![]() ![]() ![]() Microsoft claims this camera system should provide “exceptional low-light performance, and bigger depth of field”, while the demos during the announcement showed off some neat editing tricks making use of the dual displays. There’s also support for 4K video shooting.įor selfies and Teams chat there’s also a 12MP f/2.0 front camera. According to The Verge, the Surface Duo will be headed to the UK, France, Germany, and Canada on February 18th.In the UK, consumers can expect the Surface Duo to start at 1,349 (around US 1,864. On the back of the phone there are now three cameras: a 16MP f/2.2 ultra wide, 12MP f/1.7 wide with OIS and a 12MP tele camera for zooming. Wth the Duo 2, Microsoft is taking imaging far more seriously. Microsoft’s first folding Android phone had a measly single camera above the display and while we didn’t test it ourselves, the general feeling was that it wasn’t very good. Photography is usually one of the biggest features touted by smartphone makers whenever a new phone is released, however it wasn’t really the case for the Duo. This was gonna always going to be one of the most obvious improvements to the Duo 2 and we’re glad to see it. You’ll now be able to connect to 5G networks for faster downloads, more stable online gaming and more. 5G is finally hereĪnother benefit of that Snapdragon 888 chipset is that it adds support for 5G networks, a feature oddly missing on the original Duo. The Duo 2 has kept around the original’s support for the Surface Pen, which can attach magnetically to the top for storage. There’s Qi for wireless charging, NFC for mobile payments and the very capable Snapdragon 888 chipset powering the phone. With the upgrades to the Duo 2 it feels a lot more like the flagship phone it deserves to be. It was missing flagship stalwarts like Qi charging and NFC, while the Snapdragon 855 was a little long in the tooth. Microsoft announced the Surface Duo months before it actually got released, so when it hit shelves the internals were already outdated. In the USA it’ll set you back $1499 and arrive on the same date. Announced during a hardware-oriented event on Octoand officially released on September 10, 2020, 1 it is part of the Microsoft Surface series of touchscreen hardware devices, and the first device in the line that does not run Windows. In the UK, the Duo 2 will be available from October 21 starting at £1349. The Surface Duo is a dual-touchscreen Android smartphone manufactured by Microsoft. With the Surface Duo 2, Microsoft is fixing – at least in a hardware sense – the majority of those issues. While the Duo was certainly head-turning thanks to its bold dual-display design, it lacked a number of basic features for a phone that cost as much as it did. Considering how much lower the US price is (and how old the Snapdragon 855 has gotten), we’d wait for a promo deal.Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Duo 2, the successor to the original Duo device that brought the brand back into the Android phone space. We wouldn’t rush to buy the Duo in Canada or Europe on day 1, even though it’s one of the more unique devices out there. We haven’t seen the French price yet, but it should be about the same, give or take a few euro. The Duo will cost a wallet-punching £1,350 in the UK (available through the Microsoft Store and Currys PC World). ![]() However, just because US buyers are getting a $400 discount on the original retail price, that doesn’t mean their fellows to the north or across the Atlantic are getting any price cuts. Microsoft will expand the availability of its kooky smartphone next week – the Surface Duo will launch in Canada, the UK, Germany and France. If you don’t have the cash up front, you can get an unlocked Duo for $33.33 a month paid over 30 months (it’s $36.66/mo for the 256 GB version). You can get double the storage for an extra $100 (and no, there’s no microSD slot). ![]() Microsoft has slashed the price again and the two-screen Android smartphone now starts at $1,000 (with 128GB storage). The Microsoft Surface Duo became available in the US on September 10 and before October was over it was already discounted by $200. ![]()
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