Microsoft reportedly working on much rumored Surface phoneDecember 2, 2015 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft’s Surface team is working on a new premium smartphone, which will be ready in the second half of 2016. And it might be the pure Surface phone many have hoped for, VentureBeat reports. So says a new report from Windows Central, citing unnamed sources. The sources say that the Surface group has dropped plans for an Intel-powered Windows 10 phone in favor of the new device. The new flagship phone, the report says, will be built by a Microsoft engineering team led by Panos Panay — the same team that built the Surface and Surface Book. The group has been given responsibility for Microsoft’s “premium” devices. The report does not make clear whether the new device will indeed be the long-rumored “Surface phone,” however. “The most obvious question is whether this will be the shoot-to-the-moon Surface phone that has been alleged ever since the first Surface tablet was announced years ago,” Windows Central’s Daniel Rubino wrote. “Unfortunately, details of what exactly this device is remain unknown.” Rubino wrote that the Intel-powered phone that was cancelled appears to have been another in the Lumia line. Some people inside Microsoft are said to be unhappy with the company’s last round of Lumias — the Lumia 950 and 950 XL — which were released in early October. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |