Surface Duo gets even closer to being released

07/25/2020 USA


Why was it yesterday when we told you that Dual-screen Surface Duo had recently visited the FCC. And today, we can tell you that the Android device has received its Bluetooth certification from the Bluetooth special interest group. What all this means is that Microsoft has the pedal for metal as it seems to reveal what it is positioning as a productivity device before Samsung introduces the Galaxy Z Fold 2 on August 5. Bluetooth SIG certification shows that the device has a 1930 model number, which is the same model number as the FCC documentation listed for Surface Duo. According to the GIS, the device will have Bluetooth 5.0.

Microsoft may launch Surface Duo earlier than expected

You might not consider the Surface Duo to be in the same category as Sammy’s foldable, but Microsoft does. The Duo does not have a flexible display like the Galaxy Z Fold 2, but rather is based on two displays and a revolutionary 360-degree hinge; The latter could allow a user to form a 90 degree angle between the two displays, allowing the Duo to be used as a mini laptop. Or with the two displays configured as an inverted “V”, the Duo could be placed on a nightstand and used as an alarm clock.

The Surface Duo comes with a pair of 5.6-inch AMOLED screens that open up to form a tablet-sized 8.3-inch screen with the aforementioned hinge in the middle. The Snapdragon 855 mobile platform, Qualcomm’s flagship chip for 2019, will be under the hood along with 6GB of memory and 64GB, 128GB and 256GB storage options. A single 11MP camera is on board and the lights are kept on thanks to a 3460 mAh capacity battery.

Surface Duo supports 4G LTE and does not have a 5G modem. That doesn’t stop Microsoft from following what Samsung did with the Galaxy Z Flip by adding a Surface Duo 5G variant in the future. But that would only be a possibility if the original model sells well.
Yesterday we told you that the tipster Evan Blass says that the Surface Duo will be offered by AT&T. However, he later noted that there is no exclusivity agreement, so other operators in the states could get part of the action.

Google has been working with Microsoft to optimize its applications for dual screens. While some expected the software giant to recover the Windows Phone operating system, the so-called “application gap” was too much to overcome. This refers to the paucity of popular apps that were available to Windows Phone users at the time. It was a vicious circle really. The developers refused to create a Windows Phone version of their apps due to the microscopic market share of the operating system smartphone market. But not having those apps available is what helped Windows Phone achieve those low market share numbers in the first place. In addition, Microsoft owns some patents related to Android; Even in the best of times, the company made more money from those patents than ever by selling Windows Phone phones.

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