Surface Duo is available for pre-order, and will be available for purchase in September 10

 

Microsoft has finally revealed information regarding the price and launch date of its Surface Duo dual-screen smartphone.  The phone will be sold for $ 1,399, starting on September 10.  Besides the price and launch date, we also got the rest of the device's specifications, which include two 5.6-inch OLED screens with FUllHD + for each one, an eight-core Snapdragon 855 processor, as well as a 3577mAh battery.

 The Surface Duo phone also includes a single 11-megapixel camera with a 2.0-aperture lens located on the top right of the screen next to the LED flash.  Microsoft is promoting a "super zoom" feature with digital zoom up to 7x.  This camera is also capable of recording videos in 4K at 60 frames per second and comes with EIS technology.

 The most distinctive feature of Surface Duo is its versatility in multitasking, given that this device runs on Android 10 and brings with it a special interface that Microsoft considers will change the rules of gameplay in terms of productivity on the go.  Microsoft has reformulated the Office and OneDrive apps specifically for the Surface Duo, and third-party apps like Kindle have also made their way to Surface Duo.

Surface Duo will also work with all existing Android apps and comes with its own algorithms that can predict where you want to display content and how to open new apps alongside each other.

 The 360-degree rotatable hinge provides multiple modes of use and different use cases, and both screens come with support for Microsoft's Surface Pen.  Moreover, Surface Duo is incredibly thin - only 9.6mm thick when folded.  Despite the small capacity of the battery, it is rated as being able to provide 15.5 hours of watching videos saved in the device and up to 27 hours of conversations.  Surface Duo also comes with an 18W charger.

 The random memory in Surface Duo is 6GB, while the internal memory is 128GB or 256GB, knowing that it is not expandable via MicroSD.  Generally, Surface Duo will be available in the US via T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.  Unfortunately, there is no information available on when the device will be launched globally.