Apr 01, 2017 06:26 AM EDT By Avery Robbins, UniversityHerald Reporter

Microsoft Surface Phone will reportedly debut this year with impressive specifications but there's a catch.The Surface Phone is highly-anticipated this year as the device will be the flagship that could determine Microsoft future.

Surface Phone ultimate specs

The latest update on Microsoft Surface Phone suggests that it will come equipped with a folding display. A patent filing from Microsoft, back in January, reveals a tablet-sized device that turns to a phone when folded to make a call, Korea Portal reported.

The Surface Phone will reportedly house Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 SoC with the storage as huge as 8 GB RAM. Its inbuilt storage will go as big as 500 MB according to The Verge. As a business-class device, the Surface Phone has to be able to run heavy-duty tasks with the help of Microsoft Continuum to make it work with big screen, mouse, virtual trackpad or other hardware to optimize its productivity.

Will Surface Phone survive this time?

When it comes to a mobile PC, one of the biggest challenges would be designing an input method that won't be redundant. A display as small as a mobile phone size needs keyboard accessory - or, if Microsoft already has a plan - it should be a smart input like voice or gesture recognition. Nonetheless, a mobile PC might still need keyboards and a PC instead of being completely free from any other hardware.

Lumia was a big company failure, according to former engineers at Microsoft, as per a report from BGR. And the catastrophe should have made Microsoft learn a lot about building software and designing a smartphone that's not only truly capable but also functional.

Furthermore, the informant said that if Microsoft wants to catch up with Apple, it has to have a sharp focus on a mobile device instead of Office and Windows. The articulation is not all baseless when it is seen from Google's perspective. The Android and the all-in-one services from Maps to Mail seem to be the strong selling point that Microsoft does not own.

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