Microsoft fans are eagerly waiting for the arrival of the Surface Phone, but the company is yet to arrival any official information on it. A recent report had suggested that the Redmond-based firm is prepping up to launch a Surface Phone in 2019. Fresh information reveals that the company may introduce a line of phones before it launches the elusive Surface Phone. A Microsoft representative’s chat has revealed that the company is planning to phones running on Android OS.

In the screenshots shown below, the representative is claiming that the engineers of Windows phone are now preparing to launch a new model. However, he is not sure about the type of models that Microsoft is planning to release since it won’t be running on Windows. 10. The mysterious phone belongs to a new line of Microsoft phones running on Android OS.

When Nokia Lumia phones were alive, the Finnish firm had launched the Nokia X and Nokia XL phones running on Android OS at the beginning of 2014. The Nokia X2 was introduced after the acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services by Microsoft in April 2014. Both the phones came with Android OS. However, there was no support Google’s apps including Play Store. These phones featured came with Microsoft services and Windows Phone-like UI. The Nokia X and X2 ended receiving lukewarm response from the audience.

Few months after the launch of Lumia 650 in February 2016, Microsoft killed the Lumia series and since then the company hasn’t launch a new phone. Microsoft has shifted its focus on bringing on its apps to Android OS and iOS.

When the Nokia X and X2 had launched, Microsoft apps and services were not that popular. However, in the recent past, apps like Microsoft Launcher, Edge browser, OneDrive, Skype, Office apps and more have gained good popularity on Android and iOS. Hence, the arrival of a Microsoft Android smartphone can be ruled out.

So, there is a possibility that Microsoft may once again try to launch an Android phone The Redmond firm may pack it with Microsoft apps and services. This phone may not feature Google mobile services.

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A few days ago, a ”new” Nokia phone called the Nokia Pixel was seen on Geekbench. The low-end specifications of the phone coupled with the fact that it runs Android Nougat gave people the impression that Nokia was working on a low-budget phone that will launch with the latest version of Android. However, it appears that won’t be happening as it has been found out that the Nokia Pixel is actually the Nokia X2.

Not this guy below………

……It’s this guy in green.

It was discovered that the person who uploaded the results changed the device name to trick people into thinking Nokia has a low-spec’d Nougat phone in the pipeline.

Apart from the fact that the specs are outdated, the benchmark scores are very close to that of the Nokia Ara which was the codename for the Nokia X2 before it was released. The fact that it is even running a newer version of Android does nothing to boost the scores.

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We know its sad to have our hopes of a low-spec’d Nougat phone dashed talk-less of one expected from Nokia but it wouldn’t be bad if the company were to release such a phone. They could replace the SoC with a Snapdragon 210 which has LTE by the way and throw in a great 8MP rear camera, a 2200mAh battery,and price it at about $40 to $50. I’m sure quite a number of people will pick one for their kids and elderly relatives.

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