San Francisco: Microsoft back in October showcased a foldable smartphone Surface Duo and now the company’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella was spotted using the device at a public place, ahead of its official launch.
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Editor-at-Large of Yahoo Finance Brian Sozzi, shared a photo via Twitter of Microsoft CEO using the upcoming device and wrote, “Microsoft CEO @satyanadella pulls out the new foldable Surface and I get mesmerised. Darn slick device! @YahooFinance.”
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The Surface Duo will be available in holiday season 2020.
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Surface Duo features two displays held together with a fully rotating hinge that can be adjusted to any angle and recently patent for this particular hinge mechanism has been published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
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The patent titled “ADJUSTABLE CLOSURE MAGNET FOR HINGED DEVICE WITH ASSISTED OPEN” and the patent includes a diagram of a single link in the hinge mechanism.
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The patent talks about the closing mechanism for dual-screen
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Surface Duo — that is more like the newly-launched Samsung Galaxy Fold, would run on Google’s Android.
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The Surface Duo will have two 5.6-inch displays that expand to an 8.3-inch screen.
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It will be able to run apps from the Google Play Store.
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