![]() The Microsoft Surface Duo 2 also got a camera upgrade, but more on that later. The new device has fixed a tonne of annoying things present in its predecessor: the hinge is smaller (it’s now 60-degrees), its bezels are thinner, screens are a tiny bit bigger, fingerprint sensor is now built into the power button, it’s faster, it’s a lot less sharp around the edges and it now has 5G. There are some great features this thing boasts, it’s not all negative, so let’s start with the facts. But for $2,769 and bigger than my hands, I wouldn’t want to use this as a phone. There’s a bit of a void in the flip phone space and sometimes you want a small tablet that you can use Excel on properly. It’s kind of the epitome of ‘let’s do something just ‘because we can’, not because it solves a problem. The Microsoft Surface Duo 2 is part phone, part tablet, part laptop, part book and part completely pointless. A little bit nostalgic and a little bit utterly confused. You’re probably wondering why you’ve been given this unsolicited early 2000s pop culture explainer? Well, friends, this is how I felt this week using the new Microsoft Surface Duo 2. Kelly Rowland has no time for your memes about Microsoft Excel /DAk2QC6iNa- Michael Baggs February 25, 2019 Rowland has since clarified this faux pas (turns out she didn’t know what Excel was at the time), but it’s an image that lives rent-free in my head. There’s one moment near the end of the video where Rowland is longing to hear back from Nelly, not realising, however, she wasn’t texting him, rather she had entered the note in Excel on her Nokia 9290. In 2002, there was a music video for Dilemma, a pretty popular song performed by Kelly Rowland and Nelly. BTW - prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. In the end, I'm rooting for the Google Pixel Fold, but I couldn't help but experience some shudder-filled flashbacks when I saw its ivory-esque chassis, which is reminiscent of the original Surface Duo.At Gizmodo, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. ![]() ![]() Hopefully, the Pixel Fold's app-jugging software is so seamless and smooth, allowing users to run several Google services simultaneously, that it overshadows any of the aforementioned potential downsides. I'm sure that the Pixel Fold will appeal to early adopters and deep-pocketed risk takers, but will the Pixel Fold cause the breakthrough that the foldable-phone market desperately needs? I'm not too sure, but I'm leaning towards no. The Galaxy Z Fold series is the most successful foldable thus far, but phones with bendy form factors are still struggling to captivate the masses. Bottom lineįoldables have had some trouble catching on. A $2,000 price tag is a difficult sell for any phone manufacturer, but it's particularly challenging when the specs fall short of similarly priced, non-foldable rivals. The Pixel Fold is designed to cater to multitaskers who juggle several apps at once, so it'll be interesting to see if the processor can keep up with users' demands. Even in our review of the $600 Pixel 7, which comes with the Tensor G2 chip, we complained that its performance was lacking. So what am I worried about? The Tensor G2 chip that's reportedly inside. On top of that, the Pixel Fold will feature ultrawide and telephoto lenses. A bit of an odd megapixel count, but it certainly beats the Surface Duo. It reportedly has two 9.5MP selfie cameras: one on the cover screen and another on one of the panels. The Pixel Fold is rumored to have a 48MP main rear camera ( f/1.7 aperture, 0.8 μm pixel size, and an 82-degree field of view). The Surface Duo 2, on the other hand, featured a new triple-lens rear camera module, but didn't offer any industry-leading specs, which is difficult to swallow if you're spending an arm and a leg.įortunately, the Pixel Fold is expected to have a better set of cameras. The original Surface Duo has a ho-hum 11-megapixel camera. ![]() Google Pixel Fold (Image credit: Front Page Tech) ![]()
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