Mashable Chinese website reported December 18
As we all know, Microsoft's last attempt to develop mobile phones has not been affirmed by consumers, and even Microsoft CEO Nadla had to admit that the company's failure in the mobile phone business.However, recent intensive news shows that Microsoft seems to hope that with the Surface brand in The field of smart phones comeback.
The source said that the World Intellectual Property Organization passed a mysterious patent application from Microsoft last weekend, the earliest of which was submitted in June this year. The patent document mainly deals with the design of 'self-adjusting hinge' The design could be used as a new smart device that turns a tablet into a foldable cell phone, something similar to the previous Lenovo Yoga model.
With this new hinge, the two screens of the target device seamlessly turn into one so that the device not only functions as a cellphone but also provides the functionality of a small notebook or tablet, etc. It should be said that the hinge Can be 360 degrees flip support terminal devices A variety of screen rotation in the notebook field is nothing new, but this time Microsoft seems to want to apply it to the mobile field.
What's more, though Microsoft did not mention any mention of 'cell phone' in its patent application, it made it clear that this 'self-adjusting hinge' design made the device compact enough to be pushed directly into a user's pocket.
External analysts believe that even if the patent really appeared in the so-called 'Surface Phone' in the future, Microsoft's smart phone business is still facing fierce competition.For example, Samsung recently exposed a folding screen related to patent applications The patent describes a collapsible phone that is better suited for games, similar to Nintendo's 3DS design.The top screen is mainly responsible for displaying the screen, the bottom screen is mainly used to control, using the Android system. Believe, Samsung will release a folding screen phone GalaxyX next year.
It should be noted that, according to various third-party organization data now shows that Microsoft's Windows handset share in the global smartphone hardware and operating system market share has been close to zero, Microsoft has completely abandoned this operating system internally.Microsoft is responsible for Windows 10 Mobile Joe Beelfiore, the chief executive of First Edition, has even publicly confirmed that 'the continued development of mobile operating systems and mobile phones in the future is no longer part of Microsoft's focus.'
In fact, after the original Nokia-based handset business was sold to Foxconn, Microsoft actually already received revenue from the field of smart phones.Nadella said in an interview that Microsoft's previous mobile strategy has failed, but will continue to work hard, Just the point of concern will change.
Industry analysts believe that the most important cause of the failure of Microsoft Windows in the world's top three handset operating systems is the fact that mobile phone sales and subscriber size are too small, which has led to a lack of interest from third-party developers in the development of application software for Windows handsets, The popularity of applications on Android and iOS platforms makes it hard for consumers to find versions of their Windows phones, which also makes the Windows user experience worse than any other platform, resulting in massive drain on users.