We last reported exclusively that Surface Phone launch would be aligned with Redstone 5 and that it will be powered by Snapdragon 850. Now, a leak confirms Snapdragon 845 (850 for Windows) as one of the processors to power Surface Phone. The leaks also hints at rumored Snapdragon 1000 processor powering one of its possible variants.
The leak comes from job description of a Qualcomm employee on LinkedIn.
As you will notice Snapdragon 845 (850 for Windows) and Snapdragon 1000 are mentioned as processors meant for not only Desktops but also Andromeda and Hololens. We had exclusively reported about Surface Phone coming in more than one variants but our sources tell us that first Surface Phone that is supposed to come in 2018 will be mostly powered by Snapdragon 850.
There are chances that Snapdragon 1000 processor may not be ready by the time Microsoft will launch Surface Phone/Andromeda device. Microsoft will align Andromeda and Surface Phone launch with Windows 10 Redstone 5.
Surface Phone/Andromeda device Features, Specs, UI & other details:
You can read our exclusive coverage of Surface Phone/Mobile top features/specs/UI design, photos & other details here.
We have so far developed a good understanding of Surface Phone/Surface Andromeda device design on the basis of patents that reveal too much. With Andromeda appearing as one of the SKUs of Windows Core OS in latest Windows 10 Preview builds. it seems Microsoft may be finally on track to a 2018 launch for both Andromeda OS and device.
We posted some evidence that shows that Microsoft is already working to curate Apps collections for the Surface Phone/Mobile. We had exclusively reported that 2018 may see Surface Mobile (Surface Phone) & Windows mobile devices from top vendors too. In a recent poll, our readers selected Surface Phone as the most appealing name for the ultimate mobile device from Microsoft. Surface Mobile and Note names came at 2nd and 3rd rank.
