Surface Duo Discussion Thread

They just keep announcing things! At the MS October Event, Panos Panay previewed a folding tablet that can make phone calls. Like a .. Surface Phone?? Except it runs Android!!

"We're partnering with Google to bring together the absolute best of Android into one product."

Two 5.6" displays
Android, running on ARM (seems like a safe assumption..)
Inking support

Available Holiday Season 2020, like the larger Surface Neo (Windows 10X)

Update: The Surface Duo demo starts at 1:20:40 in the event video.

Also announced today:
The Surface Pro 7 (Win10, Intel)
The Surface Pro X (Win10, ARM)









it's the one on the left..

 

Looks... Interesting. Not sure about the keyboard.

Edit: Crappo thought this was the other thing/device.


OMG! If I didn't have a Mate 20 x then this would be MINE! (Might still be)

 

Daddy wants one

 

Doesn't look to have any camera on the back, and just a tiny little front-facing one. Presumably if it had pen support they'd have shown that too, so I'd guess not. Not having an actual good camera on a phone is honestly a deal-breaker for me and many others these days so I'd hope I'm wrong.

Both these folding devices looked more fully baked than I expected (and the phone was a surprise)... but I'm still most likely not interested in either.

 

Wonder if they'll continue to give iOS preferential treatment after releasing this.

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Hmm... good point, since it's a Surface device I assumed it would have pen support. I'm still hopeful it does, but I agree, odd that they wouldn't mention it.

Edit: it does support inking, see a few posts down

 

"Each display can also run two different apps at the same time, or the Duo can be turned into landscape mode, allowing the second display to be used as a keyboard or game controller."

I would imagine that a lot of phone oems are now bricking themselves over this news. Such a simple idea, to run two apps side by side, or a second display being used as a keyboard/controller.

If they can slap in a good camera... job done. Nearly an instant buy (When it hits £600 after a few months).

 

The Surface Duo demo starts at 1:20:40 in the event video.

 

Shows pen usage at 1:37 circa.

 

The product announcement video shows a pen being used at the end.

Frankly it wouldn't make much sense without one.

(Galaxy Fold needs an S-Pen STAT)