Microsoft Surface Phone 2016 Release Date, Specs, Price: Microsoft Official Teases Surface Phone? Release To Happen In October?

There were reports of Microsoft announcing its alleged Surface Phone 2016 at the IFA 2016 Berlin event, but, unfortunately, the same did not happen. Now, there are chances that Microsoft's highly anticipated Surface Phone 2016 might get an October release date. However, there are also reports which claim that tech enthusiasts will have to wait until 2017 to get their hands on the Surface 2016 handsets.

According to IBTimes, Microsoft's much rumored Surface Phones might get released in March 2017. It is believed that the Redmond's decision to include Intel's latest Kaby Lake chipset in its upcoming line of smartphones might be the main reason behind delay in release. It is to be noted that the chip maker has already announced the 7th generation Core processor and started shipping the new gen chips to device makers.

Recently, Laura Butler, Microsoft's Director of Engineering (Windows Fundamentals), teased the Surface Phone 2016 in one of her tweets. However, nothing about the handset's release date or specs was mentioned.

@itsmichaelwest @zacbowden Surface iPhone. ;-)

— Laura Janet Butler (@LauraCatPJs) September 6, 2016

Talking about Microsoft Surface Phone 2016 specs, the Redmond is rumored to announce three high end Surface smartphone variants with superior hardware configurations and impressive new features. The entry level model is rumored to feature 3GB of RAM, the midrange model is expected to get 6GB of RAM, and the high-end variant is rumored to feature a massive 8GB of RAM and 512GB of built-in storage. All the three handsets are reported to run Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processors and come preinstalled with Microsoft Windows 10 mobile OS.

The three Microsoft Surface Phone 2016 variants are expected to come packed in an aluminum and magnesium body featuring a 5.5-inch AMOLED display, a 20-megapixel Carl Zeiss rear camera coupled with Surface Pen functionality, a fingerprint reader, accelerometer, gyro, compass, a barometer and proximity sensors. Continuum support, USB Type-C connectivity and liquid cooling technology are also expected to be on board. The price range of the Microsoft Surface Phones 2016 is expected to remain between $700-$1100.

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