Microsoft was reportedly planning to launch a extra reasonably priced plastic model of the Surface Duo 2, and pictures seem to have leaked on eBay of the system. Windows Central reports that Microsoft canceled this mysterious midrange model of the Surface Duo 2 in late 2021 after reportedly initially planning to launch it as a less expensive mannequin later this 12 months.

The leaked pictures on a now-deleted eBay itemizing reveal the system would have shipped with a extra rounded design, a plastic matte end, and a barely smaller digicam bump. Microsoft was reportedly making adjustments to the shape issue of the Surface Duo 2 to place this as a lower-cost mannequin.

Image: eBay

Image: eBay

Codenamed Cronos, the adjustments would have included a extra midrange Qualcomm processor, a dual-camera array on the rear as an alternative of a triple one, non-curved shows with out Microsoft’s look bar, and a plastic exterior. Windows Central speculates that it might have been launched because the “Surface Duo Go” or one thing comparable. This isn’t the primary time Surface Duo images have leaked, with pictures showing on-line forward of the Surface Duo 2 launch final 12 months.

Microsoft is now engaged on bringing Android 12L to present Surface Duo 2 units as an alternative of delivery this extra reasonably priced Surface Duo 2 later this 12 months. Windows Central claims the subsequent Surface Duo flagship gained’t arrive till late 2023.

Microsoft’s Surface Duo 2 launched with a steep price ticket and a laundry listing of bugs and points in October 2021, however the software program maker has been progressively bettering the system. Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert says the Surface Duo 2 has gotten significantly better months after its launch, to the purpose the place “it’s now one of my favorite mobile devices.”