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Microsoft Surface Duo is an open book.

The device brings new concepts to the cellular world, adding the software that Microsoft has written to make the two screens interact. You can drag a photo from one screen to another and it works with a combination of PC programming that tracks your finger on screens. There is also a variety of sensors that track the location of the screens relative to others, especially if they are open, closed or somewhere in between.

While CNET editor Scott Stein, a famous dual-screen skeptic, says the device felt smart in his hands, says $1399 is a lot of cash to ask other people for a day in general, amid a coronavirus-driven economic recession. Pandemic.

However, Microsoft invited us to talk to its engineers about how Surface Duo was designed, the generation invented to make it imaginable, and how it will work when we get it by mail (watch out for the CNET review in the coming weeks).

On Microsoft’s two-screen Surface Duo, it’s not an iPhone or a Galaxy Fold. That’s where Surface Duo is in the world and why Microsoft is choosing to create a new portable device after a series of embarrassing billion-dollar attempts that ended in failure.

Here’s how Microsoft’s Surface Duo compares to its foldable rivals: Surface Duo vs. Galaxy Z Fold 2 vs. Razr.

Here’s what you want to know about Surface Duo.

Folding phones are not cheap. Last year, when Samsung launched its Galaxy Fold after critics discovered a series of design bugs just before its release, it charged $80. The Huawei Mate X (also delayed) charges the equivalent of $2400 when launched.

Microsoft charges $1399 for the 128GB edition of Surface Duo. There will be a 256GB edition.

This factor is one of the things that surrounds those devices since your announcement last year. Wired’s return sums up the stage well: “It bends, but the screen is not foldable. Fits your pocket. They gave him a camera. And he makes phone calls, but don’t you dare call him on the phone.” . “

In the end, if your definition of “phone” is that you take and receive calls, then yes, it’s one. But the same goes for your PC, pill and potentially your game console.

So, “phone” is more of a brain state than a label.

It’s less difficult than asking if Surface Duo is a phone. This device is an Android, as it runs Google’s cellular software for tablets and phones, and is designed to run almost every single app you can use on a popular non-Apple device.

In fact, Microsoft said it chose to build Surface Duo Android instead of its Windows software because of the huge base of thousands of apps that already exist in the Android store. Why reinvent the wheel?

Almost all of this year’s primary phone launches, adding Apple’s next iPhone, are expected to have 5G wireless capabilities. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, previously announced this month for $1300, features 5G. The same goes for its cousin, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, whose price and release date will be announced in September.

Surface Duo, on the other hand, will work with 4G network paints. Microsoft said the explanation of why it was reduced to compensation: the company decided to stick to the wireless generation of the previous generation to allow for longer battery life and a thinner device.

The hinge that makes Surface Duo possible.

Microsoft has closed almost all of its physical stores, so you may not be able to locate them there, even if you’re in a position to venture out of the pandemic. It can be booked online through the Microsoft and Best Buy online page. You can also purchase it at AT-T.

If the upfront value of $1399 is too high for you, Microsoft said it would offer a 0% repayment plan for 24 months through Dell financing. You can also pay for the time through your Next Up program.

We had to take a look inside the Surface Duo, under the screens, to see how it works.

Microsoft brought Amazon’s Kindle eBook reading app, designed to look like an eBook with text from left to right. When you swipe across the screen, an animated page appears.

At launch, it appears that Microsoft apps will be primarily those designed for Surface Duo. These come with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, and Authenticator. Oh, and you can’t Microsoft Solitaire Collection as well.

The company said it runs with Google to integrate some of the software it developed for Surface Duo on Android, so that other long-term two-screen devices gain advantages from Microsoft’s work. It also means that you can eventually schedule more apps for Surface Duo.

Surface Duo runs Microsoft apps, adding Office, Teams, and Outlook, but doesn’t run the same software as your computer. This is one of the commitments That Microsoft had to structure this device.

Its older cousin, Surface Neo, will run most of the apps your PC has today. In fact, it will work through Windows 10X, a variant designed for dual-screen PCs. But this device, which has two 9-inch screens, would not have compatibility in your pocket as smoothly as Surface Duo. Corporate is also delayed by at least 2021.

We check some folding devices in CNET using a special robot developed through SquareTrade. The Samsung Galaxy Fold began to fail after last year approximately 120,000 doubled our check. That was much less than the 200,000 times we estimated it would be used for five years. (Although we’re just starting to get informed about how other people use folding phones and that this can replace with the other models that corporations invent.)

When we put the new Motorla Razr tested for FoldBot last year, it was unsuccessful 28,000 times.

Microsoft has preemptively stated that folding check robots do not simulate the actual use of life in the same way as their own labs. Still, I wouldn’t say how many folds Surface Duo can last, which the company expects the hinge mechanism to last beyond the Surface Duo herbal lifecycle.

Surface Duo displays are thinner than an iPad Air.

Many corporations that launch high-end phones justify their costs of $1,000 or more with the beautiful photos they say they can take. Apple has this cross of Shot on iPhone billboards and the iPhone Photography Awards. Samsung boasts how your devices can provide amazing zoom with your cameras. And Google proudly says that its complex programming allows you to take photos on your Pixel phones unlike its competitors, as it provides incredibly well-captured low-light shots. They can even photograph stars in the sky.

By comparison, Microsoft has focused on how Surface Duo is designed for productivity and greater interaction between applications. Translation: Your camera will be a fatal feature.

CNET will check the camera unlike other premium phones when we take our exams.

One of the most annoying parts of having a phone with Google’s Android software is Android itself. Manufacturers do not provide timely updates to users, even though Google releases verification versions of its software months before the typical fall release.

Microsoft says it works with Google directly on Surface Duo, which naturally led to the question of whether that means it will be up to date faster and faster. Microsoft says the device will get software updates, but has not committed to meeting schedules.

It comes in a box that reminds a lot of a safe fruit company that also makes phones.