoft plans to release its Surface Phone smartphone in May 2016, but after the disastrous Lumia 950, the release date of the new smartphone was pushed back to early 2017.

Microsoft Surface Phone is expected to be a mobile device high class, premium build, top specs, and a price that's on par with Surface tablets. According to Windows information Central, Microsoft plans to release the world's most secure and most productive smartphone.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Design and Build

Initial rumors reported that Microsoft is developing an all-metal Surface Phone for a May 2016 release. Given that the release date has been rescheduled for 2017, we have no doubt that the company will have time to prepare for the production of the smartphone.

The Surface Tablet plans to be a solid, high-quality smartphone. As we said, the team is working on the creation of the new smartphone, which has already released premium tablets Microsoft Surface, so we have no doubt about the quality of the upcoming mobile device.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Display

Surface Phone will be available in three models, so it is possible that each of the models will have different size screen.

The consumer version of the Surface Phone will be five to six inches. Rumors point to a 5.7-inch display for standard version smartphone, while business and semi-pro models will have larger screens.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Specifications

Microsoft is reportedly partnering with Intel for the Surface Phone. We expect Intel to offer the best mobile processor for a Microsoft smartphone.

It remains unclear if Intel plans to create new processor specially for Surface Phone. But, since the smartphone will have to work as a PC, thanks to the Continuum function, you should expect high performance. We hope the battery won't let you down.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Camera

Lumia smartphones have reasonably high-quality cameras, so Microsoft can leverage its early work for the upcoming Surface Phone.

Microsoft Surface Phone: Software

Microsoft plans to use Surface Phone as its flagship product to market its Windows 10 software.

Expected that software for Surface Tablet and Surface Phone will be similar, and many of the full capabilities Windows versions 10 will be available to mobile devices.

In 2017, “ ultimate mobile device"As he calls it Microsoft... The CEO of software corporation Satya Nadella keeps repeating - yes, they really missed the "smartphone boom" and were among the first to catch this train. But this fact will not prevent them from creating something unique and in demand for the phone market.

Here's how Satya Nadella sees the situation:

“We will remain loyal to the smartphone market by focusing on specific customers who need an unusual set of capabilities - this is where we can do well.”

Microsoft is under great pressure from competitors in the face of Apple and Google... Modest positions mobile platform Windows 10 Mobile, closing the ruler Lumia and the end of partnership with Nokia make her act very carefully.

Surface Phone is Microsoft's only hope that has no room for error.

Microsoft hopes to succeed like the line of tablets and computers Surface Pro and Surface Book... They are an eyesore Apple its excellent performance and innovative capabilities. Will have Surface Phone a similar chance to conquer the world?

In a nutshell, what is a Surface Phone?

2. Surface Phone Features based on rumors:

5.7-inch display,

Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 835,

Multiple memory configurations,

Improved beyond recognition Windows 10 Mobile.

3. Microsoft Surface Phone release date approximately in the first half of 2017.

4. Surface Phone Price remains a major mystery, but it is assumed:

699 dollars (40,000 rubles) for the younger version;

1,099 dollars (65,000 rubles) for the top model.

5. It will be a smartphone, unlike the others.

What exactly is known about when the Surface Phone comes out?

The first sales country is the USA. Further, the scheme is similar to tablets and laptops of the line Surface... As soon as the cost threshold for Western countries is named, so you can immediately begin to judge the price. Surface Phone in Russia, and the timing of its appearance in other regions of localization.

So far, no one knows for sure the release date of the Surface Phone.

It is entirely possible that the developers themselves will not answer this question. But Microsoft back in January 2016 registered Domain name surfacephone.com by starting the commercial preparation process.

In early March, there were rumors that the release date Surface Phone will never take place at all - just another unsubstantiated thought of skeptics.

Why then Microsoft spent on a crazy launch function Win32-applications in a smartphone environment Windows 10 Mobile? And to publicly promise some kind of "ultimatum mobile device" for the phone market?

Obviously, in the next couple of months, we will find out Surface Phone release date firsthand.

What's new in Surface Phone?

According to one Microsoft report Surface Phone will have three versions:

1. Consumer(Surface Phone Consumer Edition) with a low price tag for the masses;

2. Business(Surface Phone Business Edition) replaces BlackBerry;

3. For enthusiasts(Surface Phone Enthusiast Edition) to compete with Apple iPhone 8 / 7S and Samsung Galaxy S8.

Their main difference is in hardware characteristics, a set of memory (from 3 to 8 GB of RAM and from 32 to 512 GB of ROM) and modular equipment (in the older model, for example, dual camera).

All Surface Phones have:

Sophisticated futuristic design, like the notebooks of the same name series;

Metallic inclusions in the finish of the case;

5.7-inch high-resolution display;

Top 10nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset.

Experts are confident that in 2017 Microsoft will begin to use the long-patented 3-position hinge technology. For example, in a mobile keyboard for a smartphone. It is likely that Surface Phone there will be "covers" or even docking stations, like tablets Surface.

Surface Phone will have a special Windows 10 Mobile

During the update Windows 10 for smartphones it became possible to run Win32-applications. UWP-the concept goes as far as Android and iOS did not even dream.

Of course, everyone is already accustomed to using ARM-programs and games. But have Microsoft there are plans to create a whole class of devices called "ultra mobile PC" ( Ultramobile PC). Surface Phone will present us with an improved beyond recognition Windows 10 Mobile, which will practically be in no way inferior to the desktop version.

Surface Phone is a phone from the future, Microsoft is confident. It remains only to wait for him.