Surface Duo is Microsoft's new foldable smartphone; meet

A ecosystem surprised this Wednesday (02) by presenting a new cell phone: it is the Surface Duo, a dual-screen device, similar to the Samsung Galaxy Fold e Huawei Mate X. But not only that, the folding smartphone will have a Android.

The design, without a doubt, is one of the points that draws attention. O Surface Duo It has two 5,6-inch screens and both can rotate 360 ​​degrees, allowing full opening, that is, “turning” it into an 8,3-inch mini tablet. O Microsoft Surface Duo even lets you open apps on separate screens all at the same time. If you want to use only one display, the user can leave the other in landscape mode. The second screen can also be used as an “attachment” for a keyboard or even for game control.

Microsoft Surface Duo with Android

Another point that draws attention is knowing what cell phone will run Android. This is possible thanks to a partnership that ecosystem did the Google to finally make operating system support available in the new Microsoft Surface Duo. Therefore, the dual-screen smartphone will support all applications Android existing.

Unlike other launched devices, the Surface Duo It has only one front camera. It was not disclosed whether the company is working to launch a rear camera option, as design elements have not yet been completed.

In the event, Panos Panay, product director at ecosystem, avoided calling the foldable smartphone a “cell phone”. Apparently the company wanted to make it clear that the device is much more than a phone. The launch is of paramount importance for the ecosystem, as it marks the return of the company of Bill Gates in the smartphone market.

In addition to the two-screen smartphone, the ecosystem presented at its traditional event, which always takes place in October, other new products: Surface Neo, which also has two screens working independently; O Surface Earbuds, headphones from ecosystem, which will compete with the Apple Airpods; or Surface Pro 7, new notebook that has the desired USB-C and connectivity Wi-Fi 6; 3 Laptop Surface, another laptop presented at the event. Finally, the Surface ProX, being the first chipset device created by ecosystem.

O Surface Duo will only hit stores at the end of 2020, the same period as the notebook launch Surface Neo. The device will come equipped with a processor Snapdragon 855. Values ​​were not disclosed by the ecosystem.

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