Leaked Microsoft memo details 'new and disruptive' Surface Andromeda device

Updated on Monday, July 2, 2018 at 8:58PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Surface Andromeda Render by David Breyer @D_Breyer on Twitter

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft's Surface Andromeda project has mystified and excited those who have seen hints of this foldable form factor device that's as capable as a PC, as flexible as a tablet and as portable and connected as a smartphone. Those hints of this new and disruptive device became more relevant thanks to a leaked memo that's allegedly come from Microsoft.

We've had years worth of patents, fan renders, source code references and speculation that Microsoft's Andromeda device could the new new product category that moves us beyond the smartphone era. An internal document from Microsoft unearthed more details of a "pocketable Surface device form factor." In the email, Microsoft describes its Andromeda device as a "new and disruptive" device category that "blurs the lines between mobile and stationary computing."

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Microsoft's foldable phone concept shows hints of a computing future

Microsoft made a name for itself by introducing the 2-in-1 Surface devices, so it stand to reason that the company's new mobile device would have a similar functionality. The above patent illustrations show the 'Andromeda' concept, a truly innovative smartphone that unfolds into a larger device, possibly a tablet.

Microsoft has killed off Windows 10 on phones, or at least has done nothing to sustain that dying promise of mobile Windows. The company's representatives do reference a mobile device that's not a phone bu which has telephony. With Windows on ARM now a nascent reality, can we expect the Surface Phone or Courier device that brings Windows to a smaller convertible form factor.

Two more patents of Microsoft’s foldable mobile device have been published today, and they were first spotted by WalkingCat. Give us a glimpse of what this could look like. A device like this would put Microsoft in a class of its own and could kickstart their presence in 'mobile' while creating something bigger with more functionality if you throw in Continuum and docking functionality.

Source: Thurrott