I have never really been a fan of Microsoft in the cell phone business but I will definitely want to own this gadget. I just hope they get it right this time around.
More than two decades ago, Microsoft started designing software for mobile devices. Two years ago, it gave up on phones, conceding that Google and Apple had won the OS battle. On Wednesday, Microsoft reversed course, unveiling a dual-screen smartphone. But rather than push a homegrown operating system in phones, Microsoft has taken up rival Google’s Android software, which powers over 2.5 billion devices around the world.
During an event Wednesday in New York, Microsoft showed off its new Surface Duo, as well as a dual-screen computer called the Surface Neo. The Surface Duo sports two 5.6-inch displays that swing 360 degrees around a hinge and combine to make an 8.3-inch display. The company didn’t give many details about the device but touted the ability to do things like view your inbox on one half of the device while responding to a specific email on the other.
“We started really with the goal of how can we help make people more productive,” Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Microsoft’s modern life, search and devices group, said in an interview after Wednesday’s event. “If you’re going to have a device that fits in your pocket, and you can do phone calls and you want to run apps … it made sense for us to choose” Android.
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-thinks-a-dual-screen-android-phone-can-take-on-apple-and-samsung/