{"id":356778,"date":"2021-10-22T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:00:39","slug":"a-better-first-impression-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#A Better First Impression \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26eaa61dc62\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26eaa61dc62\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/#A_Much_Better_First_Impression\" >A Much Better First Impression<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/#Some_Noticeable_Hardware_Improvements%E2%80%A6\" >Some Noticeable Hardware Improvements\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/#%E2%80%A6_That_Introduce_Some_Issues\" >\u2026 That Introduce Some Issues<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/#Hopefully_Its_Enough\" >Hopefully, It\u2019s Enough<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-better-first-impression-review-geek\/#Surface_Duo_2\" >Surface Duo 2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#A Better First Impression \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-101214 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28d35a60.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28d35a60.jpg?width=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28d35a60.jpg?width=1200\" alt=\"A Surface Duo 2 on a mat with the Review Geek logo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Josh Hendrickson\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year I took the original Surface Duo out of the box and marveled at how it looked and felt in hand. And then ruined that impression by turning on. But it\u2019s a new year, and now I have the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Microsoft-Surface-Duo-256GB-Unlocked\/dp\/B09GTX75BP?tag=reviewgeek-20\">Surface Duo 2<\/a> in my hands, and good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>! It isn\u2019t failing epically. At least not yet.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I\u2019ve only had my Surface Duo 2 for a few hours, so this won\u2019t be a full review. A full review calls for more time spent with the phone, and the previous Surface Duo is proof of that fact. Though I adored the form factor and called it the phone made for me, I ended up sending my Duo back. Why? Because it literally started falling apart at the seams.<\/p>\n<p>This is more of a first impressions overview. What stands out as different from the previous generation. And the good news? I see a lot of improvements. But some of those improvements introduce a few <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent issues.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Much_Better_First_Impression\"><\/span>A Much Better First Impression<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/88f67c68.jpg\" alt=\"A closed Surface Duo 2 on a mat with the Review Geek Logo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Josh Hendrickson\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original Surface Duo made a lousy first impression. Sure it looked great out of the box, but then nothing worked at first. It was literal hours of updates before the software finally started working mostly as intended. Nothing spanned, nothing went to split-screen, and it constantly froze during the process. Even after all those updates, the software never fully settled and I had frequent issues with touch not registering.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the good news: that didn\u2019t happen this time. True, I still had to do a \u201cday one update,\u201d but that happened first and didn\u2019t take long. After restoring my stuff from a backup, I was up and running in no time. And the software works as intended! Mostly.<\/p>\n<p>I had hoped that the jump to Android 12 would help things. The original Duo is still on Android 11, though Microsoft says it will fix that soon. But the Duo 2 launched with Android 12 right out of the box. But I\u2019m sorry to say I\u2019m already seeing little quirks I grew accustomed to seeing on the original Duo. The entire OS locked up once, which isn\u2019t great. But for the most part, it seems more stable.<\/p>\n<p>At least I didn\u2019t have to wait hours to get a phone that worked at all.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_Noticeable_Hardware_Improvements%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>Some Noticeable Hardware Improvements\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141801b9.jpg\" alt=\"The backside of a Surface Duo 2 showing a large camera bump.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Josh Hendrickson\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the only \u201cfirst impression\u201d that\u2019s a noticeable improvement. Most of the hardware feels better because it IS better. Straight out of the box, it feels noticeably heavy. And I don\u2019t mean heavier; I mean heavy. The Surface Duo 2 not only weighs more than the original, it actually weighs more than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get used to the heft, it\u2019s a reassuring thing. Especially when you understand the reasons behind all that extra weight. I sent back the first Duo because the frame cracked simply from plugging the phone in for its nightly charge. That came down to the plastic frame that just barely surrounded the port. The Duo 2 stepped up to an aluminum frame\u2014stronger but heavier.<\/p>\n<p>You also get better specs, like larger displays, NFC (yes, the original didn\u2019t have NFC), and a bigger battery. All improvements that should make for a better phone, but all things that add weight. Still, I\u2019m already used to it, and I don\u2019t mind. And oh yeah, now the Surface Duo 2 has some proper cameras, also heavier, that should, in theory, take better pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Anything, and I mean just about anything, should take better pictures than the original. That\u2019s a bar so low you could <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> over it. But better doesn\u2019t mean good. I\u2019ll need to test to get a sense of the new camera\u2019s capabilities. But early results would suggest you can expect washed-out colors indoors. And unfortunately, those cameras come with a downside.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6_That_Introduce_Some_Issues\"><\/span>\u2026 That Introduce Some Issues<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2d53be54.jpg\" alt=\"The Surface Duo 2 folded up with an unsightly bulge from the camera bump.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Josh Hendrickson\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure I blame Microsoft. I\u2019m not sure what the solution is here, but some of the improvements detract from the form factor the company is going for here. The Surface Duo 2 is essentially two displays slapped together on a hinge. That should make for a chonky unwieldy phone, and I worried I wouldn\u2019t be able to carry around the original. But it was so thin it worked out just fine.<\/p>\n<p>The Duo 2 is still incredibly thin, but it\u2019s also somewhat wider thanks to those bigger displays. And the original was already a pretty wide phone. I can tell right now that using this thing with one hand on the go will be a struggle. Even if I\u2019m using it folded up\u2014party because it doesn\u2019t fold flat anymore.<\/p>\n<p>You see, the phone IS thin, except for the camera bump. Smartphones with camera bumps aren\u2019t anything new, of course, but this one introduces a wrinkle. You\u2019re supposed to fold the screens around, so the backs touch each other. Since the original only had a terrible front-facing camera, it folded up flat.<\/p>\n<p>The Duo 2 doesn\u2019t fold up flat anymore. The new camera bump gets in the way, leaving the two halves at a sort of tilt. The Duo 2 folds into a triangle now, and it does not feel good. You hear and feel the back from one display clack into the camera, and at least for me, that induces a mild panic that I\u2019ve wrecked the lens. It\u2019s probably fine, but it doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel\u201d okay. And that\u2019s half the battle sometimes. I do appreciate how the camera bump \u201ctilts\u201d slightly so it lines up with the angle of the dispaly.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hopefully_Its_Enough\"><\/span>Hopefully, It\u2019s Enough<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2ddbab86.jpg\" alt=\"A Surface Duo 2 in tent mode\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Josh Hendrickson\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Josh Hendrickson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On paper, the Surface Duo is undoubtedly better than the original. This time, it has proper specs, including a bigger battery, better camera hardware, and a processor that isn\u2019t out of date on day one. But \u201con paper\u201d often doesn\u2019t translate to real life.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too soon to say if the Surface Duo 2 is just \u201cbetter on paper\u201d or if that translates to real life. I do know this; I missed having its multi-tasking capabilities. I\u2019m looking forward to having a \u201cdesktop in my pocket\u201d again. We\u2019ll have to see if it stays in my pocket \u2026 or if I\u2019ll return it again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-box\">\nA Second Try<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-img \">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09GTX75BP?tag=reviewgeek-20\" onclick=\"fbq('track', 'Buy Button'); if (fb_t_convert){fb_t_convert();}\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41Y8kqjMA1L._SL160_.jpg\" height=\"147px\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product-title \">\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Shop for Surface Duo 2\" aria-label=\"Shop for Surface Duo 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09GTX75BP?tag=reviewgeek-20\" onclick=\"fbq('track', 'Buy Button'); if (fb_t_convert){fb_t_convert();}\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Surface_Duo_2\"><\/span>Surface Duo 2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"product-features\">Microsoft&#8217;s Surface Duo 2 promises to fix everything that went wrong with the first, starting with the cameras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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