Windows Central’s photos are clear, showing a black devices that has a kickstand with three locked angles, a microSD card slot, a headphone jack, a Micro-USB port for charging and a USB-OTG port. Thurott’s single photo shows that the device would have come in red as well. The Surface Mini would have been powered by Windows RT, with an 8-inch, 1440 x 1080 display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 1GB RAM. It would also have used a Surface Pen for note taking. MORE: Windows 10 Coming to Snapdragon 835-Powered Laptops There’s still a chance to see a Surface with a Qualcomm CPU. Last month, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced a partnership at Computex in Taipei, and said that Microsoft would be using Qualcomm processors for “always connected” devices. Perhaps the Surface Mini, or something like it, will one day make a comeback. Thurott reports that thousands of Surface Minis may have been produced before the cancellation. If so, it’s not clear what happened to all of those machines. Images: Windows Central
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