A Windows 10 [Not Mobile] Phone?

[Leonel Funes]

This morning, I open up Cortana to get my dose of any major headlines, traffic, weather, and all that good stuff she's made to do. Suddenly, I find this article over from Digital Trends:

SyncPhone Wants To Put Full Windows 10 In Your Pocket | Digital Trends

It talks of the "SyncPhone", a phone powered by Windows 10. Here are some of the specs:

"The 5.4-inch SyncPhone will have a 64-bit desktop architecture, thanks to an Intel Atom chip, and will feature a textured aluminum uni-body. The company is touting three variants of the SyncPhone, along with three different colors ? solar gold, sterling silver and midnight black. The SyncPhone, S, and Pro variants come with 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB of RAM; 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB of storage; a 8, 12, or 20 megapixel camera; and an Intel Atom x5-Z8300, x5-Z8500, or x7-Z8700 CPU, respectively."

They also say that if they receive enough funding, they'll let you dual boot with Android, and for a bit more, even Ubuntu.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this? Does it capture anyone's attention?

 

[libra89]

It is an interesting idea, but it's hard for me to picture how that would work. Will it not have apps? The idea is really cool though.

 

[jmajid]

i guess they are hedging their bets that UWA (universal windows applications) will take off and devs making more windows 10 apps....
any apps that you can run on Windows 10, should then work on this also.

 

[Leonel Funes]

It is an interesting idea, but it's hard for me to picture how that would work. Will it not have apps? The idea is really cool though.

They want it to run Windows 10 apps and older .exe programs, so it'll have quite a few things it can run.

i guess they are hedging their bets that UWA (universal windows applications) will take off and devs making more windows 10 apps....
any apps that you can run on Windows 10, should then work on this also.

My idea is that it won't run WP8/W10M apps... everything else should work

 

[elindalyne]

Honestly, this is a non-starter. You absolutely need mobile design on small devices, which is why W10M shares a lot of code with W10 but not all of it.

On top of that... Renders and actual prototypes are two different things. By the time they actually have something tangible the Surface team will have gotten something out.