Still, it works well, and movies and websites look wonderful. To be sure, the screens’ aspect ratios mean you see less information in portrait mode than say, the iPhone 13. (Image: Howley)Īs a single screen phone, the Surface Duo 2 is functional - even good. Fire up Netflix and span it across the screens, and you’ll be watching “Squid Game” with a chunk of the image removed. The problem with that, however, is that the gap prevents you from watching movies across that big combined 8.3-inch panel. Unlike Samsung’s foldable displays, the Duo 2’s are physically from each other via a hinge, so there’s no crease at the fold. While the original Duo had two 5.1-inch screens, the Duo 2 gets 5.8-inch PixelSense Fusion panels that open up to a combined 8.3 inches.
That design allows you to use it as an open book, or as a single-screen device with one display folded behind the other. The Surface Duo 2’s draw is its dual-screen setup. Two is better than one, when it all works And while the company has poured more resources into the Duo’s hardware capabilities this time around, shortcomings still persist including a clunky interface and camera that underperforms leading rivals including Samsung’s $1,899 Galaxy Z Fold3. Microsoft’s first take on the Surface Duo was promising, but had a number of kinks to work out, from its buggy software to its lackluster camera.
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