A Microsoft executive has finally admitted the existence of the Surface Mini and indicated that it will likely never land in our hands.
Speaking to Wired, Surface team lead Panos Panay revealed that he did in fact have a 7-inch Surface Mini that he used for note taking and drafting emails to himself in the middle of the night when ideas would wake him up.
"It was like a Moleskine," Panay explained to the publication. "It was awesome."
No more Mini
During the lead up to the Surface 3 launch, rumors of a possible Surface Mini began popping up and soon became one of Microsoft's worst kept secrets, even though it was never announced.
There was even a guy who claimed he had actually played with the unconfirmed tablet.
In fact, until today, it was never really confirmed by Microsoft's team, despite alluding to it in last year's earnings report, saying that the company had made the "decision to not ship a new form factor."
Of course, the Mini never actually launched, and from what Panay says (or rather his use of past tense), it sounds like we won't be seeing it in the future either.
Instead, we know have the innovative Microsoft Surface Book
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