Microsoft Surface Phone release date at IFA 2016; available in October?

#SurfacePhone #IFA2016 – Microsoft Surface Phone release date at IFA 2016; available in October? : There will a number of significant contenders this year in the battle that will be waged in the highly competitive smartphone market.

Samsung has already unleashed their beast of a phablet, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, while Apple is also raring to release its highly anticipated new iPhone, the Apple iPhone 7, this coming September. Now, reports are pointing to another heavyweight contender in the form of Microsoft's comeback device, the Microsoft Surface Phone.

Several reports had previously pegged the release of the rumored new smartphone from Microsoft to be sometime next year. The majority of the reports claimed that Microsoft probably need some time for them to incorporate the latest tech that is currently available into its latest generation handset.

However, new reports are now claiming that Microsoft may be launching its device a bit early at the upcoming 2016 IFA Trade Show, which is slated to happen next month. If this turns out to be the case, then consumers will likely be seeing the release of the device a month after.

The release the new Surface Phone in October would make a lot of sense as it will allow consumers a third option that will offer them a completely different experience altogether. The Surface Phone is rumored to run the latest Windows Mobile operating system (OS) that allows it to essentially become a mobile computer through the OS' Continuum support.

As for the rumored specs for the device, reports have claimed that it will be coming in three distinct variants with the high-end version sporting 8 gigabytes (GB) of random access memory (RAM) and 512 GB of internal storage.

There are also reports that claim that the device would likely be coming with either Qualcomm's latest 830 processor or Intel's latest Atom processor. Other rumored specs include USB Type-C ports, a 21-megapixel Carl Zeiss PureView camera, and a 5.7-inch AMOLED HD display. Source: mnrdaily

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