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Microsoft Surface Duo Teardown

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  • Unfolded, this "not a phone" is wicked thin—just 4.9 mm. For comparison, the famously so-thin-it-bends iPhone 6 Plus was 7.1 mm.

  • While it is a non-phone, the Duo features a removable SIM like other Surface devices. (No handy trap doors here, though.)

  • When folded, the Duo undercuts Samsung's original Fold by 7 mm (9.8 mm thick vs the Fold's 17 mm)—ludicrously thin, if less pocketable than, say, the Moto Razr.

  • The hardware honeymoon ends as we try to use the dysfunctional software to load a web page. Crashes, flashing screens, and flickers galore!

  • We're used to using broken devices (we occasionally break things around here), but many reviewers seem to be having similar software issues.

  • Thankfully, Microsoft has promised three years of software updates for the Duo—long enough to iron out lots of kinks. But will this ultra-thin, all-glass slab last that long in your hands?

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