IMicrosoft ne-HP basebenze ndawonye iminyaka eminingi. Ababengabasebenzisi be-PDA nakanjani bazokhumbula amatheminali ahlukene aqhamuka nenkampani ye-HP ngeWindows Mobile, isoftware ebisivumela, ukugcina amabanga, ukwenza imisebenzi efanayo yehhovisi, futhi egxile kakhulu ekuphatheni i-imeyili, njengeBlackBerry. Kungekudala ngemuva kokuthi i-iPhone ifike emakethe futhi sonke siyazi ukuthi kwenzekeni. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule I-HP yethule i-X3 Elite, i-terminal egxile kwezamabhizinisi.
Ngenkathi silinde ukufika kwe-Surface Phone, uma kwenzeka kwenzeka kwesinye isikhathi, amahemuhemu wakamuva asikisela ukuthi bobabili iMicrosoft ne-HP basebenza esigungwini esiphakathi nendawo, isiginali abazoyethula ngaphambi kokuphela kwentwasahlobo nokuthi ingazama ukudonsa ukunaka kwabasebenzisi abake basebenzisa ipulatifomu, kepha ngenxa yokubambezeleka kokuqalisa Windows 10 Iselula baphonsa ithawula badlulela kolunye uhlelo lwemvelo.
Okwamanje asinalo ulwazi mayelana nokucaciswa okungaba khona, kepha uma iMicrosoft ifuna ukuphakamisa ikhanda ngenguqulo yayo yeselula ye Windows 10, kufanele ifake amabhethri bese yethula ukuphela okuhle, okuhle nokushibhile. Esontweni eledlule sikwazise ngokuncishiswa kwentengo i-Acer Jade Primo ehlangabezane nakho, i-terminal enezici ezinhle kakhulu ebesisesitolo sama-euro angama-249, okusho ukuthi isitolo seMicrosoft saphela ngokushesha esitokweni, vele namuhla kubonakala sengathi abakabi nayo. Uma umfelandawonye phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili uvumela ukuqaliswa kwesiginali esifanayo ngentengo yokuncintisana enjalo kungaba yiphuzu lapho iMicrosoft ifuna khona selokhu anquma ukubeka ikhanda lakhe ngqo emhlabeni wezocingo.