Besides the device locking up and crashing, you get to see the full range of Surface Duo form factors. Sometimes it’s a book-style device with side-by-side apps. Sometimes it’s folded over into a single-screen landscape device. Sometimes it’s two screens stacked up vertically for one big scrolling surface area. When you’re all done with it, close the device and you get two screens protected on the inside of the device and nothing but the metal exterior on the outside.
Other than the fact that the Surface Duo runs Android, comes with two 5.6-inch displays, and will be out Holiday 2020, we know next to nothing about the device. Microsoft hasn’t said a word about any of the internal specs like the SoC, RAM, or battery life of the strikingly thin device, and we have no idea how much the device will cost. Surface devices are usually high-end, but when it comes to foldable smartphones, “high-end” can mean anywhere from $1,000 to $2,700. Microsoft isn’t shelling out for one of those expensive, high-tech flexible OLED displays, but it does have twice as many displays as normal, and they are in a weird aspect ratio to boot.
Last month, Microsoft released an SDK for the Surface Duo, allowing developers to wrap their heads around the dual-screen functionality and hopefully build support for it into their apps.
The release date for this device is still a while away, so we’ll be on the lookout for more leaks.