![]() One problem with all that glass, though, is that the Duo is more fragile than I expected. ![]() The exterior is made of white painted glass with a matte white frame that pairs nicely with the stainless-steel double-barrel hinge and Microsoft logo. The Duo has two separate, conventional 5.6-inch Gorilla Glass-enclosed AMOLED panels that are bright and colorful. I’m a big fan of the Microsoft hardware design aesthetic, and I was delighted to find that the Duo looks like a mini version of my Surface Pro. The 360-degree hinge is perfectly balanced and will keep the Duo open at any angle you choose. In your hand, it’s a slim and light device with a glass front and back. The design and ergonomics of the Duo are stunning and hard to capture in pictures. I rediscovered how nice it is to see two pages at a time, and it’s replaced my dedicated Kindle device. Thanks to the app’s support of dual displays, it feels like reading more like reading a physical book than any other electronic device I’ve tried. My favorite use for the Duo is reading books on Amazon’s Kindle app. That’s a considerable savings over the approximately $1,500 price when the Duo was first released. I picked up a brand new first-generation model recently on Amazon for about $300. One huge point in the first-generation Duo model’s favor is the price. For entertainment, it’s fun to watch a YouTube video on one screen while browsing eBay auctions on the other. ![]() Or, I can research an article with Chrome in the left-hand tab while taking notes in Word on the right-hand screen. ![]() ![]() While I’m working, for example, I can have Slack running on one screen and email on the other. It’s easy to launch two applications simultaneously on the Duo. ![]()
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