Microsoft Takes Second Stab at Android with Surface Duo 2

[Darmok N Jalad]

WP had teh best of the browsers back then. On the contrary, android and iOS wanted you to use apps for everything, while MS tried to integrate things into the browser. QR code reading? Do ti through IE mobile. Email? same. Video playback? Same, use it like a desktop!

My point was that you couldn't do as much with mobile browsers back then, and apps were critical for many things. Part of the problem was that sites wouldn't recognize mobile IE and fail to load some features, so MS spoofed it as Chrome, causing sites to work better, but then you got the "download our app" links that took users to the Play Store.

 

[dayne878]

The price for this is just waaay too high for me to ever consider. If it was around $799 or something that would be more palatable, but this is just outrageously priced.

I'm naturally going to compare this to an iPhone or an Android device from another maker (Samsung, etc.) and for that same price I could get the iPhone 13 Max Pro or whatever or some fancy new foldable phone, etc.

Maybe if this was a tablet instead of a phablet some people might buy it, but as it is I think it's going to be a flop and end up pricing down again.