You’re invited.

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— Microsoft (@Microsoft) September 1, 2021

While it didn’t say as much in its Tweet, the signs are pretty clear. The company’s page for the event shows off what looks to be the next iteration of the Surface Pro X, the company’s 2-in-1 ARM-based laptop. The company usually holds its hardware-focused events around this time of year. With the launch of Windows 11 being so close, what better way to show off the new OS than with new tech to go with it?

Microsoft is just scratching the surface

Another expected announcement is the Surface Duo 2, Microsoft’s next foldable smartphone. The Surface Duo didn’t receive much enthusiasm at launch. The R20,000+ price tag and already outdated specs didn’t make for a great value proposition.

According to recent leaks, the Surface Duo 2 will feature a Snapdragon 888 chipset and a rear camera array, something the first one lacked. The Snapdragon 888+ has already ousted the Snapdragon 888 as Qualcomm’s most powerful chip, so it remains to be seen if Microsoft can learn from its mistakes this time. We hope it kept the great hinge and dual displays.

We could also see upgrades to the Surface Book, Surface Studio and Surface Pro lines. The Surface Laptop was released in April earlier this year, so it’s about time for the others. We’ll have to wait and see what Microsoft has up its sleeve. We’ll be sure to bring you all the announcements on the 22nd.

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The Surface Duo is an Android phone that sports all the usual features you’d expect from a smartphone, with just a touch of style. In terms of internals, the Surface Duo sporting a  Snapdragon 855 processor with 6GB RAM and a varying storage capacity of 128GB or 256GB. You’ll find a 3,577mHz battery which is pretty standard, nothing special about that. If anything, that battery is smaller than you’d expect given that it’s running two screens at the same time. Speaking of which…

The real draw of the Surface Duo are the dual screens. The devices comes with two OLED displays, each running a 4:3 aspect ration and a 1800×1350 resolution. Nothing all that interesting until, like a squad of Power Rangers, they unite their powers and create a massive 8.1″ screen that displays at 2700 x 1800 and features an aspect ration of 3:2. Now those are some specs! The screens are held together by hinge that isn’t built into the glass of the device; the screens have been designed so that the hinge sits within the display but doesn’t require the actual glass to fold, meaning it should be far more reliable than something like the Galaxy Z Flip.

There’s only once camera on the Surface Duo: An 11-megapixel f/2.0 shooter that can be used for HDR multi-frame shots, 4K video recording at 30fps and 60fps, and up to 7x digital zoom…which isn’t great but you’re not buying this phone for the camera.

Odds are you’re not buying this phone at all. As far as we know the Surface Duo isn’t among the slew of Microsoft Surface products that have recently made their way onto South African shores and we have no idea if that will change. Which is probably not too big a deal since the Surface Duo costs a disgusting 1,400USD, which at the time of writing, works out to R25 350. Still less than the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G but man, you’ve got to be really desperate for a solid hinge to break the bank like that.

(Source: TNW)

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