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LeoNatan
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 Posted: Wed, 12th Aug 2020 16:45 Post subject: Microsoft are fucking insane. |
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https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-details-the-surface-duo-and-it-comes-with-a-snapdragon-855-for-1399
| Quote: | Microsoft details the Surface Duo, and it comes with a Snapdragon 855 for $1,399
Last year at the October Surface event, Microsoft announced its plans to create some dual-screen devices. There was the dual-screen PC called the Surface Neo, which is now delayed indefinitely, and the dual-screen smartphone called the Surface Duo. Promised for this holiday season, the Duo is actually arriving a bit early, and it's no surprise. Unlike the Surface Neo where Microsoft had to built a new OS, the Duo runs Android, so there really wasn't much work to do beyond customizing the OS and adding a second screen.
Pretty much all of the leaks that we got are true, and the leaks really didn't leave anything to the imagination. As we expected, the specs are pretty mid-range. It includes last year's flagship processor, the Snapdragon 855, and it has 6GB RAM. Storage tiers are 128GB and 256GB.
The camera, which is closer to entry-level than mid-range is a single 11MP f/2.0 sensor, although it can capture 4K 60fps video. Microsoft says that it packs features like portrait mode, super resolution zoom, and more.
The part that's premium is the screen, of which there are two of. Each screen is 5.6 inches with a 4:3 aspect ratio, and they're AMOLED with 1800x1350 resolution. Side-by-side, that's 8.1 inches of screen real estate with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 2700x1800 resolution.
Microsoft says that the Surface Duo is its thinnest Surface yet, coming in at 4.8mm while it's opened. For a smartphone though, it's not very small. This device weighs in at 250g, and it's 93.3mm wide, 7.9mm wider than a Nokia Lumia 1520. The battery is 3,577mAh, and that's backed up by 18W fast charging.
As you can guess, it comes with a whole bunch of Microsoft apps, such as Office, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Edge, OneNote, To Do, News, and more. It even comes with Microsoft Solitaire Collection. Of course, you'll still be getting all of the Google apps that come with Android, such as Google Drive, Duo, Photos, Chrome, and so on.
The color that it comes in is called Glacier, and it also comes with the bumper case that's been seen in photos of the device. Now for the kicker: all of those mid-range specs come in at $1,399 for the 128GB model of this 4G phone. You can pre-order today from AT&T, Best Buy, or the Microsoft Store, and it will arrive on September 10. |
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Aug 2020 01:55 Post subject: |
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Does anyone actually want fold up bendy shit? I know i don't.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Aug 2020 02:29 Post subject: |
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| AmpegV4 wrote: | | Does anyone actually want fold up bendy shit? I know i don't. |
This one is not like the Samsung fold crap. It's just two screens with a hinge in the middle. For $1,399. |
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Aug 2020 12:58 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | AmpegV4 wrote: | | Does anyone actually want fold up bendy shit? I know i don't. |
This one is not like the Samsung fold crap. It's just two screens with a hinge in the middle. For $1,399. |
And last gen Snapdragon (not that it's not fast, but this thing costs $1,399), no headphone jack (it's big enough to support one), no NFC.
I could tape two androids with the same spec together and from the left over money, I could buy myself an rtx2080ti |
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VonMisk
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| AmpegV4 wrote: | | Does anyone actually want fold up bendy shit? I know i don't. |
Not me but the way my toddler likes to bend things, I wish some of the flat stuff she tries to bend was at least a little bendy.
Some of my broken stuff wouldn't be broken
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LeoNatan
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-surface-duo-review-two-screens-too-many-problems-11599742800
| Quote: | It isn’t always clear when something is ready.
Take my grilling. Sometimes I remove steak well before or after I should’ve. You might say it’s a “tough” call. But there’s nothing tough about stating this: The new two-screen Surface Duo is undercooked.
Microsoft ’s new $1,400 book-like phone-tablet thingy is not ready for me and not ready for you.
Unless, of course, you want an Android device that repeatedly ignores your taps on its screens, randomly slows down, struggles to figure out its own up, down and sideways positioning, and abruptly rearranges parts of its own interface. If that is your dream, well, then it is ready. |
The rest is paywall  but do you really need more?
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