Microsoft announces Surface Duo - a foldable Android phone with two screens

02 October 2019
It's an Android device has two 5.6” screens and bezels that seem to come straight out of 2012.

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  • AbuSaeed
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  • 03 Oct 2019

With Android?! What Jerks !

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    • 03 Oct 2019

    Anonymous, 02 Oct 2019but it didnt lag ...associating android with lag is so 2012. eversince project butter android has closed the gap with ios. some android devices even have faster response than ios now.

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      • 03 Oct 2019

      Lol. Too good from Gsmarena. One of the best articles that I have read in gsmarena in a long long time.

        Seth Setiadha, 03 Oct 2019The article doesn't do fair justification. More about drivi... moreAgreed about the author of the article. Seems they had made up their mind from just the short clip. Pure opinion piece with minimal hard facts

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          • 03 Oct 2019

          this could actually work with a little redesign- just decrease the bezels all around, especially the sides that will be joined, then also increase the screen size in the process. if they can make it bezel-less for the side that joins and give it zero gap, this may just be a viable alternative to fragile foldables.

            Seth Setiadha, 03 Oct 2019The article doesn't do fair justification. More about drivi... moreAgreed about the author of the article. Seems they had made up their mind from just the short clip. Pure opinion piece with minimal hard facts

              Abhi-Darth-Plagueis, 02 Oct 2019Am I the only guy who's lamenting the fact that the long ru... moreKind of my thought also. Would rather have seen the Windows version they are running on the Neo.

              Absolutely detest Android, mainly due to Google's involvement, but just can't convince myself to go to an Iphone, which is even worse.

              Will take a wait and see attitude with the Duo.

              And for all the people knocking the "OMG, wide bezels" design, it isn't designed for those who think they always need the latest whiz bang design which are impossible to hold comfortably.

              It is targeted at people who will use it for every-day, productive work, just as was shown in the demo. Will give the Surface Laptop with the AMD Ryzen setup a serious look, and will probably pick up a Neo when it is released.

                The article doesn't do fair justification. More about driving everyone's opinion that this phone is sucks. Seems like he hates it so much. I could easily tell by the lack of information that the writer not doing good investigation about the phone. I suppose there are still so many information about the phone could be revealed than just the look.

                Then again this foldable phone is better than the easily cracking screen from Samsung or Huawei which need to be treated super gentle

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                  • 03 Oct 2019

                  So this is Microsoft's version of the Flexpai?

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                    • 03 Oct 2019

                    no such thing as curious or not

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                      • 03 Oct 2019

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                        • 03 Oct 2019

                        Microsoft demo'ing a phone with android os.it is quite humiliating for a company that produced it's own os Microsoft windows mobile which was effectively overrun by android and ios.i think it's best that Microsoft resort to supporting windows for desktops and laptops rather than wasting money on the mobile market which they have done so in the past.

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                          • 03 Oct 2019

                          It is not "full-screen" apps. Maybe we (me and the author) saw different videos. What I saw is that many apps will have "de-coupled" sections of the app. Outlook seems to let you use the right side for email list scroll and left side for reading, for example.

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                            • 03 Oct 2019

                            Pabliell, 02 Oct 2019Sony Tablet P? Hey GSMArena, remember Kyocera Echo? Yes, th... morethe writer never mentioned this was the first foldable phone

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                              Abhi-Darth-Plagueis, 02 Oct 2019Am I the only guy who's lamenting the fact that the long ru... morewell it's a tablet phone, not a tablet desktop

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                                • 02 Oct 2019

                                Pabliell, 02 Oct 2019Sony Tablet P? Hey GSMArena, remember Kyocera Echo? Yes, th... moreYes unfortunately I remember it but it’s not really with remembering

                                  Don't get me wrong. It was a pleasant surprise to see Microsoft finally fold in favour of Android (no pun intended).

                                  But they could have gone any number of ways about this one. Just introduce a regular bar of a phone. Or some such. Foldable Surface ought to have been a Windows x86 device, IMHO.

                                    Am I the only guy who's lamenting the fact that the long rumoured surface phone turns out to be something that "does not" come with desktop windows and "cannot" run x86 apps natively?

                                    Why would they even call it a Surface then?

                                      How much great would be if it comes with one foldable display!! Dual display is very bad and old idea in my opinion! LG already did it and it failed!

                                        Those bezels! In 2020, almost 2021. They should rethink the design.