Feb 07, 2022 17:00:00

What does Microsoft's foldable two-screen smartphone 'Surface Duo 2' look like? Actual photo review

Microsoft's two-screen Android smartphone ' Surface Duo 2 ' was officially released in Japan on January 11, 2022. Since the previous model 'Surface Duo' was not released in the Japanese market, I actually tried using Microsoft's Surface Duo series, which is practically the first in Japan, to see what kind of comfort it is.

Surface Duo 2 – Productive Dual Screen Mobile – Microsoft Store

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/d/surface-duo-2/9408kgxp4xjl

◆Appearance
The box of 'Surface Duo 2' looks like this.

The contents are the main body, USB Type-C cable, warranty card, safety and regulation guide, SIM pin.

This is Surface Duo 2.

The biggest feature of Surface Duo 2 is that it has dual displays.

Surface Duo 2 has a structure in which two displays are attached with a hinge, unlike the type of ``folding one display'' such as Galaxy Fold .

Therefore, you can open it about 90 degrees and use it like a notebook PC.

Strictly different because the rear camera part is protruding, but it can be opened almost 360 degrees.

There is a slight gap in the hinge part, but a function called 'Glance Bar' that treats part of the display that can be seen from this gap as an indicator is implemented. 'Glance Bar' displays the remaining battery level with a green bar when the cable is connected as shown below.

The time looks like this.

Glance Bar can be set from 'Glance bar' of 'Surface Duo Features' in Android settings, setting items are ON / OFF of Glance bar itself, battery level / volume / incoming call / SMS individual ON / OFF only, mail notification etc. Impression that is a little unsatisfactory because it can not be displayed.

As for the display, two 5.8-inch (1344 x 1892 dots) organic EL displays are installed, and the aspect ratio of each display is 13:9. When the two screens are combined, the size is 8.3-inch (2688 x 1892 dots). . The size of the main body itself is 145.2 mm (length) x 92.1 mm (width) x 11.0 mm (thickness) when closed, and 145.2 mm (length) x 184.5 mm (width) x 5.50 mm when open. (thickness).

The actual weight is 283g.

The rear camera is wide-angle (12 million pixels, F value 1.7, focal length 27 mm, pixel size 1.4 µm, dual pixel

PDAF & OIS installed), telephoto (12 million pixels, F value 2.4, focal length 51 mm, pixel size 1.0 µm, PDAF & OIS & 2 Equipped with double optical zoom), ultra-wide angle (16 million pixels, F value 2.2, focal length 13 mm, pixel size 1.0 µm, 110 ° diagonal field of view, distortion correction) triple lens configuration. The in-camera is a single lens with specifications of 12 million pixels, F value of 2.0, focal length of 24 mm, and pixel size of 1.0 µm.