Surface Duo 2: Can This Be Saved?

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 is both better... and worse? Does this dual screen passport fold have a future?

Phone provided by Microsoft for review.

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[TheGroovyGuitarDude]

The novelty of a device like this is cool, but definitely not $1500 cool.

[Flow_Easy]

The best way to describe this phone?
"The operation was a success, but the patient died" 🤣🤣

[The_Horizon]

imma wait till a few months so I can get this for like 200 bucks

[paulgraham]

I think this does have a possible utility for the office environment. When I was working in a physical office, I would have loved to have this device for all my meetings. It doesn't take up too much space, I can review an agenda on one side, write notes, or work with my project management software on the other side. I could see it being additionally the perfect device for a business lunch, big enough for accessing and sharing key documents and information, but not as challenging as everyone with laptops or even large tablets. If they ditch the cell phone capacity, and the camera tech, focus on Microsoft productivity (lower the price) maybe they could possibly champion this as a portable business tablet... the focus being on business....though I did enjoy seeing how it can be used as a video game console.

[mucrsventy]

Marques sounds like a reality show judge trying to be nice to an awkward performance 😅 he's really holding back words 😅

[MrBhong]

Everyone in Microsoft who’s responsible for the development of the first duo should be forced to use it as their primary phone for at least a year so they can have a taste of their own medicine

[winchdara]

I'm sad LG's dual screen from cases will never become mainstream.

The LG Velvet and LG V60 were so promissing :(.

[HistorySkills]

Just received my first Surface Duo today. I have owned am iPhone, various Samsung and Nokia Android devices and even a few Windows phones. The Duo 2 is amazing and I have loved using it more than any phone I have had in a long time. I was nervous after watching so many negative reviews, but I must say that the reviewers haven't done this device justice: it is a superb experience.

[AustinWhite]

I feel like this phone's form factor is more geared toward someone looking for a work phone and just need to multitask well and use it for business applications. The changes they made make it geared more for the general public and what they'd expect.

[calvinswank]

My first time hearing Marques say: “I haven’t had it for very long” for any product he reviewed on.

[SRC]

4:14 shout out to the emulation community. NDS and 3DS on the go.

[tech_obsessed]

I absolutely love the Surface Duo 2 and I cannot wait to see how this thing builds out with future updates.

[jeremyenelson]

Honestly, I think they should consider making a solo screen device instead. Design-wise, I think they get a lot more right than wrong, and I think a standard body phone with the Surface’s aluminum body would be pretty sick.

[maple]

The hype of the original one felt so quickly that I forgot it was made last year.

[MiguelQuilesJr]

Is there a more dissapointing line of smartphones than the Surface Duo? I want so bad for these to be good and somehow Microsoft can't get their act together.

[stevehoot]

It's a Microsoft product, so it's really in beta until at least version 3.
I actually really like it. Get rid of the waterfall glass edge and go back to straight, plonk a flip3 style mini-screen on the front. The camera... honestly I'm wondering if they couldn't just move the current array in Duo 2 into the bezel where the selfie camera resides (and replace it). Don't see why you need both a front-facing and a rear facing camera array when you have two screens that can face opposing directions. Surely you can just use one screen when taking the picture?

Do this for Duo 3, keep the price the same or less and I'd be tempted.

[LightYouTube]

This is like solving problems and creating more problems at the same time.

[noeldillabough]

Pro: (over other folding devices): two real screens no worries of soft scratchy screen
Con: hate the wrap hiding pixels in the middle, I'd rather more of a gap with no missing pixels

[mrbunlee]

Dear Microsoft if you cant find any things new let go back to lumia 1520 design put android on it, i will buy one and everybody will too trust me.

[cynthia-oprx]

I feel like a lunatic whenever I say this but I adore the concept here. if I had the money to throw around on something like this I'd love to have one. just the thought of being able to do split-screen productivity tasks with that much screen real estate sold me the moment I saw it.

that being said, god why are those cameras there. i hate it. i really hate it.