SD2 is perfect. Still the best dual screen phone out there

I wish Microsoft really invested in the Duo line. This truly could’ve been the best phone on the market. I honestly believe if they went with the zFold look with the Duo features it would’ve been the perfect phone.

still daily driving sd1 :)

@ArthurZakaryan23

Ай бұрын

My SD1, like Shane's SD2, has absolutely terrible battery life, probably worse, to the point that I can't go more than half a day (work day, 4-5 hours) without needing to charge it. Otherwise I'd love to attempt dailying it cause the dual screen form factor really does come in handy at times but it's also crazy wide for most of my pant pockets so there's that too.

@adrian74jr

Ай бұрын

Still my daily driver as well SD2

@maliknexus

Ай бұрын

Im using my surface duo right now. I need a good pen with a magnet

@hughdavis9301

28 күн бұрын

I'm still rocking my SD1. The original build. Normal battery wear over the past year. I can go the full day.

@Fab666.

3 күн бұрын

@@ArthurZakaryan23fixed this with a couple 5000mha horizontal clip on fast charging battery packs. Battery life is no longer an issue

Im glad it's still getting updates. My Duo is a companion tablet/Nintendo DS. I so wish they made a Duo 3

My surface duo is at the point where I just keep it on the charger as a desktop hub for apps. I tried it on battery a couple of weeks ago and it went from 100% down to 62% in just over an hour.

I feel like every time you make one of these videos your Duo 2's sim tray starts glowing in anticipation 😅

@WaffleusRex

Ай бұрын

Same.

Great update review!

Bought SD2 2years ago Shane based on your recommendation. Still going fine but in one years time will look at a new phone. Probably the Pixel fold 3, sorry to see they are changing the aspect size. Really like the size and aspects of the SD2 to work on 2 this g's at once. Thanks for your continued work and reviews.

In my opinion, for multitasking, nothing tops the Surface Duo. Other devices can do the same but you don't have to worry about the fragile screens. It is ashame that Microsoft gave up on this device. Too many bad reviews but those who didn't take the time to understand it.

@ArthurZakaryan23

Ай бұрын

Too many factors that were the demise of the series sadly. Targeting the business professional with a price tag to match was a very idea to start then you had really poorly optimized and buggy software especially with the SD1 and missing staples like a usable camera which makes no sense why they'd think it okay to omit this on the SD1. The frustrating part is the Duo line could've have been great but again Microsoft like so many times before just didn't deliver/follow-through and stay committed to it especially after Panos left who was more or less championed the Surface Duo and Neo devices.

Would be willing to put down money for a SD3 with dual screens if only.......

This is the direct result of Google optimising their app for Pixel Fold which fortunately have similar screen resolution as an unfolded Duo

@scaryifliteral

Ай бұрын

I would amend that to "optimizing for large screens" in general for the dual pane apps.

Yay, the update has fixed what was preventing me from connecting my Meta Wayfarers to my SD2! I noticed when reinstalling the app the Play Store detected my SD2 as "Foldable", so perhaps that's why this now worked - making the phone more app-compatible. Now I have the perfect combo - my lovely dual physical screens and the ability to make calls and send texts without having to fold open the device or put buds in my ears!

My SD1 still works great. I can go days without charging, but I'm not a heavy data user anyway.

So, I am thinking of popping my SIM back into my Duo 2 for a while...been missing it.

My Surface Duo 2 also has sucky battery life. If my battery wasn't so bad, I may have kept using it as my daily driver. I had started getting used to the left screen being cracked, although I filled in with crazy glue, where I could...not quite as bad as you might imagine. The cracks are still very visible but, I'm not concerned about the cracks becoming worse and I used a razor to scrape off excess glue. While it's not pretty, it's usable

I had the bad battery issue with a surface duo 1, found out which app was useing the power and uninstalled it then re installed it and all fine, had to do that again with another surface duo, with same issue plus screen would go green

A giant tech company like Microsoft should have it's own smartphone with its own Windows os,and it's own custom chip

Interesting to hear the comments on the degraded battery life. Thus far, my SD2's battery is holding up very well, but I charge it every night, and I spend most of my screen time on a PC, not on the SD2.

Have you tried using Copilot in full portrait mode

Is this an updated review based on the original build or the 14 beta build from the tech engineer Thai Nguyen?

@scaryifliteral

28 күн бұрын

Stock ROM, but this stuff would be on both.

I bought a duo 2 two months ago cause I really wanted to try out the form factor. Cool device but crappy software. Laggy very often and other times it didn’t know what to do. Returned it…

What pen do you use for your surface duo

@scaryifliteral

Ай бұрын

Hard to recommend anything but the official pens these days

How to use magic editor

@scaryifliteral

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXdruapwhcbOprA.html

Still using sd1

WDYM 5G doesn't work? It works just fine on my SD2.

@sorenshawnsen

Ай бұрын

5G is SD2 not Duo 1

@MyLifePixeled

Ай бұрын

@@sorenshawnsen Shane was showing a SD2

@scaryifliteral

Ай бұрын

@mrkstpn200712 That was an error on my part. I had 5G disabled on my Duo 2 to save battery, so when I popped my SIM in last month, LTE was it. Had the memory of Duo 1 and didn't' question it lol.

@MyLifePixeled

Ай бұрын

@@scaryifliteral we won't hold it against you.

@scaryifliteral

Ай бұрын

@MyLifePixeled I had 5G disabled on my Duo 2 to save battery, so when I popped my SIM in last month LTE was it. Had the memory of Duo 1 and didn't' question it lol.

love my duo, but man i REALLY wanted to get my paws on the surface neo? i think it was GONNA be called? yeah i would use the CRAP outa that!! i have worn out my surface duo.....it's REALLY limping along. had to get a new phone but she still works for a metric butt ton of other things just fine. REALLY want that NEO!!

SD2's battery is terrible, I keep it exclusively on battery saver now...