Microsoft 'testing' its own smartphone?

WOW we get to watch them FAIL again. 

Come on Microsoft kill Apple again!

Well...at least it is not another Apple phone.

the more the merrier, im sick of apple products and wont buy a ipad or iphone for many reasons, but prime amongst them is the gouging price and rushing of tech for incramental upgrades at astronomical prices, itunes is utterly cumbersome and convoluted... not to mention the vile business practices, recent of which is suing samsung for geometrical shape, trying to limit competition is a detriment to all consumers...and the ongoing use of suicidal labor, but thats a sin they share with most of the capitalistic manufacturers and corps in america

guess what os it will use? yes Windows 8 .,..... nooo thnx i'l stick with Samsung, HTC.

I couldn't see MS producing better hardware than Nokia (Lumia) or even Samsung (ATIV), buh then again they did surprise me with the surface . . .

No One Messes With Samsung (The Best Smartphone manufacturer) :D

Latest lumia 920 asks for the price of an iPhone 5, that's simply too much considered the fact that it doesn't have the popularity to compete with iPhone toe-to-toe

 Nokia should've known better what ???business ?partner ?they chose. I still don't understand why they are still so reluctant in releasing an Android Phone, but still have a lot of respect for them. I still have my first phone a Nokia 3310 that still works in perfect condition even after this many years.

 I hope things will work  fine for them, ?although I'm not such a huge fan of MS and W8.

One has to wonder at how exactly Nokia is reacting.....

they can try all they want they stll wont stop apple

I hope MS considers making three types of phones. One for gamers like the Xperia Play but with Xbox Live connectivity, one with a full qwerty like a BlackBerry Bold and one solid screen phone like iPhone and every other android phone. If they appeal to each of these consumers they'll sell a lot of phones.

What the market doesn't need is another solid screen phone like the iPhone and every other android phone.

Got to feel bad for Nokia if this turns out to be true.

I'm looking forward to Microsoft becoming competitive with mobile again. I really dislike the iPhone and my Android phone gets odd with computer errors sometimes. 3 is the magic number.

to enter the smartphone race against Apple, cause they will not catch the 1st (Samsung)

Why not, they tried (and failed miserably) to make a Video game console line?

I would love a Surface Phone

Yeah...I don't think I'd trade in an Android phone for one with the Metro UI. Never.

"This puts it in line with the iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S III." 

Yeah, and it also puts it in line with every other smartphone made as well. Nowadays every smartphone has a screen size between 4-5 inches. 

If WP8 had hardware equivalent to what Android offers (quad-core LTE, over-clocked dual-core LTE, 2GB's of RAM, better screen resolutions and more useful features.) I would seriously consider switching. The WP8 operating system is much more stable, smooth and more cohesive than Android is. It has alot less glitches and bugs. The app store will eventually come around. 120,000 apps is still nothing to sneeze at, plus MS monitors their app store better than Google with regard to malware. 

I have always had, and still HAVE, Samsung Galaxy S phones. And while Samsungs flagship line of phones come packed to the brim with powerful hardware and features, the phones are made like shit.  They are cheap garbage. I have owned the Galaxy S 1, 2 & 3 and have had numerous issues with each phone that required warranty service. The WP's have a much better quality about them. So I can't wait to see how WP8 evolves in the future, and just maybe I'll give it a shot.

What is the main point of getting a Windows 8,(or Windows 9,10,11)  phone over an Android or iOS phone?

I can only think that it's better for business use, as it would be compliant with MS Office. That would be of interest to me for a tablet, and I can see myself buying a Windows 8 tablet with which I'll use MS Office - so I can use the tablet for both business and personal use. Without the MS Office I'd have to consider a tablet a bit of a toy that i'll probably get bored of quickly.

But I'm not sure if using MS Office on a phone would be productive. I havent even bothered setting up email on my smartphone cos I just can't be hassled with it.

After owning a windows phone for 2 years, the 8x seems like a good phone but i really am thinking of getting a iphone or s3. No Apps and im not waiting any longer. 

I would totally buy a Windows 8 phone from MS. Well.... as long as it doesn't only come to AT&T.;

What the hell? How is this news? They have been doing so ever since WP7 came out and made a partnership with Nokia. WP8 is just strengthening that brand, yes - they are competing against apple in the smart phone business and they are slowly proceeding though its a long way to catch up. They are doing some good stuff with it (like bringing WP8 to the NT core framework) but yes, they have to catch up. Give them some credit, apple has been doing it since their first (overpriced) phone and have changed little since then.

This has what to do with gaming?

And at a low, low price of $800!! Also, if you preorder the phone now, you'll get a nifty, cheap ass phone cover!

I jumped onto windows 8 on day one just happy for a bit of a design change but to my surprise its much faster and the tiles are much better to use eventualy... only thing was it needed a bit of tweaking at the beginning....Anyhow im deff getting the win 8 phone GOODBYE APPLE

If Microsoft is willing to let people use what they want to use without much of a hassle rather than subjugate everyone to Microsoft products and services(Bing being highly irritating), then its got a fair chance.

definitely don't have a problem with windows phone.  it does everything i need it to do.

I have a wp7 and since it sucks and I'm not entitled to an upgrade, my next phone is going to be an android.

Proprietary vs. Proprietary.

Kind of sucks since this probably won't be out till at least sometime mid next year and wp8 is coming out this month.  Would definitely like to see how innovative they can make their own smartphone.  Just look at what they did with the Surface.. that tablet has some pretty unique ideas and that vapormag casing make it a pretty top notch device.  Shows you that Microsoft can be creative in their R&D; department. ;)