The Surface Duo’s Price Keeps Dropping
If you’re not in the market for a new foldable phone, you might want to wait and see if the Surface Duo’s price hits a new low in a few months. The dual-screen Android device uses a 360-degree hinge between its two OLED displays, letting users view apps across two screens or just one. The battery life is decent, it runs on Android 10, and there’s nothing particularly wrong with the hardware, but you can definitely find better phones. With this price drop, however, it’s possible the Surface Duo has found the right niche: What looked terrible for a $1400 phone looks pretty decent for a $700 model. Plus you’ll have a phone that doubles as a conversation starter.
Should You Get The Surface Duo?
The Surface Duo hasn’t been our top pick up until now. Here’s what we last had to say about it: But with the price drop, the downsides to buying it don’t look nearly as dire, and the novelty of getting two screens might open up new paths towards productivity, or at least twice the ability to procrastinate. We can definitely say that it looks much better than the other high-profile attempts at a foldable phone in recent memory, which is an accomplishment in itself. Surface Laptop vs Surface Pro vs Surface Book – see our guide to the Microsoft range The folding feature is likely the most polarizing element here. Is it cool? Is it weird? Is it both? If you love taking chances on interesting technology, now is likely the time to buy the Surface Duo. Although, maybe if you wait another handful of months, it’ll be even cheaper.
