[XENOPHOS]

Microsoft Surface Phone rumor resurfaces, to hit the shelves by next summer

[hysonmb]

With the money they poured into Nokia and the amount of support they're throwing behind HTC, it would be hard to think they'd have anything to offer outside of a more attractive look to match the Surface devices.
Plus, if they want to make sales they need to announce these before the WP8 hardware hits the streets.

[XENOPHOS]

Plus, if they want to make sales they need to announce these before the WP8 hardware hits the streets.

That would be MS's biggest mistake. Again, to borrow a term from advertising, its called cannibalizing their own product...

[GoodThings2Life]

The only reason it would happen is the same reason Surface tablets are coming out... they'd have to be really sick of OEMs screwing up. I don't see any evidence of that on the smartphone platform right now. In fact, all of them are stepping up their game this year.

[PG2G]

It might actually be a good idea if they go after a market that the OEMs aren't, a direct competitor to iPhone in terms of size and power. The 4" super phone that the OEMs must think nobody wants.

I actually wouldn't mind if they made a WP8 iPod Touch equivalent though, honestly

[palandri]

I doubt it will happen. Anyone remember the Microsoft Kin phone?

[Winterfang]

I doubt it will happen. Anyone remember the Microsoft Kin phone?

The Kins were great feature phones, it failed fore different reasons. I like Microsoft hardware =)

[power5]

Intel has its own motherboards for sale. Not sure how this is any different. Surface phone is the look I want, not a softened rectangle like the HTCs or the much larger 920. I could handle a 920 if it was no thicker than my Titan. I want a big screen in as small a size as possible. My Titan for example is nearly perfect. Nice hard lines in the style. Nice classy finish color and feel.

[squire777]

If MS did want to design a phone then why wouldn't they just give the design to another OEM to make it for them like how Google does with their Nexus products?

[VagrantWade]

Microsoft Surface Phone rumor resurfaces, to hit the shelves by next summer

No. As trustworthy as the...China Times are when it comes to Microsoft secrets.