Nadella's ex-advisor on iPhone Duo: Surface Duo team 'screamed into their pillows'

Current and former Microsoft employees reacted to Apple's foldable iPhone Duo, which arrived six years after the Surface Duo and three years after Microsoft cancelled its successor. Mat Velloso, who spent four years as Satya Nadella's technical advisor, said the Surface Duo team 'screamed into their pillows' and argued Nadella didn't block the product — it simply didn't take off.

• iPhone Duo announced Sept 9, 2026 — six years after Surface Duo
• Microsoft scrapped Surface Duo 3 and its foldable successor in 2023
• Velloso: 'Satya didn't block anything, the product didn't take off'
• Surface Duo updates ended Sept 2023, Duo 2 followed in Oct 2024