Late final 12 months in October, Microsoft had introduced the Surface Duo, the corporate’s first ever Android machine and first-party smartphone (when you can name it that) launch in years. What makes the Surface Duo particular is its symmetric dual-screen nature and 360° hinge mechanism that enables the machine to fold itself shut like a e-book – to completely opening itself up with two opposing shows. Today Microsoft is lastly making the Surface Duo out there for pre-order – though availability might be restricted to the US.
| Microsoft Surface Duo | ||
| Surface Duo | ||
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 1x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A76) @ 2.84GHz 3x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A76) @ 2.42GHz 4x Kryo 485 (Cortex-A55) @ 1.80GHz Adreno 640 @ 585MHz |
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| DRAM | 6GB LPDDR4X | |
| Display | Dual 5.6″ strong OLED with 360° hinge 1800 x 1350 (4:3) Unfolded 8.1″ efficient diagonal at 2700×1800 (3:2) |
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| Size | Height | 145.2 mm |
| Width | 93.Three mm (closed) – 186.9 mm (open) | |
| Depth | 9.9mm (closed) – 4.Eight mm (open) | |
| Weight | 250 grams | |
| Battery Capacity | 3577mAh whole (twin cells) | |
| Wireless Charging | – | |
| Rear Cameras | ||
| Main | 11MP 1.Zero µm f/2.0 |
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| Telephoto | – | |
| Wide | – | |
| Extra | – | |
| Front Camera | – | |
| Storage | 128 / 256 GB UFS 3.0 | |
| I/O | USB-C | |
| Wireless (native) | 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.Zero LE + NFC |
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| Cellular | (Category 12/5) DL = 1200Mbps 5x20MHz CA, 256-QAM UL = 150Mbps |
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| Other Features | It folds | |
| Dual-SIM | 1x nanoSIM + eSIM | |
| Launch Price | $1399 | |
Starting off with the uninteresting stuff – the inner {hardware} of the Surface Duo isn’t all that thrilling because it includes a final technology Snapdragon 855 SoC. Given the machine’s early announcement final 12 months it appears Microsoft took a very long time to carry the machine to market. We’re seeing a normal quantity of DRAM and space for storing with 6GB and both 128GB or 256GB choices. All in all there’s nothing too particular in regards to the internals right here and are in step with 2019 flagships.
The machine’s key attribute is of course its symmetrical folding design with two 5.6” 1800 x 1350 decision OLED screens. Although we name this a folding machine, this doesn’t truly apply to the shows as they’re two distinct models coated with strong glass.
Further distinctive to the design is the hinge mechanism which is symmetrical as effectively – it permits for a full 360° tilt of the 2 sides, that means you’ll be able to have the machine both totally shut, or you’ll be able to have it totally opened with each display screen dealing with outwards.
Microsoft opted for comparatively uncommon form-factors right here because the screens are every 4:3 – and when opened up it provides you a kind of efficient 8.1” diagonal 3:2 floor to work with.
The dimensions of the machine come at 145.2mm top in portrait mode, and one aspect is 93.3mm extensive, which opens up until 186.9mm. Each half is extraordinarily skinny at solely 4.8mm that means that even when folded it stays a comparatively cheap 9.9mm in thickness.
The machine’s 360° folding nature implies that the inner display screen floor can face fully outwards, and Microsoft took benefit of this for his or her digicam design, of which the Surface Duo solely has a single unit. The 11MP 1µm pixel f/2.Zero customary wide-angle unit is comparatively conservative in specs, however that’s the compromise that needed to be made to suit right into a 4.8mm thick chassis and never having the likelihood to make use of a digicam bump.
Microsoft positions the Surface Duo as a productiveness machine, and its first-party functions such because the Microsoft 365 suite might be optimised for the expertise. This seemingly would be the deciding issue as to how the Surface Duo might be obtained, because it represents fairly a distinct segment machine market.
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