Microsoft is believed to be hard at work on a flagship Surface Phone.
Built by the team behind the hugely-successful Surface Pro and Surface Book devices, the smartphone is rumoured to be set for a 2017 launch.
That's because the Surface Phone is believed to be closely tied to the next blockbuster Windows 10 update, codenamed RedStone 2, scheduled for April next year.
Surface fans thought they might have to wait until Build 2017 to get a glimpse of the new gadget. But that is no longer the case.
A photo posted in the user forum of Baidu appears to offer the first glimpse at the revived Surface Phone project.
According to BGR, the photograph is believed to be authentic and comes from a source who has leaked accurate information in the past.
The leaked render shows a Surface Phone with a keyboard cover that appears to have similar functionality to the Touch Cover line of accessories shipped with the Surface tablets.
The Baidu post claims the smartphone was set to have a 5.7inch touchscreen with 2K resolution, powered by a Snapdragon 830 processor, and sporting a 20megapixel rear camera with a Carl Zeiss lens.
Since the fourth quarter of 2014, Microsoft has dropped from a 2.8 per cent share of the smartphone market – to just 1.1 per cent as of the fourth quarter of 2015.
Gartner's latest smartphone sales report claims Windows Phones have now dipped below 0.7 per cent overall market share.
The Redmond technology firm is increasingly moving focus to rival platforms, releasing a touch-optimised version of Microsoft Office on iOS ahead of its own smartphone platform, and now the US firm is retooling its record-breaking keyboard for iPhone users, too.
Whether Microsoft can begin to turn around its dwindling market share with the long-rumoured Surface Phone remains to be seen.
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