Microsoft Launches Surface Duo 2 - 2nd gen folding productivity machine

(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has taken the wraps disconnected the 2nd procreation folding, portable, dual-screen smartphone: the Microsoft Surface Duo 2. And this 1 has immoderate flagship specs. 

The instrumentality features the Snapdragon 888 processor, 5G enactment and the iconic dual-screened plan that made the archetypal exemplary truthful intriguing. Plus, it's a phone. 

Microsoft is calling this the thinnest 5G device, and it's covered successful naon-coated 3D solid built by Corning, which it claims is truly durable. And it's disposable successful some Glacier and Obsydian colours. 

When shut, it forms this narrow, portable instrumentality that's casual to clasp successful 1 manus and those curves astir the edges should mean it's comfy to clasp too. What's more, the hinge is - according to Microsoft - the highest prime the Surface squad has made. 

When open, the 2 screens signifier an 8.3-inch aboveground and boast 90Hz refresh rates to marque animations ace smooth. In addition, there's thing of a unsocial diagnostic called the 'Glance Bar', which is simply a curved surface that shows small snippets of important information, similar the clip and notifications you person waiting for you. 

There are 3 cameras connected the back: a 12-megapixel f/1.7 superior camera with OIS, a 16-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide and a 12-megapixel f/2.4 telephoto with OIS. 

This is simply a processing story. We'll update arsenic much accusation is announced... 

Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 22 September 2021.