[Microsoft Surface Duo Guides, News, & Discussion] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Yes, saw that a little later.

It is comprehensible that they did not make a statement about that in their device presentation.

Is Android an solid positive point today, 2 weeks before Android 12 is going to be released ?

I may see the devil everywhere, especially in some details.

But if Microsoft was working on Android 12 already, would they not have mentioned : "And updated to the latest Android available shortly after it will be released" or something like that ?

I am still asking myself questions that, I think would derserve an answer from Microsoft...

Anyways, here are my complete thoughts about the Surface Duo 2...

1°) Improvements that I would take :

- the external display. Well not really an external display. But at least the ability to see what time it is without having to unfold the Surface Duo is an improvement that would be worth the upgrade in itself ; being able to see the battery status is also nice there. And to at least know if I got a call or message is also nice. Maybe try to add an indication about who is calling and we're good to go :) ;

- the better battery : surprisingly, with my day to day usage of the Surface Duo it's small battery is quite decent. BUT as probably most of us noticed, as soon as battery is heavily used, it melts like snow in a hot summer day in Florida ! So a better, bigger battery is welcome ;

- bigger dispaly : oh yeah... I would definitely take those as the Surface Duo is really a work tool for me and as such, the bigger, the better :-)

- about the camera, I would of course use the new camera. But not really for quality, more for convenience. The double display management with the current camera is simply a disaster. Most of the time, when I use the camera and turn the device to shoot something else than myself, the opposite display does not turn on so I am shooting blind, if I shoot at all !.

2°) Improvements nice to me, but not "must have"

- better SoC ? It is nice. But will I even notice the increased speeds ?

- more RAM ? Nice, but would I even notice the improvement in a real life experiment ?

- more storage ? Nice, but 256GB is already 5 times what I need ;

- 5G ? I don't even think I've reached the limits of 4G+, so...

- Wi-Fi 6 ? Really nice, but... my Wi-Fi router does not have that, so not in dire need ;

- NFC ? Why not, but really I don't care.

3°) Things I'd like and that are not there (or not sure)

- Wireless charging ? I don't think the new device has that. Why ? Especially in this form factor and with the severe weakness on the USB-C port, wireless chargng would have been cool ;

- fast charging : 23W cahrger ? I think other brands like Oppo or One plus or even Xiaomi have much more than that and can charge a battery in less than 45 minutes... and a battery much larger than the one in the Surface Duo ;

- improved software. Cool, they worked with a phone game editor to have 3 optimized games to play on the Surface Duo... But is this not supposed to be a "work phone" ? And 3 games ? What about all the rest ? What about MS own software ? Will we have improved launcher and stuff like that ? Will MS help devs to adapt their software for the Surface Duo ?

All in all a mitigated impression over those announcements... At least for me.

Regards.