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Surface Pro 8 is exactly what we anticipated, and frankly, wanted, from Microsoft: Take the design cues from Surface Pro X and put them into Surface Pro 8. 🤦‍♂️ I'd also lament no LTE, but that's a very niche complaint. The display is excellent, and the camera, GPU, and that design make it unique right now.Ĭons? Microsoft is still not using anti-reflective displays. Surface Laptop Studio looks like a killer laptop.

RIP Surface Book as Surface Laptop Studio replaces it.It felt great, and it even has an adjustable slider for intensity. Microsoft made this one itself, although there may be more to this story: Stay tuned. Haptic trackpad! I've been pushing this tech hard in 2021, and Microsoft delivered.

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A later update will enable Dynamic Refresh Rate in Windows 11.

Why not … 6- or 8-core CPU, or AMD, or higher resolution display, or …? No good answers besides balancing price, device and audience intention, thermals, and attaining good battery life.

It's so overly mind-blowingly complicated on the inside but clean and simple on the outside: Pure Microsoft 'hinge-engineering!' Even the cables behind the display move as you switch postures. It doesn't stretch, is super strong, and goes into the display when you switch postures.

Microsoft uses cloth on the inside to hide the wires.

The hinge design is not the same as the patent from this summer, but maybe they'll do that in a few years.

It's both familiar and different, redefining what a laptop could be, which I love. Microsoft thought the same as this is a very similar design, but it is executed entirely differently from HP.Īt first glance? It's like you merged Surface Pro 8 with Surface Laptop 4 and then added a weird bottom to it. In my review of the HP Elite Folio, I said that design is the way 2-in-1 laptops should go - not the 360-hinge stuff. Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central)Īs we told you, Microsoft did make a bring-it-forward design for an all-new device: Surface Laptop Studio, which was just announced. But this is a massive step in the right direction. Still, between NFC, the new cameras, the processor, new screen materials, 90Hz refresh, curved inner display, and support for Surface Slim Pen, I (along with other present media) was impressed.Ĭons: It's still crazy expensive and has an uphill battle to win converts. Look, we need to properly test Surface Duo 2 to know how good it is.

The Glance Bar is very cool to see in action.

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Android 12 should come much quicker than Android 11 for Surface Duo 1.It has a new digitizer, so touch input/response should be better this time.Screen rotation is very fast, as is the device's overall performance thanks to that Snapdragon 888.The new black colorway looks excellent.It's also wider now and looks much better. The notification panel has sliders for volume and brightness, so you can adjust them in any posture where the buttons may be blocked. The news/widget feed resembles Windows 11 now. Even with the Surface Slim Pen, cover case, and reverse folded, it's thick, but it was easy to handle. The cover never hits the camera lenses, either. Microsoft insists it's very strong, durable. Yes, it's not entirely flat (it wasn't either on Surface Duo 1 with the bumper), but it felt perfectly OK. Using Surface Duo 2 one-handed is fiiiiiiine.And with Gorilla Glass Invictus and that hardcover, Surface Duo 2 feels very sturdy. Yes, Microsoft reinforced the entire chassis, so the Type-C port should not crack.Editing is also dual-screen with tons of features, sliders, inking abilities, and more. The new camera app spans and is really lovely.On the right is your live image, on the left is your camera roll.Microsoft is pushing gaming on this thing with Game Pass (they demoed Sea of Thieves on it). Gameloft optimized three games for on-screen controls, including Asphalt 9.Microsoft Start (its new News app) now spans, thank God.Top bezels are still a bit thick but razor-thin on the sides, and the curved inner display is a beautiful effect.That means, yeah, it should be fine in your pocket. It's like a rubber fridge magnet strong, so you'll have to really pull it to get it off. The Slim pen really sticks to Surface Duo 2 hard, which is what I was hoping for.You don't need that case to stick the Surface Slim Pen to the front cover you just need it to charge the pen wirelessly.The snap-on case is like a hard shell with some texture (not a rubber TPU like the bumper).We'll have to test it, of course, but so far, it easily looks to be upper mid-tier in 2021.

From what we have heard, the company outsourced some of the computational algorithms for the camera to a Japanese company which is why it can do well in low-light situations. Microsoft wasn't shy about showing off the new cameras.

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