Last October, Microsoft announced two new products, Surface Duo (read here) and Surface Neo (read here), to sign up for its Surface range.While the Covid-19 crisis and the redefinition of Windows 10X priorities have delayed the Surface Neo, Microsoft officially unveiled its new Android smartphone, Surface Duo.Last year, Microsoft promised Duo before the “2020 vacation,” so technically it’s a little early with availability on September 10 and can be ordered today.Yesterday I attended a special demonstration for the press and analysts and sought to express my thoughts.
Surface products, especially their PC range, have already introduced new, cutting-edge products that have driven the concept of what it means to be a computer and a pill.Surface Duo is a vision of your Surface computer, such as Surface vision.like a pill and a computer. Microsoft’s vision for Surface Duo, first as a Surface device, then like a smartphone, is to bring a Windows joy into the cellular form.From what I’ve noticed so far, I think the team will eventually create a new category of devices for Microsoft enthusiasts primarily interested in doing things in a cellular form factor.While at first this with the folding ones, it is a completely different delight.It’s very different.
Windows-inspired features
Surface Duo’s inspiration comes from Microsoft’s pedigree and the multitasking features of the Windows operating system.Microsoft’s thought procedure, Surface Duo, is that you need to increase the productivity of Windows devices and bring it to the Android cellular platform.brings those productivity and creativity features to a cellular platform.I think in the same way as multiple screens and multiple windows (and monitors) in Windows, it increases productivity.
Android already has a feature that allows users to place multiple apps on one screen.However, multitasking on a screen is very different from multitasking on two screens.When you perform multiple tasks on one screen, you open and transfer apps and, in doing so, you can get distracted or lost in what you were originally doing.In giant reminiscence apps on iPhone, you have to avoid the previous app, “queue it” in storage, and then reopen it when you return, which could waste state and data.It’s part of nature and boundaries to have a screen to make all your paintings vital.It is inconvenient to make “real” drawings on a cellular device when you close an app or save it to do anything else.Similarly, two presentations can be easily painted against each other if the right time and smooth transitions do not take position between the two presentations.I think Microsoft has done a great job of creating a connected demo that acts like a screen on Surface Duo.
Android apps on Duo can run on each of the “windows” or, if adjustments are made, in the app that uses the Microsoft API, and can be enlarged into the full 8 inches of the right and left screen to load an incremental I attended a special demo for the press and analysts and I see genuine leads with :
From what I’ve noticed in the demos, two apps and expansion require a bit of practice, however, it’s worth investing time.I’m looking for a genuine review.
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Surface Duo extends two PixelSense Fusion presentations that extend to become an 8.1-inch OLED display. Surface Duo presentations are designed to be seamlessly reproduced in combination as one. Microsoft says the Surface Duo has a “custom pixel stack” and that each set of panels undergoes extensive color luminance calibration. New Microsoft production processes that actively align pixels on screens are a component of this color calibration. In other words, Microsoft not only calibrates the pixels as it should, but also calibrates the pixels on both displays in combination. Microsoft has also made the device incredibly thin for a smartphone, and it definitely shows in the hand. The 360 degree hinge also played a major role in being narrow and was just as impressive as the calibration. The hinges had to be mechanically and electrically coupled to have a 360-degree design. Microsoft said it uses clock-like precision to move the gears inside the hinge seamlessly with the passage of ultra-thin cables.
Microsoft has also included patented scanning algorithms in the demo that take into account when your finger crosses the seam.This feature is essential for Surface Duo vision by helping to keep screen separation intact while interacting with screens in a sleek motion.We have to stay in the brain that the union between the screens is there on purpose.There has to be a separation so that there are two separate screens for two separate responsibilities and, of course, to make the device thinner.Having two presentations is a vital concept for Surface Duo because, unlike a folding demo, it separates the screen and provides you with a pen holder with a full glass screen.
