Microsoft Surface Phone to be launched in second-half of 2016

According to a published report, Microsoft is said to be working on a Surface Phone, that will be ready for launch in second-half of 2016.

The Surface Phone will be a premium device and different of Lumia devices. It will be designed by Surface Chief Panos Panay, the same person that built the Surface Pro tablet line and the new Surface Book. The report states that the Surface phone replaces a metal-clad Intel-powered Windows 10 phone. The cancelled device is said to be a carryover from Microsoft's purchase of Nokia Devices and services.

The Surface Phone that is also being called as Panos Phone, is undergoing prototype testing at Microsoft campus in Redmon, Washington. The details of the Surface Phone are scarce at the moment except that it will be a metal one. But it is being speculated that Intel is still part of the Surface Phone project and could user one of Intel's x86 chipsets. The report further adds that the Intel-equipped phone that was cancelled was said to be a Lumia device.

Microsoft aims to create a Windows Phone that would practically work like a Windows PC. So far, Microsoft has not mentioned anything about the Surface Phone, but it is yet to see what the company has in store.

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