2 screen 5G mobile phone "Surface Duo2" will be available in Japan from 184,580 yen on January 11th.

Surface Duo2 ("Surface Ultra-thin Pen 2" in the picture is sold separately)

　On January 11th, Japan's Microsoft will launch the dual-screen 5G smartphone "Surface Duo2". The expected selling price of the personal model (including tax, the same below) is 184,580 yen for the 128GB model, 190,6680 yen for the 256GB model, and 220,800 yen for the 512 GB model. In addition to the company's direct sales website "Microsoft Store", it will also be sold in major home appliance malls. [picture] the first generation is also equipped with an uninstalled external camera.

Overview of Surface Duo 2

　The Surface Duo2 is a smartphone with two 1344 × 1892 pixel (aspect ratio 13:9) 5.8 organic EL displays (maximum refresh rate: 90 Hz) that features two screens that can be used as a 2688 × 1892 pixel 8.3 model. These monitors support HDR (high dynamic range) display with 100% coverage of sRGB and DCI-P3 gamut. If you prepare other pens available in Surface, such as "Surface thin Pen 2", you can also correspond to pen input. The operating system is pre-installed with Android 11, and you can download and use Android applications from "Google Play". Of course, the Android applications provided by Microsoft are also preinstalled with a business-oriented focus. The processor is "Snapdragon888 5G" produced by Qualcomm, and the main memory has 8 GB. As mentioned above, storage capacity can be selected from 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB (there is no 512 GB setting for the corporate model). The external connection terminal is USB3.1 Type-C, which also corresponds to the power input of USB PD (Power Delivery) and the image output of DisplayPort Altenate Mode. Please note that although the mainframe comes with a USB Type-C cable, the AC adapter (charger) will be sold separately. The battery capacity is 4449mAh (standard) for up to 28 hours of continuous calls and up to 15.5 hours of local video playback (all measured by Microsoft). The outgoing camera includes three (triple) configurations of "wide-angle", "far-looking" and "ultra-wide-angle". The specifications are as follows: Wide angle: about 12 million pixel sensor, F1.7, 27 mm, PDAF/ optical hand jitter correction corresponds to long range: about 12 million pixel sensor, F2.4, 51 mm, PDAF/ optical hand jitter correction corresponds to ultra wide angle: about 16 million pixel sensor, F2.2, 13 mm, internal camera with distortion correction function is about 1200 pixel sensor (F2.0, 24 mm). Mobile communication supports 5G NR, LTE (4G), W-CDMA (3G) and GSM (2G). The available frequency bands are shown below. 5G NR:Band N1, N2, N3, N5, N7, N20, N25, N28, N38, N41, N66, N71, N77, N78, N79 ·LTE: Band1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 W-CDMA:Band1 8 ·GSM: the SIM card in the 1900 MHz band is a dual configuration of nanoSIM and eSIM. According to the official website, Japan will support communication between all operators. Other wireless communications support Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.1 and NFC. You can also use Chromecast (Google Cast) or Miracast for wireless image projection. Body colors are available in Grecia (gray) and Osidian (black), but only Osidian is available in 512 GB models for individuals and 256GB models for legal persons. The weight is about 284g and the dimensions are as follows. Closed state: 92.1 (width) × 145.2 (height) × 11 (thickness) mm open state: 184.5 (width) × 145.2 (height) x 11 (thickness) mm

Jewelry is also on sale at the same time

　In combination with Surface Duo2, a "bumper" and "pen cover" will also be introduced to protect the fuselage. In addition to being the same color as the fuselage, the bumper is also prepared for individuals in light blue and dark orange. The estimated price is 4840 yen. The pen cover is suitable for magnetically pasting Surface thin pen 2 and preparing a pen of the same color as the main body. The estimated price is 7920 yen.

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