Microsoft Surface Duo review: Two screens aren't always better than one
Phones are like lifeboats, now. iPads and Chromebooks are classrooms. VR is my escape pod . Every device in my house has taken on a special purpose, connecting to schools, work, and everywhere else in some sort of insane clockwork dance. I pick my tools carefully. Experimentation happens, of course, but things need to work. This is the life of gadgets in our overburdened virtualized world, 2020. From the outside it looked promising . I like the feel, the hinge. But if only the experience was as good on the inside. My time using the Surface Duo has been a rough ride through what feels like not-fully-baked software, and so far it most definitely has not convinced me of the value of dual screens. In particular, the sense of flow that the Duo aspires to -- that feel of things working well together, the device not getting in the way -- hasn't been there for me. There are some things the Duo does do well: Its feel and shape are compelling. It can stand up at multiple angles, wh