Yes, it is crazy. I mean i think they got 0 hours for software QA
Some issue you get in minutes of using it
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Some issue you get in minutes of using it
Feel sorry for the poor people buying it, apple cops it a lot for being late to the party with features, but when they do release their products everything just works and works flawlessly.
My dads iPhone 6s runs better than the Microsoft duo. 😂
I can only imagine the bloodbath that would occur if Apple released a device like this. They would be absolutely destroyed if they released an abomination like this in 2020.
Surface is a mess as well, we asked for iPads for doing my job, got the expensive rubbish Surface, battery life is rubbish, User interface lags, Pen does not work on small UI elements.
As for the Duo, It doesn't actually look too bad, software seems like it has some serious issues.
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Well at least they have good taste with the Queen backing track, 'Keep Yourself Alive'. Wont be buying one though.
Smart move, put that money aside for the apple foldable phone. 👀😁
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I might. But I like the two screens and the aspect ratio as well. Plus I have stuff to do TODAY - which is what makes the Duo so enticing.
It is a business expense. Not my social media device. Which makes it different for me than for most other folks.
It is so close to being great. Botched in the software. They should have waited until EOY probably.
The notch houses FaceID tech that hasn’t been matched in other phones. ARkit is the basis of Apple glass and VR. Many TV+ shows have critical acclaim and the service isn’t a year old. You shouldn’t dismiss how the Apple Silicon in iPhones have become powerful enough to run desktops because you don’t like Jennifer Anniston
A better question is why Microsoft is using Android when they’ve been trying to convince us for the past 7 years that Windows was perfect for tablets.
At least MS is innovating, not pumping out same designs.
Ive always wanted an iPad Pro dual screen. Years ago I asked if they were considering it. One screen for math notation and writing notes the other for documentation and research. The size is good scale. It would be perfect for study, and better than carrying around a thick folder with paper. Might be better than a laptop too.
when I use the current iPad screen for making notes they always come out much bigger when I rotate to portrait. This is why I thought dual screen at a true paper scaled size would be better.
when I use the current iPad screen for making notes they always come out much bigger when I rotate to portrait. This is why I thought dual screen at a true paper scaled size would be better.
Honestly I like it, seems the modern replacement for a PDA. This should be fill the phablet space. If you do work on the go, this is great. An iPhone should remain a cellphone-gadget, and an iPad...thats just a weird category, but I enjoy its luxury of existence.
Microsoft makes great hardware. The issue is it usually takes them 3 generations to nail it out of the park. I’d avoid any first generation Microsoft product. Now. Maybe 2022? I’d probably buy the 3rd gen product. Even software. They need 3 generations. Anyone remember outlook 1997? It was so bad. They gave away outlook 1998 to previous owners and finally outlook 2000 Microsoft nailed it.
Isn’t the Nintendo DS the best selling game system of all time? Unless I’m mistaken, it was the first folding two screen system that wasn’t designed for any one particular application (there may have been Game and Watches with a similar design before it, but they had no ability to run software other than what they shipped with.)
I think you summed it up nicely. If you are in the Microsoft ecosystem and want one device to keep productive on the go, then this is for you.
Alas, Surface Duo 3 will be the one to get
I can see how people feel more productive but... are they, really?
In places where I need productivity I always have a much, much better device with me, like a laptop. If I have to do light stuff while laying on the sofa, I have an iPad. For those saying ”then you don’t need two devices”: this has the screen area of an iPad mini, and you can’t even go full screen (technically it’s possible, but you know...). If I‘m on the go and I have to check an email, it’s far more easy and faster on an iPhone: I don’t have to open it, it’s too wide to use it one handed, etc.
When you think in specific day to day situations, and not in abstract use cases, this is worse than any competitor device in 99% of the time. In productivity environments, too.
In places where I need productivity I always have a much, much better device with me, like a laptop. If I have to do light stuff while laying on the sofa, I have an iPad. For those saying ”then you don’t need two devices”: this has the screen area of an iPad mini, and you can’t even go full screen (technically it’s possible, but you know...). If I‘m on the go and I have to check an email, it’s far more easy and faster on an iPhone: I don’t have to open it, it’s too wide to use it one handed, etc.
When you think in specific day to day situations, and not in abstract use cases, this is worse than any competitor device in 99% of the time. In productivity environments, too.
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It's interesting, but I don't see what problem it solves. A completely seamless, hinged device offering a choice two displayed, or one seamless display (i.e. something like a folding iPad Mini) would be appealing*. I don't think the materials science is quite there yet (and certainly not there enough to produce at volume) as evidenced by Samsung's rather flawed looking fold.
* It would have to be near as damnit perfect to work and sell well, probably with three screens in total (normal phone screen for when folded, plus seamless folding screen).
* It would have to be near as damnit perfect to work and sell well, probably with three screens in total (normal phone screen for when folded, plus seamless folding screen).
I don’t think most of people treat it like a phone, and the review quoted in this thread does not mention its phone function...
YEah, I would recommend a 7.9" ipad over any phone. Imagine wasting 1200$ on an iphone when you can get an ipad.
I can’t imagine, right now, a better format for a smartphone than the glass slab. It’s a great hint of what a breakthrough the original iPhone was. There have been many so-called-innovative formats over the last few years, none has succeed. You can call it innovation, flawed innovation, whatever: if it’s worse, what’s the point?
I question security on this device with a android OS. Microsoft had a issue selling it previous phones in the market. They might have been better off with a scaled down version of Windows. Also the price is very high.
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I think people misinterpret or associate these days the innovation with different
Yes, sometimes being different can be innovating but only if its in the right way..but like you said, being different by being worse...thats not the definition of innovation