


Even without folding fully flat, it's still thinner than the Fold in that mode. I still frequently put it in my front pants pocket folded all the way whenever I'm using it in single screen mode. Yes, geometrically, it's not perfectly flat any longer like the Duo 1, but it's so close as to be nearly impercetible. However, the bump turning it into a wedge is not a real issue. Hanley, your point on the camera being behind the other screen when in single-screen mode is clearly true, and that's a fair criticism (though I'd say a trivial one, because when taking a picture, you almost always are doing some adjustment to line up the shot with any phone anyway). The disjointed experience between the Microsoft Launcher and the rest of the OS on Surface Duo is becoming extremely tiresome. I want the UX to feel polished and fluid, and I want the overall user experience to feel seamless as if it were all built by the same team. I love my Surface Duo 2, and I just want the OS to be perfect. I just wish everything else I mentioned above would be addressed, then it would be great. I also like the fluid dock that moves icons depending on what screen you're using, and the blur effects look great too. It's clean and consistent with the rest of Microsoft's current design language.

I will say I like the new Microsoft Launcher UI. Integrate it deep with the gesture system and the rest of the OS, and allow it to feel like a component of the OS rather than a third-party launcher that isn't really integrated at all. Surface should create a special Surface Duo launcher that's designed for the dual-screen form factor from the ground up. It's just a poor UX all around, and I wish Microsoft would fix it.īetter yet, I wish the Surface Duo team would dump Microsoft Launcher and go its own route. The launcher unloads and reloads itself whenever you go into and out of an app, and it makes no effort to tie itself to gestures to create a more fluid experience. Regardless of the feature drought, the issues with Microsoft Launcher not feeling integrated with the rest of the Surface Duo OS is a serious sticking point for me. Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central)