Android is in position for a Duo device
As I discussed in my first Surface Duo blog here, I think Microsoft and Android are now in their most productive position for Microsoft to return to smartphones under the cutting edge Surface logo and more importantly, product stewardship. . and the marketing procedure and team. I think this is especially true since all Windows Mobile problems have been solved with Android. Android is a much more mature operating formula in terms of sufficient programs and security. And while Android is arguably a more entertaining operational formula than Windows due to its demo-exclusive nature, it has the prospect of being the operational formula for productivity and creativity that the Surface Duo seeks. with for several monitors (multimon). Steven Bathiche of the Surface Progression team described the Surface Duo as “a multimon that can have compatibility in your pocket.” I liked this because I’m a heavy multi-monitor user, even when I’m on the go. Android has the flexibility to build a mulitmon cellular platform, and Microsoft has the appointments with Google and Android to make it happen. Last year, Microsoft even gave us an idea of how it can influence Android 365 app updates, and with its partnership with Samsung to bring an enhanced Microsoft experience to an Android device, with one of the single demo mobile devices. productive business, the Note10 +.
Alternatively, Microsoft may have simply made the decision to adopt its new Windows 10X operating formula for its new Surface Duo smartphone, but this would have brought back very bad memories for Microsoft and it would not have fared well. Windows 10X is a new operating formula designed for a touch screen device with two displays, especially Surface Neo. This is Windows for dual-screen tablets, and if Microsoft were looking to make it a working formula for smartphones, it would probably fail because Windows 10X apps are legacy Windows apps and Express Windows apps. If Microsoft was looking to bring a full Windows to the cellular platform, I think it could do so with the YourPhone app, but I don’t think it’s necessary. enough to integrate all the Vision of the Surface equipment into the smartphone.
Microsoft’s vision with Android is even more concrete when we look at how the company has been perfecting Android for about a year with the new Edge Mobile browser, Microsoft Teams with a new circle of relatives, the update, and the new Office app.your files at Microsoft responds and allows users to make other moves to them. Microsoft brought Teams for Consumer Users 365, which brought in for the first time on the iOS and Android mobile platforms.The Edge browser also received the biggest update of its lifestyle on Windows and on the cellular platform.All of these new Microsoft application updates are provided at the Microsoft 365 enterprise and client level.
In general, smartphones are consumer-focused with the number one purpose of entertaining and connecting with other social media groups.But before we had the smartphone, mobile devices went in a business-oriented direction; I’m thinking about PDA and Blackberry devices.In today’s smartphone area, few devices compete for productivity.In addition, much of the smartphone productivity area is influenced by Microsoft with Samsung’s partnership.It makes sense for Microsoft to influence smartphones through creation.a dual-screen smartphone with the ultimate purpose and the case of employing productivity and creativity focused on Microsoft fans.
Surface Duo also provides the enterprise-grade security you expect from a Surface device.It uses traditional Microsoft UEFI firmware, which is used across the entire surface diversity and the boot is verified.It has a fingerprint sensor on the side for biometric safety.Surface Duo has hardware-assisted encryption that protects knowledge both in transit and at rest, and runs programs in remote sandboxes to avoid compromise.It also uses Google Play Protect to scan applications for malware and protect netpainting traffic with TLS and VPN.Management configurations can also separate non-public paints and knowledge and protect the device.
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Microsoft has already come here. Smartphones are not a new platform for Microsoft, and although it’s a new operating formula experience, Microsoft knows Android very well, Microsoft, with its 365 apps, has been preparing Android for many years and I think it’s time for Microsoft to introduce a new smartphone use case for its fans.
I think the dual demo design, combined with the Android experience, will be ideal for Microsoft enthusiasts for a productive device and Microsoft enthusiasts will invest the time needed to stay informed multimon and covering, which is essential for the platform.I think Surface Duo will offer this in a consumer-centric smartphone market.I think Microsoft has the equipment to do it with Surface and relationships with Android to make Surface Duo a success.
Note: Jacob Freyman, Moor Insights Cooperative
Disclosure: Moor Insights
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