The long awaited Microsoft's comeback to the smartphone sphere, Microsoft Surface Phone 2017, was rumored to be released may finally take place next year. Tech giant Microsoft may announce the smartphone alongside the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 in February.
With rumors of 2017 release, Microsoft may opt for the 10 nm Cannonlake processors which could delay launch of Surface Pro 5 by months.
Asus announced it would release its Transformer 3 hybrid tablet in the third quarter this year.
Rumors in the recent past have suggested Microsoft could release a Surface Pro 4 successor in June this year but now seems unlikely with no information coming from the company.
The Redmond giant is going all out to make Surface Pro 4 reach its sales potential before it can launch the next iteration.
Redstone 2 update and Kaby Lake processors could make Microsoft wait until early 2017 before it releases the Surface Pro 5 in order to prevent a rerun of the issues that early users of Surface Pro 4 faced.
