- So your boy has had the Microsoft Surface Duo Two,
for about a month.
And to be frank,
this is probably not the device for you.
Stay tuned to the video.
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So yes, it's been exactly a month today
that I've had the Microsoft Surface Due Two,
and finally figured out how to integrate it into my life.
If you watch my first video,
you'll know that I had a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out how to integrate it into my life.
What I figured out is that, this device is for
a very niche set of people.
I feel like this is not a daily driver device.
You have to know exactly what it is
you want to do with this device
in order to probably get good use out of it.
But let's talk about this device.
The form factor is so amazing. I mean, look at this,
you got the book clamshell form factor here.
You can open it up. Like that looks like a book.
Oh, why is this light on?
Nuh uh, get out of here. Why are you blinding me? Stop.
Hey, no touchy touchy get out here.
So you got the form factor like that.
The versatility is unmatched.
You could use it in tent mode.
You could use it in perpendicular L-shape mode.
You could use it as a book, obviously,
as you guys see there, I'm on camera, oh my goodness.
It's crazy. Or you can use it closed up like this.
However you want to use it.
This device will allow you that flexibility
to use it that way.
Now what I feel like the device needs though,
is an outside display.
I mean, yeah, right now there's nothing here,
but I feel like if there was even a small outdoor display
that will serve the device really well,
because right now the only inkling
of an outside display we have,
is this glass mode right here,
which pops up when I'm using the flashlight,
it tells you the time of different things like that.
But that's kind of small, it's very hard to see.
And I don't think it serves much of a purpose
outside of telling you the time and maybe your notifications
and different things like that.
But, any sort of display like something you see
on the Z Flip 3, or maybe you would like
the default two or three that would serve this device well,
but alas, that is not what the device is going for.
So we got to do what we got to do.
Now, I learned a neat trick with the camera, right?
So right now the device is closed,
as you can on the back here,
there's a camera bump with the camera housing here.
We'll watch what happens when I double tip,
actually let me turn it this way.
Watch what happens when I double tap
the power button, right?
Bam. The light is on.
We light it up. Now that is a cool trick.
You can do it in the settings.
Should be some B-roll rolling here,
showing you how to get to that.
But you can either set it to turn the flashlight on,
or you can also set it to take a picture.
Even when the device is closed.
It will basically just, you just point the camera
wherever you want to point the camera,
and it will take the picture.
And you'll just have to guess where the camera pointing
and do it like that.
But it's cool that you have that functionality.
Even when the device is closed.
Speaking of the hardware, you got the two buttons
on the side here.
You got the fingerprints sensor on the lower part
and the volume rocker on the upper part.
I feel like the fingerprints sensor and the volume rockers
should be switched, because when I'm using the device,
naturally, I'm going for the volume rocker
a lot more than I'm going for the fingerprints sensor.
Now the fingerprint sensor for where it's at,
is in the perfect spot,
but I still feel like if those buttons were reversed,
if they were swapped out,
it would serve the user a much more intuitive experience,
instead of trying to reach past the fingerprint sensor
to get to the volume control,
when you're probably going to be using
the volume controls more often than the fingerprints
sensor/power button combo,
but that's just a minor gripe, nothing major here.
Obviously with a form factor like this,
one of the cool uses that you get
is using it as an E-reader.
If you are a Kindle person, this is probably
the best Kindle of all time, because I mean, look at that.
I mean, you've got the Kindle.
You can go back and forth with the pages.
I mean, it's just a natural. It's a nice size,
like a small book it's not too heavy,
and you can pretty much take it anywhere.
You can put it in your pocket.
So you got the perfect portable E-reader
if you have this device.
So, that is a legit way to use it.
I brought a couple of books on Kindle myself
and had a pleasurable reading experience.
So I highly recommend using this device
and it's experience, if you have one.
Speakers on this device are definitely pretty good.
I'll open up one of my YouTube videos.
So you can hear the speaker quality in real time.
But definitely legit. Here we go.
"So, after having the Google Pixel 6 Pro for about a month,
I've come to a firm conclusion.
It is the GOAT, the greatest of all time.
The greatest Pixel of all time that is. Ha ha ha.
Stay tuned, to the video." (glass breaking)
Oh yes, speakers are legit. They are a go.
Now, one of the big pain points
I have with this particular device
is the software experience.
I mean, you got most of the apps
that are not really optimized for this form factor,
especially if you take a look here at what happens
when I try to open up Best Buy
and use it across both displays.
It turns like the other way. I mean, you can use it,
but then you gotta turn the device
and do kind of different things,
but even more painful than the lack of optimization
with the software on this device in the apps,
the biggest pain point is the touch responsiveness,
on this device.
Or let me say, the lack of touch responsiveness
on this device.
And if you don't think often having a tough time
with the touch responsiveness on this device,
monkeys in a truck, roll that clap.
- [Digital Narrator Voice] Why did I say huh?
What did I say? I told you no touchy touchy.
- Are you seeing this? No touchy touchy.
I'm looking like I'm conducting an orchestra
instead of trying to use my Surface Duo Two,
and the way it's supposed as a touch device,
but the touch responsiveness simply is not there.
Now this doesn't happen all the time,
but it has happened enough where I have to mention it
in this review and this video because it's annoying.
It's not deal breaking, but I mean,
Microsoft we gotta do better than this.
