Take a look at the Surface Duo sub-reddit to source one (where you can also pick up other tips and tricks). The bottom line is that if you are looking for a ‘camera phone’ I don’t think the Surface Duo is the device you would be giving consideration too anyway.Īs an aside there a few GCam ports kicking about that work really well on the Duo. Actually after some recent software updates the camera is not that bad, sure its not as good as the iPhone or the Samsung camera but it takes adequate pictures particularly in decent lighting. They went after the user that is going to use the device to use a camera to chat over Microsoft Teams or Slack rather than your typically selfie obsessed teenager, and for that the camera is more than adequate. I’m not sure you can really classify this as a smartphone device in the mild of other phones and I’m not sure that is the standard smartphone user is the target user that Microsoft went after for this device. I’ve seen a lot of reviews focus on what they have generally regarded as a sub-standard camera compared to other ‘smartphones’. Next up lets talk about the elephant in the room, the camera. When you have been using the device you really notice the difference when you move back to a normal smartphone. When the Passport was released BlackBerry made a lot of noise about the shape provided a better reading experience and the same goes for the Surface. When you combine the screens you end up with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Each of the 5.6″ AMOLED displays have an 1800 x 1350 resolution providing a 401 pixel-per-inch density. It almost reminds me of two BlackBerry Passports glued together because the screen reel estate has similar dimensions with the aspect ratio of each screen being 4:3. Lets take a look at the comparative weights of some of those devices:Īs you can see, something like the Z Fold 2 is a brick, and you really notice the heft of the device.Īnother thing to mention is the shape of the screens and how wide they are. No arm ache, no ‘tech neck’ because it’s not as heavy as those devices and the weight is more distributed because you tend to hold it like a book. Having used the original Galaxy Fold and latterly the Galaxy Z Fold 2 I found using the Surface a duo a pleasure. It is so freakishly thin and light for the size of device it is. That leads neatly onto one of the most amazing things about this device that I have seen mentioned in other reviews but perhaps has not had enough focus for a device of this size – the weight. It ships with a bumper that actually makes the device easier to hold providing some friction for your fingers to hold onto. The first things to comment on is the premium look and fee of the device, it really does look and feel qualitative and is a real head-turner. The device of course does not have 5G support but given the general lack of 5G support on networks still in the UK and the extra cost associated with 5G then it is hardly a hardship. I have been using it on 4G with O2 and it works absolutely fine. I am reviewing the phone in the UK and I can confirm that the phone works very well. Could you use it as a phone, sure, I think you could especially that most of my calls these days are over Slack, Skype and WhatsApp and the Surface Duo is a great device for those Applications. To that end I should point out that I have been reviewing it less as a phone and more as a replacement for the Ipad Mini, Kindle and a plethora of other digital devices I used as well as phone. Microsoft of course used to be king of mobile phones, not so much recently however and whereas an unconventional device like the duo is unlikely to put them back on top they have come up with a premium device for their core market – business oriented consumers. This is a 3 month post release review of the recently released Surface Duo folding phone by Microsoft.
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