New Microsoft patent reveals metallic Surface Phone body

It’s been a long time since anybody heard any additional updates regarding Microsoft’s Surface Phone. On August 10th, the Redmond-based firm apparently filed a new patent application that indicates a metallic Surface Phone body, which further doubles as an antenna.

The patent is titled, ‘Cover of Device Acting as Antenna of the Device,’ and created by Microsoft’s Antenna and RF expert, Antti Karilainen. Since the smartphone has already been rumored to carry a foldable design, the latest patented feature seems to be added by the company so as to ensure that users don’t cause any interference or any sort of detuning that causes the signal strength to deteriorate. The latest leak also further confirms that the smartphone will include a Surface Pen as well.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella earlier last year confirmed that the firm is working on newer smartphones that will be unlike any other regular devices in the market. He had also reportedly said that the fans will know more about Microsoft phones in 2017. In fact, Microsoft even accidentally published a video on their social media platform, which spoke about the same. The smartphone is also expected to include an in-built ‘onto table’ projection. However, the details regarding the same haven’t received any sort of confirmation as of yet.