HOT 108: Surface Duo Review

[Leo]

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Hands-On Tech 108 Surface Duo Review | TWiT.TV

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[NotScott]

Fair review — I can you really wanted to like it more, but gave us the real issues preventing it from being a must have, even at any price. Thanks Leo!

[ChrisKez]

@Leo have you seen Kevin Tofel’s piece about the Surface Duo?
Microsoft Surface Duo: Dual screens and dual personalities

[PHolder]

Ars just posted its review, and it’s not flattering:

I bring up Microsoft’s sales pitch because, boy, is the Surface Duo bad at doing the things Microsoft says it’s supposed to be good at. The phone feels like it was made without any respect to ergonomics, hand size, pocket-size, or anything that makes a good Android phone. It has crippling productivity problems that negate any benefit you could get from the two-screen design, it’s extremely awkward in day-to-day use, and it’s very buggy. The phone is missing a whole host of features you would expect for the stratospheric $1400 asking price, and even the hardware that is here seems like it’s a least a year old.

Surface Duo review—Orphaned Windows hardware makes a poor Android device

[AaronK]

Leo has already returned his, mainly for the same reasons.