Microsoft back in smartphone business with folding Android device priced from US$1,399

  • 📰 staronline
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 37 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 75%

Canada News News

Canada Canada Latest News,Canada Canada Headlines

Back with a bang! (of a price tag)

The Android-powered Surface Duo starts at US$1,399 and will be available Sept 10, said Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay. The device will be sold on Microsoft.com as well as by AT&T Inc and Best Buy Co. It claims to be the thinnest Surface ever, with screens that unfold completely to serve as a phone or act like a book to provide more space for different apps.

“The product was built as the Microsoft you love and the Android you know,” Panay said. The gadget’s OLED displays measure 5.6in individually or 8.1in taken as a whole, with Microsoft promising “all-day battery life”. It’ll have either 128GB or 256GB of internal storage, 6GB of memory, a Snapdragon 855 processor from Qualcomm Inc, and will work on the wireless networks of Verizon Communications Inc, AT&T and T-Mobile US Inc.

Microsoft’s hinge-and-two-screen approach is less futuristic than devices from the likes of Samsung Electronics Co with a single screen that folds in the middle. To make it work, the Duo has 56 cables connecting the two screens with the batteries and mainboard split between the two halves.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in CA

Canada Canada Latest News, Canada Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Microsoft back in phone business with folding Android device | Malay MailSAN FRANCISCO, Aug 13 — Microsoft is back in the smartphone business — sort of — with a new Android-powered folding device it claims fills a needed gap in mobile computing. The tech giant began taking orders yesterday for its Surface Duo, a dual-screen handset starting at US$1,399 (RM5,867)....
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »