Microsoft double shielding surfaces Duo smartphone is exciting, but I’m waiting for the next model year

Two screens are better than one? Microsoft seems to think so, as a duo shows its face long awaited, one double-screened Android smartphone which closes and unfolds like a spiral notebook. The concept is appealing, but the duo makes no compromises compared to the latest high-end smartphones, such as the recent Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 fold. So, it is worth the relatively steep $1,300 price tag? Do not get me wrong. I would Duo or something, because Microsoft teased over the surface of the concept over a decade ago, with his two screened Courier tablet. While revolutionary, was quite simple idea: instead of a tablet with a single screen mount only two touch screens together so that identical notes on taking a hand, while the web, on the other surfing, for example. This idea, conceived before the advent of folding devices (of variable quality) such as the Motorola Razr restart, still has a certain charm, and the Duo surface shows the concept with a vengeance. Unfortunately he did not do a good job too much else. The device itself is decidedly futuristic. The gray Smartphone, coated glass panels identical on each side, it seems that belongs to a science fiction movie. His apartment on all sides that shop for their withdrawal “backbone” where the display ends with rounded edges. On its side switch, the volume and power, together with a built-in fingerprint sensor thin in one of the edges of the screen. The thumb remains Of course, if you try to open the duo, which makes a transition seamlessly from an angle. After opening, you are with two large 5.6-inch AMOLED display with a rather impressive 1350 x 1800 resolution (which is better than 1080p) welcomed. The AMOLED technology opens the colors, keeping the thin device such as a single-screened smartphone. The hinge is fresh, robust and wrinkles all around, so that the duo as a mobile phone can be used with a screen. But if for a single, seamless screen, where you can enjoy videos and games, look elsewhere. While the two screens very funny to see them turn into one display some Netflix to see is an experience ultimately disappointing because of the subtle yet omnipresent gap between them. Applications and text are not divided between the screens; both they are treated as a single display, the gap of a vertical strip obscuring hidden truths. The format can be a problem here, even-even think of pushing in your pocket. While less of a flagship phone like the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra-5G, is much wider, which makes it a cumbersome addition is smelly jeans. only in this expensive piece of technology for the construction they were crushed For days I kept it in my pocket, just out of my mind when I sit I started moments. He now lives in my backpack that is not necessarily a bad thing. It interact with smartphones in the first place, in fact, is to change the surface shape factor Duo is a good chance that on the road. The phone-book-like design makes me less likely to touch the screen or press a button to wake up and idle to see. You have to actually open it on time to lose. They are more deliberately when I open it, choose a book to read, more often than reading some tweets. That said, the Duo surface is not for everyone. E ‘rather fickle. Some last-minute software updates alleviated a number of issues and delays, but it was a pretty buggy. Taps is sometimes failed to record while the duo of mirrors used in single-display mode, often double-tap on the device’s screen to guide new right as it moves from time to time when using the application the display used. Photographers will not find a lot to love here. The 11 megapixel camera Duo is miserable, frankly, but the portrait mode shots can at various times the effectiveness. There are also to record 4K video at 60 frames per second support, desaturated obnoxious albeit with a bluish tint. own first-party applications from Microsoft, such as Office, as expected. When using OneNote on both screens, serving as a sketch pad, while the other acts as a menu for notebooks and access of recently viewed pages. To-Do can make your task list on a screen, while other details shows for each that you can see easily change. In fact, the productivity of the strong side of the duo. The ability of two different applications on each screen, app couples, the introduction in tandem, drag and drop text or images to create another application, made result in a perfect device to get stuff. Some other applications use the unique design of the duo. Amazon Kindle app, for example, treats each display as a page of a book. This has me on a smartphone way to read more often; They are usually kept for an e-reader. But even in the Kindle app I ran into bugs that would force me to the application in full-screen mode to draw every time I opened the duo, or ruin the interface with two sides that spread through a single page through both screens , obscuring the joint line line. Few applications pledge support for such a rare form factor, and there is no guarantee the developers will flow dual-screen devices. The Duo surface runs a version quite modified Android 10, while supporting Microsoft’s Android updates promised to have if you are deep in Apple’s iOS ecosystem, leaving 12 of applications such as FaceTime and Messages or services like iCloud, a new switching platform it could act as a deterrent. But if most of the services is available on both iOS and Android, it is possible to control Duo compelling enough to find. If you get the Duo surface? not, at least not yet likely. disappointing attempts camera only frustrate her faulty software, lack of App dual-screen support, and that people write something else to do email and take notes. Video enthusiasts can find other smartphones that better display quality for the same cost. Players will disappoint its lack of graphical way. There is no wireless charging, NFC support for mobile payments or any form of powder or water resistance. It did not even have a headphone jack. But Microsoft Surface Duo is still one of the coolest gadgets I’ve used in a while ‘. It makes me want a future where devices like this gadget that push the envelope in terms of design and possibilities, the norm. Like the iPad when it debuted, the duo offers a wealth of potential. How developers use the property in addition with this flexibility to try new ideas and experience? What new games may be possible on a dual-screen device? Yes, half-baked, the duo, a trend when as experimental for Microsoft’s efforts is the beautiful but disappointing Pro X. surface, but it is one of the few devices that I recently used that actually left me for the next model year excited.
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