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I remember my exact feeling of excitement the day Microsoft announced its phone after they discontinued Windows Phones. Almost a year after the official announcement, Microsoft says the pre-order of the Surface Duo will start later today and it’s priced at $1,399.

Microsoft unveiled its first foldable Android phone, the Surface Duo, in a blog post. The phone comes with dual 5.6-inch screens, but when unfolded, it can be used as an 8.1-inch PixelSense display device.

Surface Duo is powered by Snapdragon 855, 6GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and Android 10.

As we know, Surface Duo comes with the full 360 degrees rotation support for a front-to-back viewing mode. In fact, the Surface Duo resembles another dual-screen device called ‘Surface Neo, which was announced during the October 2019 event, but the key difference between the two devices is the operating system.

Microsoft’s dual-screen Android phone will start at $1,399, so basically, the Surface Duo is more of a rival to the Galaxy Z Fold 2, at least in terms of price and form factor.

Microsoft is promising a built-in protection at every layer of the Surface Duo, including the hardware itself, firmware, and software to keep your connected devices and their data secure.

Surface Duo uses Microsoft’s custom-engineered Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), which enables full control over firmware components. This also allows Microsoft to deliver enterprise-grade security to Surface Duo and Microsoft is responsible for every line of firmware code.

You’ll be able to pre-order the Surface Duo later today.

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