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Does anyone know what happened to the Surface Duo?

Microsoft were pioneering the foldable phone trend, then after the Surface Duo 2, silently discontinued the lineup.

Of course it might be its awkward dual screen system, but that wouldn’t be the full story.

Anyone know (and is allowed to disclose) any further details on the demise of the Surface Duo?

homesweethomeMrL ,

arstechnica.com/…/rip-surface-duo-microsoft-repor…

Too wide, incompatible with android somehow, and too expensive. At least per the article.

hperrin ,

It was not a good phone, and had even worse software. So they discontinued it. I don’t know why they don’t just make a normal phone.

leisesprecher ,

It’s interesting how often Microsoft managed to bring truly innovative products a few years too early to market and then just silently fails.

They had tablets in the early 00s, ARM laptops, folding phones, media centers.

reddig33 ,

The current CEO doesn’t like anything that doesn’t create subscription revenue. Products like this end up abandoned or canceled.

conciselyverbose ,

It’s because being “first” to market only matters if you do the work to cross the bare minimum threshold for people to want your product. If your software is shit (like pretty much everything Microsoft does; their PC share is leaning massively on inertia), you’re not going to create a market. Insufficient hardware can also be an issue, but it’s usually not Microsoft’s.

Ste41th ,

Ngl it did look kinda cool

Veedem ,
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It was terribly overpriced for the feature set. It also felt uniquely unpolished software wise.

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