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Microsoft’s Surface Duo Is a Perfect Blend of Phone and Tablet
The $1,400 Android-powered device makes elegant use of a second screen
It’s been a long time since I’ve been excited about a smartphone, but Microsoft’s first new phone in years, the Surface Duo, is finally here — and it’s a bold attempt at figuring out what’s beyond the rectangular smartphone slabs most companies keep churning out every year.
The Duo is lovely to look at and even nicer to hold — which is important, given it’ll set you back a solid $1,400. It’s slick, coated in glass, and ultra-thin. It feels like it’s been refined for years, with attention to detail that I’ve only seen in Apple products. Unfolding it for the first time is incredibly satisfying, like cracking open a book you’ve been dying to read.
Gushing over the design aside, the Duo is more a foldable tablet than a smartphone. Unlike previous attempts at a foldable tablet by Samsung and others, it doesn’t fold down the middle of the display itself. Instead, the Duo sports…
