Is Microsoft Still Working on a Surface Phone?

Is Microsoft Still Working on a Surface Phone?

For a while there, it seemed inevitable that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) would release a smartphone bearing its Surface brand, affectionately and officially known as the Surface Phone. The software giant has been increasingly dabbling in hardware, most notably with its Surface lineup of PCs that now includes convertibles, a laptop, and an all-in-one (AIO).

Microsoft recently scored a patent that covers how to implement a pressure-sensitive display that could work with a stylus like Surface Pen, according to Patently Apple. The patent also includes a method to determine the location of the touch input, and notes that it can be implemented on various types of devices including tablets. But Microsoft appears to be focusing on smartphones. Business Insider also points out that the patent includes references to OLED displays. No current Surface device includes an OLED display (all current Surface devices have fairly large displays that would make OLED prohibitively expensive to adopt).

The patent was filed in September 2015, and officially granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month.

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