Microsoft requires one more swing at folding phones with Surface Duo 2, brings significant upgrades across the board
Microsoft launched the Surface Duo 2, its second swing at folding phones, on Wednesday evening at its fall hardware occasion. The Duo 2 features the very same ‘makeshift’ foldable design and style as the original Duo, which is to say it is two slabs of glass joined collectively by a hinge in stark contradiction to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 exactly where the screen ‘actually’ folds in the middle. Microsoft is generally working with this generation to repair some of the glaring hardware selections it made with the last model. The Duo 2 comes with larger screens, more highly effective hardware, 5G help, and more capable cameras.
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The Duo 2 has two 5.8-inch AMOLED 1344x1892p screens with 90Hz ‘adaptive’ refresh price and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. Together they provide an 8.3-inch show in ‘book mode’ despite the fact that it is not as uninterrupted as Samsung’s versatile OLED seen in the Fold 3. Microsoft has curved the edges of these displays, this time, for what it calls a ‘Glance Bar’ which is created to give you rapid access to notifications, volume and charging info. The dual displays also work with the company’s new Surface Slim Pen 2 stylus which can also attach magnetically to it on the outdoors when charging at the very same time—the Duo 2 does not help wireless charging even though.
Under the hood, the Duo 2 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 technique-on-chip paired with 8GB RAM and up to 512GB storage. It runs Android 11 software program and supports 5G connectivity and dual SIM. It is additional backed by a 4,449mAh battery with 23W quickly charging.
For photography, the Duo 2 has 3 cameras on the back which is a mixture of 12MP wide, 12MP telephoto and one more 16MP ultra-wide-angle camera. The wide and telephoto lenses have Optical Image stabilisation.
The Duo 2 will be obtainable in Glacier and Obsidian black colours at a price tag of $1,499.99 from October 21 in pick markets.
