Report: Microsoft Surface Phone to launch in the second half of 2016

26. yann (Posts: 594; Member since: 15 Jul 2010)

Second half of 2016 means end of the year.
Will be late. That mean another year without flagship.
950's are disgrace.

27. Cheezwiz (Posts: 430; Member since: 29 Dec 2014)

950s are just fine. don't like them, don't buy them. doesn't change the fact that there's a market for them (however small that might be).

29. Ashoaib (Posts: 3230; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)

yes please dont like them and dont buy them, windows 10 is still far from a finished product... huge app gap is still there... camera lead is over. LG G4, V10, GS6, Edge, Note 5, Nexus 6p and 5X are equally capable in camera if not better... I am using windows 10, it is good but feels slow... there are some bugs. Sometime apps close down during opening without a reason. Keyboard doesnt pop up some time and I have to manually pop it up. Some time keyboard went down and pop up back without any reason... However, sd card is managed better then on android... interface also feels pretty solid and better than android and ios... 80% of apps I use frequently are missing on windows... I dont want fb, instagram and other similar chating apps, but I do care about shipment tracking apps, banking apps, productivity tools and maps. Email attachments is also monotonous task, task windows keep on working although files get attached, sometime need to manually close it. Microsoft maps made me feel like ios maps, which is pretty much useless and slow... If you are an avid android or ios user, than you will feel like there is a lot missing and in matter of few days you will start feeling bored OR you have to keep two phones... if you dont use your phone much except calling, messaging, photo and face book then it doesnt matter OR if you are new to smart phones and not attuned with android and ios then again its ok to waste money on Lumia 950 & XL... the price microsft is asking for these devices is not justified at all

40. elitewolverine (Posts: 5192; Member since: 28 Oct 2013)

I would respond with more....however win10 has about as many bugs as current release of android. Hell my daily job is fixing android mess ups....all day...you can keep it ;)

There is a package tracker, a good one too

Banking apps, meh, my browser does everything but deposit a check, and considering the banking apps have proven in recent reports to be the most insecure things on your phone, you can have that too. (I want check deposit...though I rarely rarely need it)

Email attachments is hard? Seriously? hit reply, hit paperclip, select location...boom, hell even supports apps like TotalCommander for file apps.

App gap IS THERE. But if you need more than 600k apps, then yes it is not for you.

Anything I 'neeed' from android can be accomplished on my much cheaper tablet. I don't need a note 5. Very few people I know do everything solely on their phone. I rather have a surface with a windows phone in tow, than android tablet with android phone in tow. or etc...because once I have windows, I can get any android app I 'neeeed'.

31. sgtdisturbed47 (Posts: 912; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)

Or, if you like them and can't buy them because they're not on Verizon then it's easy to ignore them. Same with Surface Phone, it'll mainly be on AT&T.

34. o7o (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Jun 2009)

Every company has a 1 year cycle for their flagships! iPhone, Galaxy..etc, why is it wrong for Microsoft to do the same?

9. sip1995 (Posts: 1771; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)

They want to make something new and innovate, so your statement is wrong.

14. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3223; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

Great phone = more buyers
More buyers = more app devs interested
Do not think for a second that you are smarter than the people inside Microsoft.

20. xq10xa (Posts: 797; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)

I don't know about that......alot of people seem smarter than Microsoft when it comes to phones. This is why they are where they are...just saying...they aren't even close to the top dogs.

30. Ashoaib (Posts: 3230; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)

We dont think we are smart than people inside microsoft... But it seems like that we are smarter than them... you are right more buyers = more developers and apps... but microsoft seems not understanding it, thats why they are selling lumia 950/xl in a ridiculously high price, instead of selling it in throw away price and made as many people as possible to take it... They cannot make a bugger without fries, ketchup, double in price of Bugger King and expect people and devs to come to them instead of Bugger King

36. xq10xa (Posts: 797; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)

Ha! Bugger.

37. xq10xa (Posts: 797; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)

What's crazy is that companies like BLU and One Plus are probably selling 5X as much phones as someone like Microsoft is.

4. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)

"Sources say that the Microsoft Surface Phone REPLACES an (sic) metal-clad, Intel-powered phone that would have been driven by Windows 10."

(Capitalization added for emphasis.)

5. promise7 (Posts: 893; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)

The Intel powered device was cancelled, and the Surface phone replaces it.

"Sources say that the Microsoft Surface Phone replaces an metal-clad, Intel-powered phone that would have been driven by Windows 10. Today's report calls the cancelled device a carryover from Microsoft's purchase of Nokia Devices and Services."

11. sip1995 (Posts: 1771; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)

The point here is about the EXE programs....NOT just apps.

13. Emmanuelz (Posts: 221; Member since: 01 Aug 2013)

No apps no sale

33. sip1995 (Posts: 1771; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)

Don't feed the troll........

12. sip1995 (Posts: 1771; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)

Typical PA, what you expect...

15. Alan01 (Posts: 548; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)

If you click on the highlighted part of the story, you'll see that the SD820 reference came from another one of our stories.

Regards,
Alan F.

16. jellmoo (Posts: 2473; Member since: 31 Oct 2011)

I get that, but it makes the article a little confusing considering that seems like old information (from a month ago) as opposed to the latest info. Maybe it's the wording or just my understanding, but it doesn't really jive with crux of the latest story.