The news suggests that the Surface Duo line could be in for major camera improvements.
A former Nokia PureView and Apple camera bigwig has announced that he has joined Microsoft’s Surface imaging team, and the news gives us hope that future Surface and Surface Duo devices could actually deliver good camera quality.
Ari Partinen took to Twitter to confirm his new role, but it’s unclear whether the new hire will focus on Android-powered Surface devices (i.e. Surface Duo line), traditional Surface products (e.g. Windows-powered), or both.
The hiring also coincides with a Microsoft job listing for a camera system architect focused on Android-powered Surface devices (likely future Surface Duo devices). This listing hints at future Android Surface products packing computational photography smarts. So it stands to reason that the former Nokia and Apple engineer is part of this push.