Microsoft surface duo cases2/14/2024 Of course, that also means that the only way to take a photo is with the Surface Duo 2 unfolded, making you look like one of those weirdos who take photos with their iPad. You can certainly fold the phone back along itself, though you’ll only be able to use the right-hand screen, as the left shuts off. Physically, I suspect most people prefer to use a phone either one-handed (nearly impossible across both screens) or two-handed, with one hand holding the phone and the other swiping and touching. The camera bump tends to overbalance it in some scenarios, too. (The bumper may solve this.) You’ll notice the size and weight almost immediately. While the Surface Duo 2 isn’t that thin, there’s a sort of “palmability” aspect to it where the Duo 2 leans into your hands like the Surface Pro 8’s kickstand digs into your thighs. It simply isn’t that comfortable to hold the Duo 2 in the “book” orientation for a prolonged period, while navigating and interacting with content. Ergonomically, however, it’s most comfortable when only using one. Quite a bit of the Surface Duo 2’s utility boils down to one contradiction: The Surface Duo 2 is most effective when used with two screens. It also can be a bit top-heavy, too, with the camera bump. This landscape orientation is quite useful for streaming video and games, but a persistent gyroscope glitch means that the screens often get stuck in a portrait orientation in multiple scenarios. It doesn’t seem to have any negative effect on either the camera or phone, however. Unfortunately, that creates a fairly thick camera bump that prevents the Duo 2 from flattening out when folded back on itself. With the Surface Duo 2, Microsoft invested in a rear-facing three camera array. With the original Duo, this was the only way to take a photo, as there was just a single camera. Unlike, say, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold devices, there’s a distinct gap between the two displays - these are two separate screens, which can fold closed like a book or else fold back along itself. The Surface Duo 2’s book-like pair of screens is the phone’s selling point, and it’s the obvious place to begin. Optional accessories: Surface Duo 2 Bumper ($39.99) Surface Duo 23W USB-C Charger ($39.99) Surface Slim Pen 2 ($129.99) Surface Duo 2 Pen Cover. Network: WiFi 6 (802.ax), Bluetooth 5.1.Camera, rear-facing: Wide: 12MPixel, f/1.7 aperture, 27 mm, 1.4µm, dual pixel phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) Telephoto:â¯12MP, f/2.4 aperture, 51 mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 2X optical zoom/10X digital zoom Ultra-Wide:â¯16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13 mm, 1.0µm, 110 o diagonal field of view with distortion correction.Display: 5.8-inch AMOLED (1344×1892, 401 PPI, HDR, 90Hz, 800 nits max) (single screen) 8.3-inch AMOLED equivalent (2688×1892) (dual-screen equivalent) Corning Gorilla Glass Victus.The Surface Duo 2 is a dual-SIM phone, but with one eSIM and one physical SIM slot. A USB-C cable is thankfully included, though, and for free. No, Microsoft does not ship a charger alongside the Surface Duo 2 (thanks, Apple) and you’ll pay extra for the plug. The real thumb in your eye is the $40 Surface Duo 2 charger. If you’d like to ink on the Surface Duo 2, you can buy the Surface Slim Pen 2 ($129.99) and the Surface Duo 2 Pen Cover (price not disclosed yet) which will grip and charge the Slim Pen 2. It appears that most third-party cases are going the same route, with the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 Riveter case ($89.95) from Otterbox adopting the same approach. Microsoft also sells a Surface Do 2 bumper ($39.99), which we didn’t test, which surrounds the Duo 2’s edge and provides some basic protection. If you buy into the Microsoft ecosystem, you’ll be saving most storage-chewing photos and videos to the OneDrive cloud anyway, which means that anything above the base model is superfluous. Two other versions are available: a 256GB SSD model ($1,599.99) and the top-of-the-line Surface Duo 2 with 512GB of storage, for $1,799.99. The Surface Duo 2 costs an astounding $1,499.99, minimum, for the base model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Mark Hachman / IDG Surface Duo 2 configurations and pricing Camera bumps aren’t that unusual with modern smartphones, and Microsoft’s Surface Duo 2 joins the club.
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