![]() ![]() Scrolling was generally smooth and lag-free. The 90Hz displays on the Surface Duo 2 feel like a nice compromise between battery-sucking high-refresh-rate displays and slower, laggier screens. While it’s awkward to shoot photos with the Surface Duo 2, the ability to review your recent shots is undoubtedly useful. The camera bump tends to overbalance it in some scenarios, too. (The bumper may solve this.) You’ll notice the size and weight almost immediately. ![]() While the Surface Duo 2 isn’t that thin, there’s a sort of “palmability” aspect to it where the Duo 2 leans into your hands like the Surface Pro 8’s kickstand digs into your thighs. It simply isn’t that comfortable to hold the Duo 2 in the “book” orientation for a prolonged period, while navigating and interacting with content. Ergonomically, however, it’s most comfortable when only using one. Quite a bit of the Surface Duo 2’s utility boils down to one contradiction: The Surface Duo 2 is most effective when used with two screens. It also can be a bit top-heavy, too, with the camera bump. This landscape orientation is quite useful for streaming video and games, but a persistent gyroscope glitch means that the screens often get stuck in a portrait orientation in multiple scenarios. It doesn’t seem to have any negative effect on either the camera or phone, however. Unfortunately, that creates a fairly thick camera bump that prevents the Duo 2 from flattening out when folded back on itself. With the Surface Duo 2, Microsoft invested in a rear-facing three camera array. With the original Duo, this was the only way to take a photo, as there was just a single camera. Unlike, say, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold devices, there’s a distinct gap between the two displays - these are two separate screens, which can fold closed like a book or else fold back along itself. The Surface Duo 2’s book-like pair of screens is the phone’s selling point, and it’s the obvious place to begin. ![]()
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