Surface Phone is that foldable phone that the company Microsoft thinking about launching it on the global markets with the idea of entering into competition with Samsung Galaxy X and the phones from Huawei. So far we have heard that the Surface Phone was prepared for release in 2018 by Microsoft, but it was sent back to the engineers who develop it to undergo major changes, and the release should take place in 2019.
The Surface Phone has been at the center of many rumors in recent weeks, and a Microsoft executive spoke about it in a recent interview and said that such a product would not currently be in the development process. Although Microsoft does not want to launch a Surface Phone because it would not need it, the director of the company confirmed that new products with "new shapes" are in the development process and will be launched in the following years.
Surface Phone: Microsoft Reveals Phone Plans
The Surface Phone could actually be another interesting device from Microsoft, but the company could prepare it for launch with a utility completely different from that of a smartphone, although it could have a telephone function. The Surface Phone could actually be a tablet that could be folded into a phone to allow making phone calls, but it's clear now that Microsoft doesn't think of this product as a phone, or the executive is lying.
"The head of Surface gets asked directly if a Surface Phone is in Microsoft's plans. He was initially quite evasive, speaking about changing form factors adapting to users, and being able to switch easily from pen to keyboard, but eventually answered directly "Well, I would not say that that includes a Surface Phone.""
The Surface Phone would have brought a product for Microsoft in a category in which it needed something in order not to leave the attention of the whole world, but in Redmond the plans seem to be completely different from what the world imagines now. The Surface Phone would not be in the middle of rumors regarding its development if the product did not exist, but it is clear that it will have a completely different name, and perhaps a completely different main functionality for customers.
