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Microsoft confirms: The foldable smartphone will be available in September
After a long wait, Microsoft is finally revealing more details about the folding smartphone, as it updates that it will be available in stores in September. The price tag, as expected, will be expensive but cheaper than Samsung's Fold and will be $ 1,399 (NIS 4,800)
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Eldad Treasure, TheVerifier
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 00:34After a long wait of more than half a year, Microsoft reveals that the folding smartphone device, the Surface Duo, will be offered for purchase starting September 10 at a cost of $ 1,399 (NIS 4,800). The giant Redmond's new smartphone officially joins the trend of folding devices that has been washing over us recently. The Surface Duo features two separate 5.6-inch PixelSense Fusion screens, which allow you to use each one separately or alternatively use both as a standard 8.1-inch screen.
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At the heart of the smartphone is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 chipset, with 6 GB of working memory next to it. The storage capacity of the device, of the UFS 3.0 type, comes in 128 or 256 GB configurations, with no expansion option. You will also find a single 11-megapixel camera with an f / 2.0 aperture key, which is used for front and rear photography, and a battery with a relatively low volume of 3,577 mAh.
Microsoft's folding smartphone (Photo: PR)Unlike Microsoft's other products, the Duo comes with the Android 10 operating system as well as Google services, along with Microsoft 365's tools in the field of enterprise and device security. As mentioned, the device allows smooth work in multi-tasking on both screens, making video calls easily, using the device as a laptop, with one side being the keyboard and the other side being the screen, using it as a game console and more.
Will come with the Android 10 operating system, Google services and also Microsoft tools (Photo: PR)When in stores?
The smartphone will be available starting September 10 and will be priced at $ 1,399 (NIS 4,800). At first it will be available only in the United States and later it will reach other countries. You can already join the pre-purchase through the company's website. It should be noted that it is not clear whether the smartphone will arrive in Israel, but while other Microsoft products such as laptops and tablets are not sold here, there is also a low probability that we will see the smartphone in the Holy Land in official import.