![]() ![]() ![]() If these things give you pause for thought, the Surface Duo is absolutely right for you. I wasn’t expecting it to make me sit back and reconsider the smartphone as a device, its relationship to the evolving world of smartwatches, and to ask all those questions about operational use, social pleasantries and our reliance on this technology. I ordered the Surface Duo simply to be able to have “Android by Microsoft”, to satisfy that inner, extremely childish urge to scream “I told you so!” at the Steve Ballmer-era Microsoft management. Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: Ħ0% Microsoft Surface Duo review: An innovative idea, imperfectly executed As it stands, though, the Surface Duo’s potential is in dire need of refinement, and it’s saddled by a few too many headaches to recommend. I can recognize now that there’s enormous potential in dual-screen devices when done properly, and Microsoft has gotten closer to realizing it than anyone before them. What surprised me most about the Surface Duo during my time with it is that it proves Microsoft right in a sense. The more you ruminate over everything you give up, the more you’re convinced to cut your losses and go with a more reliable big-screen phone like the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra instead. Surface Duo users will have to live with an underwhelming camera that’s a pain to use an outdated processor with the bare minimum of RAM no 5G, wireless charging or NFC and only average battery life. It’s at that point you have to face the fact that the Surface Duo doesn’t give you the same amenities its flagship contemporaries do, even though it costs far more in some cases. ![]() But the longer-term picture is more encouraging than it's ever been.60% Microsoft Surface Duo review: A beautiful, bewildering phone With Microsoft rethinking how it approaches foldables, it doesn't sound like the Surface Duo 3 is going to be that device any time soon. The foldable phone market at the start of 2023 is pretty much the same as it was a year ago - we're just waiting for someone to come along with a product that can take on Samsung devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4. And in the case of future Surface Duo versions, it would add another reason to consider a foldable phone - a truly foldable phone in this case - beyond the super-sized screen. If the goal is to make Microsoft mobile devices stand out from other Android handsets, that would certainly help. Dubbed "Perfect Together," the initiative would presumably boost continuity between the different devices, with the article citing the way Apple's iPhones and Macs work together. Surface Duo 3 outlookĮven more encouraging is another element of the Windows Central report that claims Microsoft wants a better ecosystem experience between its Android phones and Windows PCs. It's encouraging to hear reports that Microsoft is acknowledging what was apparent to those of us who used the Surface Duo 2 for any period of time. Windows Central reports that version of the phone was supposed to be ready to ship before the end of 2023 presumably, the change in design direction pushes that release date back.īut a delay is preferable to putting out a flawed product and that's what the Surface Duo 3 would have been if it perpetuated a design that simply wasn't working. So it's understandable that Microsoft would go back to the drawing board even after reportedly finalizing a dual-screen design for the Surface Duo 2. You're not getting the super-sized screen experience that foldables promise by any stretch of the imagination. Stretch an app to fill the full workspace, and you've still got to contend with a giant gap running in between the dual screens - something far more annoying than the Galaxy Z Fold's visible crease will ever be.Įven multitasking on the Surface Duo's separate displays isn't ideal, as Microsoft equipped the phone with some fairly chunky bezels. The Surface Duo 2 doesn't really provide this continuity, with a pair of 5.3-inch panels stuck next to each other. The Surface Duo 2 (right) has a gap you won't find on Samsung's folding phones. ![]()
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