Surface phone 2020 : Enter the Duo

as others said , it will be slightly indented. As for a case , the metal frame is the casing. Perhaps a soft case on either side to protect against some shock when dropped ? However I keep a case on my note 9 to protect the screen not the back of the phone . My case is slightly higher than the screen so if it falls it will hopefully stop a crack. If the phone is closed then it should be fine.

Some employees already have prototypes to use around the campus. So I am sure they have already figured out most of this stuff. They have apparently had prototypes of this specific design for over a year and have another year to release. This wont be a galaxy fold.

Otterboxes came about to protect the back glass of the iphones. A metal frame should be fine from drops. As I say above perhaps a soft bumper case to protect the edges from any drops.

The casing should be fine. I have a surface book at work and there are hardly any scratches on the back side of it even though a lot of times I have the screen flipped and folded back. Even then the average user has a phone for about 2 years. It should hold up well and a soft bumper case or even soft leather would work also. In fact with such a case it could be thinner than most phones in their bulky cases

Can't fair worse than the apple bend gate. I keep my note 9 in my back pocket and after over a year of use I don't see any bending in it.

I have my phone on me all the time , I don't always have another device. I can use this on a trip or project to a monitor / tv and get work done with a blue tooth keyboard. Word and one note work really well like this on my note 9. For me a keyboard on a 5.6 or 5.8 (forget the size) would allow me to type much more efficiently than the quarter screen size keyboard on the note

 

I said so in the second part you quoted. The screen size on my note 9 is to small for me to effectively type and read at the same time. having a second screen on me in the same space would help me be more productive.

 

I have large hands and fingers. Typing anything on my note 9 screen results in grammatical errors above and beyond my poor spelling. I tend to get a lot of added letters. This is because half the screen still has the data I am viewing or responding too. For instance if I am on reddit the half the screen shows what I am typing and the other half shows the keyboard. With a duo I can have what I am typing show up on the top screen and use the full bottom screen for a keyboard.

Alternatively when I connect to an external monitor I can have a full screen for typing and use the other screen as a touch input / track pad. I wouldn't have to travel with a keyboard and mouse or even a mouse. I currently have a Microsoft arc mouse which is amazingly small when folded. But its still as large as my phone almost and is another device to charge and keep on me.

I recently got to handle prototypes of this and the neo. Sadly they did not turn on lol but I can tell you the thickness is roughly the same as my note 9 and the device itself perhaps due to the balanced weight feels lighter than my note 9.

I think for me the duo and neo would be a good combination going into next holiday. My biggest question is the external camera. I like many have replaced a point and shoot with my cell phone for every day use. We will have a 2018 point and shoot we got a good deal on and my wife's dslr but those are for trips and special events. On the neo I don't care what camera it comes with as long as its good for video chat. With the duo I def need a high quality camera