Microsoft Showed Me Their Secret Phone Five Years Ago.

Five years ago, I interviewed the creator of Surface, Panos Panay.
During the interview, a mysterious phone fell out of his pocket. He glanced around and quietly showed me the device, which hadn’t been released yet.

Five years later, that device—along with the ambition and dreams behind it—has long been buried in history.
Now, it’s time to tell this forgotten story.