#MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO INTO ANDROID#

#MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO INTO ANDROID#

It seems like Microsoft wanted to land on the same basic outline as a Moleskine notebook, but Android apps just aren't designed for that aspect ratio. When that OS was canceled, the project was salvaged as an Android phone, but those short, fat displays led to a lot of bad Android app layouts, with the limited vertical screen space further reduced by Android's big headers and tab bars. The original Surface Duo was planned to run the canceled 'Windows 10x' OS, which would have taken advantage of the unique screen aspect ratio. Instead of the tall, skinny displays that Android phones typically use, both Surface Duos used short, fat displays, making the Duo line the widest smartphones on the market. The Surface Duo line made for two of the most awkward Android devices on the market. The report says Microsoft is now working on a 'more traditional foldable design, with a 180-degree hinge, internal foldable screen and external cover display'-so in the same vein as a Galaxy Fold.

There might someday be a Microsoft device branded 'Surface Duo 3,' but the Surface Duo form factor-a dual-screen device with a 360-degree hinge-is dead. Windows Central's Zac Bowden is the go-to reporter for any Microsoft Surface rumors, and his latest report is that Surface Duo 3 is dead, or at least, a device in the same mold as the Surface Duo 1 and 2 has been canceled.

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