SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
ProBeat: Microsoft's Surface Duo is dead on arrival, regardless of price
Microsoft this week pulled back the curtain on the Surface Duo's price and availability: 128GB for $1,400 and 256GB for $1,500, both shipping on September 10. Too bad the dual-screen Android device is dead on arrival.
The price tag is tough to swallow, especially during a pandemic. After all, 2020 is seeing a resurgence in good, cheap phones. Most notably, Apple launched a $399 iPhone SE, to which Google responded with a $349 Pixel 4a. But if you are interested in a folding phone, a grand and a half is not going to be the deal breaker, especially given the starting prices of this year's Galaxy Z Flip ($1,380), Galazy Z Flip 5G ($1,450), Motorola Razr ($1,500), and Huawei Mate Xs (€2,499). The real problem is what you get, or rather don't get, for the price.
See also: Duo-take: Here's what the media is saying about Surface Duo
Previously: Microsoft Demonstrates Dual-Screen Device Running Android Apps, Announces Windows 10X
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 17 2020, @01:55AM (1 child)
The Galaxy Fold fiasco phone was an expensive early adopter demo of a new technology. For $1,980. I'm not sure what the excuse is for this device and the other similar ones. It's two screens on a nice hinge, with lackluster specs.
Then a little lower you have Samsung S20 flagships coming in at $999-$1,399, up a couple hundred dollars from the previous generation.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday August 17 2020, @04:34PM
Well in the case of Microsoft, the rationale behind this display layout is obvious: double blue screen of death. Apologies if the same joke is already in the discussion thread, gonna read em all nao
Account abandoned.