Microsoft’s new mobile device won’t be a phone per se, but a product supporting multiple form factors and most likely coming to the market with foldable displays and a revolutionary hinge.Codenamed Andromeda, this device could convert from laptop to tablet by simply adjusting the position and angle of the displays, while at the same time offering note-taking capabilities similar to those of the original Microsoft Courier concept.
And while it’s pretty clear that this device is not by any means supposed to compete against the likes of Samsung Galaxy S9 or Apple’s iPhone, it turns out that phone capabilities would still be offered. A report from WindowsCentral reveals that the existing prototypes of Andromeda “feature telephony capabilities,” so there’s a good chance that the device will be able to make calls and send text messages.
"Phone form factor?"
Microsoft itself has confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile is a dead platform, and by leaving this platform behind, the company technical exits the smartphone business entirely.
Instead, what it plans to do is invest in apps and services for Android and iOS, thus providing its customers with access to products even when they’re not using Windows 10.
But on the other hand, several patents discovered in the last 12 months indicated that Microsoft was pondering a potential form factor for this new device, again enabled by the dual-screen approach. Right now, however, this doesn’t seem to be exactly the case, so it’ll be interesting to see how Microsoft will bring phone capabilities to this device without actually embracing a phone design.
Andromeda should see daylight in the coming months, most likely in the fall, though there are rumors that Microsoft could unveil it even sooner. The project, however, is still in development, and its future depends entirely on how testing advances for the current prototypes.
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