When you unfold the screen, it comes out to 7.6 inches, while folded it has a 6.23-inch cover display. The screen resolution is a crisp 2208x1768 pixels, which works out to 373ppi. The screen is a foldable version of Samsung’s AMOLED, giving you bright and vivid colors boosted by HDR10+. The panel is also a high refresh display at 120Hz, giving you smooth motion and transitions, especially for multimedia and games. The Surface Duo is quite different from the Z Fold2 in design Rather than having a folding screen, it’s actually two screens connected by a hinge in the middle. That means you get a phone with a Gorilla Glass 5 front and back, and it’s not a folding screen so you have less worry about creases and breakage over the course of use. The downside is that there’s a quite sizable bezel on both the top and bottom and a bezel down the middle where the hinge meets. Apps, shows, and games won’t look nearly as seamless as the Z Fold2. The screen itself is of middling quality. It’s 5.6 inches folded and 8.1 inches unfolded, making it slightly bigger than the Z Fold2. It has 2700x12800 pixels, working out to a crisp 401ppi. It’s also AMOLED so you get deep blacks and nice colors, but it’s not a high refresh panel nor rated for HDR10+, so you’ll be missing smoothness and dynamic range. The camera setup consists of three 12MP sensors: a standard wide-angle sensor, a telephoto sensor for 2x optical zoom, and an ultrawide sensor. Pictures are on par with the Note20 Ultra and other high-end Samsung phones. It can also record 4K video at 60fps, and there are a pair of 10MP selfie cameras on the front. The Microsoft Surface Duo isn’t nearly as capable as the Z Fold2. It’s powered by a somewhat older Snapdragon 855 chipset, has 6GB of RAM, and 128GB/256GB storage. While apps and games should still run fine, for the most part, it won’t score nearly as well in benchmark tests and might chug more for running lots of apps side by side. Camera capabilities are even more shortchanged. There’s just a single 11MP rear sensor with no other sensors for telephoto zoom or ultrawide shots. It can record 4K at 60fps. There’s also no selfie camera, instead, it simply uses the rear camera for selfies. The Surface Duo also runs Android 10, but it’s been some time since Microsoft has released a phone, let alone an Android phone. However, you’ll find similar features to make multitasking easier, run apps side by side, and it might actually work better for workflow because there are two separate screens allowing you to compose an email in one while connecting on Zoom with the other. It’s compatible with the Surface Pen for note-taking and can link to Windows. 5G connectivity is not supported.
