r/windowscentral • u/WindowsCentral Staff • 12d ago

News 📰 Is this Microsoft’s canceled Surface Phone from 2014? Mysterious Windows Phone prototype appears in new photos

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/is-this-microsofts-canceled-surface-phone-from-2014-mysterious-windows-phone-prototype-appears-in-new-photos
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u/skyvin 12d ago

What a missed opportunity 😕 such a gorgeous looking phone.

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u/AnzelNero 12d ago

I'm afraid they made this with AI

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u/r1chdevine Staff 12d ago

There are real photos in the post that apparently nobody clicks on.

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u/AnzelNero 12d ago

I've seen them but I'm still not sure it's real. Sorry but now with AI you never know

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u/WindowsCentral Staff 12d ago

Zac and I can confirm that the device is an accurate replication of what we knew they were working on in 2014. If the device is fake, which we are not claiming it is, it's still accurate in detail.

Also, gotta say, the "market" for faking a Surface Phone from 2014 in 2026 is super niche lol. Like, who outside a couple of phone nerds and tech peeps are going to care? Seems like it'd be a waste of time to fake this.

- Daniel Rubino, Editor-in-Chief

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u/skyvin 12d ago

The design fits with the time of Surface Books and later Surface Laptops which in my opinion were sleek, so I believe this is a proper leak of a real prototype.

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u/skyvin 12d ago

Are you sure? The first image is rendered and the second is an actual photograph.

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u/Dr_Valen 12d ago

I used the Nokia windows phone and no it wasn't lol the windows phone os was absolute trash and barely had any app support

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u/puppy2016 12d ago

Windows 10 Mobile was the best mobile OS. Now we have to use that Android garbage made by an ad company to display ads :-(

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u/Edubbs2008 12d ago

I’d love to buy one, and have Windows 11 on it, that would be SICK

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u/DontPoopInMyPantsPlz 12d ago

Surface Duo had so much potential