Ari Partinen joins Microsoft's Surface imaging team
(All About Windows Phone)

One of the three big names in the original Nokia/Lumia imaging success story, Ari Partinen, who left after Microsoft bought Nokia`s Devices division, and who went to Apple to perform wonders in the iPhone camera team, has now joined Microsoft`s `Surface imaging team`. The obvious inference is that he`s been recruited to a) do more with the existing lack-lustre Surface Duo camera, and b) work on a superior unit for the upcoming Surface Duo 2. Yes, Microsoft`s other Surface devices have cameras, but the Duo`s is the one that stands out as a (to put it politely) `potato`. With that in mind and with Ari having a good six months to steer the imaging ship before the Duo 2 gets launched, I think he has enough time to make a big impact.