Microsoft Surface Phone release date, news: Highly anticipated device might not appear in Mobile World Congress next year

Aside from the people's typical anticipation for the next iPhone and Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, there are a good amount of spectators also anticipating the arrival of the Microsoft Surface Phone. Unfortunately, reports say that the much-awaited phone will not show up in the Mobile World Congress 2017.

Every year, the MWC has been a great venue for technology firms to unveil flagships or announce future plans for their famous product lineups. This fact is what makes the Microsoft Surface Phone hopefuls expect that the MWC event on Feb. 27 to March 2 will host the announcement of the Surface phone.

According to reports, however, the HP Elite X3 or the upcoming Windows phone is what will make up for the absence of the Microsoft Surface Phone. There is also enough amount of hype for the mentioned device since this will be released as a consumer-focused variant this time. It can be recalled that this is not the first time that HP and Microsoft collaborated to produce a Windows-run phone.

However, in the first partnership, they came up with an enterprise-grade mobile device. According to unconfirmed reports, the HP Elite X3 is most likely to sport the Windows 10 platform paired with 4 GB random access memory and 64 GB internal memory.

It is rumored to be powered with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and an Adreno 530 graphics processing unit. Despite the fact that Microsoft has been mostly quiet on their plans about the Surface Phone, there have been several indications that the Redmond, Washington-based company is working on it.

Just last month, it was reported that Microsoft is testing several prototypes for the Surface Phone and they all run with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, according to anonymous sources. Added to these rumors is a statement from Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella saying that they are taking their time and want to make sure that they will produce "the ultimate mobile device." Source: ecumenicalnews

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