[ad_1]
A US software developer plans to introduce the mobile device market with innovative flexible technology later this year.
Satya Nadella at a podcast interview had said that Microsoft was very interested in returning to the smartphone business, but will only come back with an "ultimate" mobile phone that will share nothing with contemporary phones.
In 2018, Nadella's statement makes sense now because touchscreen phones are reaching a saturation point in terms of innovation. Except for the handle of products – iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi Mix, Oppo Find X, Vivo Nex and Samsung Galaxy S (& Note) series, all other Android phones looks like a bad clone of the Apple mobile phone birthday.
Now, a new report has revealed that the Redmond-based company, which sold the Nokia brand license to HMD Global in 2016, has not abandoned the construction of its own mobile device under the brand name. Aegis of the Andromeda project.
The Verge quoting reliable sources revealed that the Andromeda project had been going on for more than two years and that it was an extension of another concept of the project. "Courier" incubation, which was designed around the same time that Apple started working on the first-generation iPad. Although the latter broke the covers in 2010, the first one was never marketed
The Courier was a hybrid device that Microsoft envisioned as a digital newspaper with a split screen capability. It would fold like a notebook and once opened, it would turn to a single screen and take notes with a stylus. But, it was abandoned due to lack of manpower and considered a side project.
Now the Andromeda project is touted as an advanced version of Courier, but would come with a more compact structure that can fit in the pocket and yet when unfolded can turn into a big phablet screen (a hybrid of tablet and smartphone) . It also has a wraparound screen on the hinge, making it a really foldable phone.
However, it should be more sophisticated in terms of features, capabilities and, more importantly, aesthetically pleasing to the eyes unlike the ZTE Axiom M, which has two awkward joint phones.
Last year, Microsoft's patent related to the surface of the dual-screen device online. In the document, a large device is shown to have a touch screen with foldable properties. What is interesting to note, it is that it is articulated on the back as seen on the hybrid laptops, which allows us to bend the device. It also has two SIM slots, an LTE modem, a Wi-Fi point and a dedicated battery location.
Microsoft Project Andromeda Concept Images David Breyer (@D_Breyer) / Twitter
Microsoft Surface Chef Panos Panay Teased a LG Display Folding Table for Caricature and Photo with Friends, Hinting at Something big is getting ready in the R & D facilities of the company. It can be noted that LG Display provides OLED displays to many mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple and Google. Many are of the opinion that Microsoft could be its new client and would use it for the Andromeda project
Microsoft working on the foldable phone under the umbrella of the Andromeda project. Panay Panos (@panos_panay) / Twitter
Rumors are running that Microsoft could unveil the device under the Surface brand in one year and if that happens, the Redmond-based company has a good chance of beating established players such as Samsung and Apple bringing the world's first truly collapsible mobile
Samsung is working against the time to launch the Galaxy X. It was supposed to debut later this year, but it is now pushed up to the point of sale. in 2019. We do not know if it will be in the first half or the second half. From another side, Apple is still in the design phase of building a hybrid device with a radical new design, which can bend to turn into an iPhone and act as a tablet when it is fully deployed. But, we expect to see the light of day only in 2020.
Stay tuned. Follow us on @IBTimesIN_Tech on Twitter and Google News for the latest updates on Microsoft.
[ad_2]
Source link
Tags beat device foldable handheld manufacture Microsoft Mobile Phone race real Samsung