Because I should not be looking like I'm waving
with my finger like Harry Potter,
like an orchestra conductor,
because your touch responsiveness
it's not all par with the fiber finger.
What are we talking about here?
Can we please get an improvement
on the touch responsiveness?
Thank you very much.
Not to mention when you do have an app spanned open.
If you are scrolling up and down,
try to span to read the information.
If you get a few pixels that you're reading
close to the edge, here,
you lose sight of the pixel,
which means information is missing
that you're trying to read.
It's very jarring when you're looking at it in that way.
So again, just the lack of software optimization,
the lack of touch responsiveness is very unbecoming,
especially considering this is Microsoft's
second generation Surface Duo.
And Microsoft are not strangers to the touch game. Hello.
They built a whole empire of Surface devices
off the Surface Pros.
So clearly Microsoft knows how to make a good touch device.
This is not a good touch device.
The experience is not ideal.
It's not the worst thing in the world,
but it can definitely be improved.
Had you got the scene and the B-roll, this ain't it chief.
But some of the more cool elements of the device
is the level of multitasking productivity that you get.
They have the thing called app pare,
where you can open up two apps
side by side at the same time.
Let's say I wanna go on Best Buy and Amazon
at the same time to do some price matching,
I can do that.
I can try to price match an Amazon price
with a Best Buy price match.
In case y'all didn't know Best Buy does price match Amazon.
So look into it, but this device is good for that.
If you trying to make sure
that you've got the right pricing,
and you want to see if you can get a lower price on Amazon
and walk into a Best Buy and make that type of negotiation.
Pull out your Surface Duo Two, and get it done.
Bam, you in the building. We like that.
As you go do that with other apps,
let's say like YouTube and Twitter,
you can be watching YouTube on one side,
tweetin on the other time. Definitely legit.
Although the problem then becomes,
like if you're like tweeting on one side of the device
and watching YouTube on the other,
then it makes it kind of hard to type
on the one side with the Twitter open.
Although it does have the Microsoft swipe keyboard,
but that's kind of cumbersome when you have it
open like this, but I guess some people can do it,
but it's just not the most intuitive experience,
especially for the average user who is used to having
just one slab of glass where they can do everything at,
instead of trying to do things across two displays
because they have it in this mode.
So these are just things that you should think about,
ff you're considering getting this device.
It was not made for the mainstream average consumer.
This is not a mainstream flagship device,
but it does have its advantages
if you know how to use it properly.
Hard to miss on this device, is the ginormous camera bump
on the back, you got three lenses.
The camera does the okay job.
They're not any flashy, quality camera by any means,
but if you need to take a picture in a pinch,
you can do it in a quality,
it's good enough to put on social media.
And I think at the end of the day, that's what matters most.
This is the mobile device.
A lot of times we are using our phones on the go,
in a mobile environment, to post picture and video
on social media and this phone will definitely
get the job done.
Again it's not competing with the iPhones
and the Samsungs and the Pixels of the world,
but for a quick Facebook or Instagram posts
or Twitter posts, you can take pictures with this phone
and the picture will look more than good enough
to post on social media, so there you go.
Not a battery life on this device is not the best
because you have to think about this.
You have two displays.
Both of them are 5.8 inches and they are both running
at 90 Hertz refresh rate.
And when you have two displays running
90 Hertz at the same time,
you are going to chew through battery life.
So this device is definitely not a battery champion.
It will literally chew through battery device,
especially if you're using it in this orientation.
Because again, 90 Hertz displays on both screens,
Nah, man, you're not making it through a day.
You'd be lucky if you make it to a half a day
with the battery for under heavy use.
Now under more moderate use,
you might get longer battery life, obviously,
but if you're a power user,
this is definitely not getting you through a day.
So be aware that if you are thinking about
buying this particular device.
One of the more cool uses of this device,
is for members of XBOX Game Pass Ultimate,
because we have the XBOX Game Pass app on here,
it's a Microsoft device.
And you have access to the X-cloud.
So you can play all your XBOX Game Pass app games
on the go and you get dual display functionality
with the device. You get the game on the top,
you get the controller on the bottom.
So that is a good look.
Games work pretty well on here.
So it is definitely made for a
prime mobile gaming experience,
especially with that access to XBOX Game Pass
and all the games that you have available to you
in the cloud, this is legit.
So at the end of the day,
considering everything that the device offers,
the reason why I say it's not for you,
is because as I highlighted throughout this video,
this is for a very niche subset of people.
This device is really for the tech nerds
who have to have the latest and greatest,
or people that know how to use this particular device.
Again, I don't feel like the average consumer
will get good use out of the device
because it's not meant for the mainstream consumer.
It's meant for the power user who has
a heavy reliance on Microsoft Office products,
because those apps actually are optimized unlike other apps.
But if you know what you're going to do with this device,
I think it will serve you best that way.
But by no means does that makes it the bad device,
This is still a solid device.
I like what Microsoft is doing
with the Duo and the Duo Two.
Hopefully they keep iterating on it and making it better,
but it's still at the end of the day,
it's a very niche device, for a very niche set of people.
So consider that as you make your purchasing decision
on whether or not to buy this particular device.
But if you want to watch my first 48 hours
with the Surface Duo Two,
Bam, hit it up right there.
This your boy Vyyyper, the man about tech.
You know where to find me.
So come back, for more.
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