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Network: WiFi 6 (802.ax), Bluetooth 5.1.

Camera, rear-facing: Wide:В 12MPixel, f/1.7 aperture, 27 mm, 1.4Вµm, dual pixel phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) Telephoto:вЂЇ12MP, f/2.4 aperture, 51 mm, 1.0Вµm, PDAF, OIS, 2X optical zoom/10X digital zoom Ultra-Wide:вЂЇ16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13 mm, 1.0Вµm, 110 oВ diagonal field of view with distortion correction.

Display: 5.8-inch AMOLED (1344Г—1892, 401 PPI, HDR, 90Hz, 800 nits max) (single screen) 8.3-inch AMOLED equivalent (2688Г—1892) (dual-screen equivalent) Corning Gorilla Glass Victus.

The Surface Duo 2 is a dual-SIM phone, but with one eSIM and one physical SIM slot. A USB-C cable is thankfully included, though, and for free. No, Microsoft does not ship a charger alongside the Surface Duo 2 (thanks, Apple) and youвЂ™ll pay extra for the plug. The real thumb in your eye is the $40 Surface Duo 2 charger. If youвЂ™d like to ink on the Surface Duo 2, you can buy the Surface Slim Pen 2 ($129.99) and the Surface Duo 2 Pen Cover (price not disclosed yet) which will grip and charge the Slim Pen 2. It appears that most third-party cases are going the same route, with the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 Riveter case ($89.95) from Otterbox adopting the same approach. Microsoft also sells a Surface Do 2 bumper ($39.99), which we didnвЂ™t test, which surrounds the Duo 2вЂ™s edge and provides some basic protection.

If you buy into the Microsoft ecosystem, youвЂ™ll be saving most storage-chewing photos and videos to the OneDrive cloud anyway, which means that anything above the base model is superfluous. Two other versions are available: a 256GB SSD model ($1,599.99) and the top-of-the-line Surface Duo 2 with 512GB of storage, for $1,799.99. The Surface Duo 2 costs an astounding $1,499.99, minimum, for the base model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Mark Hachman / IDG Surface Duo 2 configurations and pricing But under certain conditions, it shines.Д¬amera bumps arenвЂ™t that unusual with modern smartphones, and MicrosoftвЂ™s Surface Duo 2 joins the club.

The camera is just okay, there are still bugs, and the price tag is outrageous. Yes, it checks some of the boxes people asked for, but little more. The Surface Duo 2 represents MicrosoftвЂ™s attempt to reach a middle ground. Customers expected a quality camera, NFC, 5G, and wireless recharging. Microsoft saw dual screens and the way it integrated into the app ecosystem as the selling points.

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I think itвЂ™s important to acknowledge that skepticism, and apply it with a fresh eye towards some key questions: Does the Surface Duo 2 succeed as part of the Windows ecosystem? How does it compare to other Android phones? Does it solve the issues that plagued the first Surface Duo? And can it work as both a traditional phone, as well as some new breed of productivity device? Customers certainly never saw the original Surface Duo as anything special, and it tanked. But the negative response to the Surface Duo as well as the mediocre offerings that accompanied the waning days of Windows Phone era certainly tarnished MicrosoftвЂ™s reputation in the smartphone space. We test the device, compare it to others in its class, and then advise readers whether we think they should buy it or not.

When we choose to review a product, we try to do so objectively.

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