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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @11:28PM
I recently bought a OnePlus 8 Pro - but that was ~850 after tax, not quite in the same ballpark. I would consider spending that much or more again for a phone that has good specs and open firmware, but why bother when I can get a Pinephone for next to nothing?