Forget Windows Phone. Microsoft just revealed a dual-screen Duo phone.

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Microsoft shocked the crowd at its big hardware event Wednesday by revealing a dual-screen Android phone named the Surface Duo.

Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Fold, it doesn't have a flexible screen that folds. Instead, Duo has two separate 5.6-inch screens, which can be folded against each other on a hinge. Apps can run separately on each screen, or be displayed across both of them.

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Technically, Microsoft didn't call the Surface Duo a phone but ... yeah, it's basically a phone. The company says it should be available during the 2020 holiday season.


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Microsoft also revealed a dual-screen tablet called the Neo, as well as new Surface Earbuds.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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