Re: Is the Surface Duo worth paying +US$400?
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Igor Sotelo wrote:
The Point and Shoot Pro wrote:
Igor Sotelo wrote:
Since it seems unlikely that my carrier Rogers will ever offer the Surface Duo 2, was wondering if it makes sense to buy a locked AT&T Surface Duo for around US$415 and unlock it for use in Canada. It’s slightly more for the 256GB version. Huge discount over initial prices, but still steep for something the carrier could lease 2 years for almost nothing.
I have one data only line that I use with my ancient Moto G4 Plus, that I find far more practical for browsing the web and using YouTube than the 8” tablets I got for free from Rogers. I use it also as a HD external screen for one very interesting qDSLR software.
Was thinking to upgrade that cellphone, and dual screen would be perfect, since I can check a YouTube video and double check facts. Or chat and use browser, or something similar.
Was looking the negatives, and it seems they wouldn’t be a problem for me. I wouldn’t use it as phone, the slightly slower CPU/GPU would be a huge upgrade over my 5 years old phone and I seldom take cellphone pictures since I always have a DSLR or MIL camera with me. Apparently the software has been updated with fixes for bugs and crashes. And on eBay they charge around US$10 to unlock the phones.
The other upgrade option is to wait for a great offer from Rogers and lease for two years something like the Samsung S20 FE for almost, or sometimes literally, free.
I am getting a duo as well. I really want the duo 2 but since telus will not have it locally, I am just going to get a samsung S21 Ultra and get the duo first edition for work doing work things. IMO, I would buy a factory unlocked version of the duo as AT&T more than likely will withhold updates etc, until they are ready, not when MS is ready. Keep that in mind. I would also buy the 256gb version as there is no SD card slot to upgrade storage in the future.
Someone from Apple told me their solution for multitasking is the iPad, and was thinking what would be better for me:

And comparing a Surface Duo with the iPad Mini 6, I'm not sure which one would be better.
The Surface Duo is more pocketable, has higher resolution, has 128GB vs 64GB storage, less expensive 256GB upgrade, each screen can tilt, it's lighter (250 vs 297g), would be around C$200 less expensive (AT&T 128GB vs iPad 64GB WiFi/5G), can be used as phone.
The iPad Mini 6 WiFi/5G has considerably larger battery (19.3Wh vs 13.26Wh), when using the screen as whole there's no gap, software upgrades aren't limited to 3 years, has 8.3" vs 8.1" total screen, has faster processor (A15 vs Snapdragon 855), has two cameras vs only one, has better cameras, has 5G vs 4G.
I would go with surface duo instead of ipad for productvitiy. I owned many iPads and they are only consumption devices imo. Getting real things done, the go is a much better solution since it has full windows, office and productivity software available instead of iOS apps. As for the iPad and Duo comparison....Duo hand down. The folding aspect for me is the winner. I went through my daily workflow and the duo is awesome for it.
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