我已经使用微软 Surface折叠屏一周多了， 这是我新喜欢的智能手机。它优化更多的业务，而不是消费者都是用相同的。但对于我使用智能手机的方式，它是一个更好的设备。让我给你解释原因。
聚焦业务焦点
我是直到最近才放弃最新的黑莓手机，因为它太过时了。虽然我仍然有点想念键盘， 但我真正错过的是设备的业务焦点。当市场从像Palm、微软和运动研究（BlackBerry）这样的手机转向Android和iOS设备时，我们失去了一些东西，主要是我们损失了很多时间。我们应该把注意力集中在工作上，而不是分心与其他。虽然流式处理的内容很有趣，但它往往会消耗我们的资源，即时间和金钱。同时，可以说，旧的商业标准更注重帮助我们赚更多的钱，并在事业上进步。
对我来说，我意识到我在这里不是大多数人，更重要的是专注于增加我的收入和生产力，而不是专注于增加我的分心和占用我的自由和工作时间。我认为微软在他们为旧微软手机投放广告时是正确的，他们认为人们应该从手机里解放并体验生活。
对我来说，手机应该主要是一种沟通方式，但现在我们沟通的方式大相径庭，我们用于通信的应用程序似乎更喜欢大屏幕，这带我们到折叠屏时代它有双屏幕，是非常不同的可折叠手机。
新处理方式
微软 Surface Duo 是一部非常不同的手机，这意味着它有一个学习曲线。例如，要将它用作手机，您需要打开它，将屏幕旋转到后面，然后将屏幕与相机放在耳朵旁边（这也会自动应答手机）。
当您使用耳塞或为数不多的 Android 智能手表（如最新一代 Diesel 智能手表）时，此配置使设备更加更好。它运行Android与微软UI，它确实需要一些再培训。学习独特的手势使它更有趣使用，但有点令人沮丧，因为它是不兼容的。现在，这个设备特别擅长的是阅读书籍、做电子邮件和 Microsoft 团队呼叫。在所有三种情况下，可折叠屏幕使设备效率大大提高。
对于阅读书籍：你得到两页（当你把它放在两页模式），这使得它感觉非常接近一个小平装本。对于电子邮件：您可以在一个屏幕上获取消息列表，另一个屏幕上的突出显示邮件中的内容，这使得通过电子邮件的效率要高。对于微软团队：在一个屏幕上获取视频会议，在另一个屏幕上获取另一个功能，如聊天窗口或 PowerPoint，允许您使用手机的方式类似于您可能使用个人计算机的方式。
手机使用玻璃作为外壳，它配备了橡胶保险杠在盒子里。我把电话帅了，把外壳打碎了。它仍然工作正常，橡胶保险杠覆盖了大部分的裂缝，但我希望我把橡胶保险杠装上之前使用手机。
应用程序工作，因为他们可以在任何手机上工作，但这款手机可以让你有一个可转换的笔记本电脑，并支撑它在你的办公桌或桌子上观看视频，所以你不必拿着手机。然而，与可折叠手机不同，使用两个屏幕播放视频很烦人，因为中间有中断。我同意这一点， 但有些人可能想要更大的屏幕体验。
Surface Duo 附带 128 或 256 GB，价格差异为 100 美元，因此我会用额外的存储空间购买资金。基本价格是1，399美元，所以这不是一个便宜的数字，我建议你玩一个之前试用一下。此外，这是第 1 代产品，因此如果您不喜欢成为早期采用者，最好等待第 2 代或第 3 代版本，下一代应具有 5G 和 Wi-Fi 6。
手机没有无线充电，我确实错过了一点，它没有5G或Wi-Fi 6，但鉴于5G还没有部署，我住的地方，它只是一个手机。我的笔记本电脑是Wi-Fi 6，我需要它更大的文件，但图片上传是快速与Wi-Fi 5，这个D二确实支持4x4 MIMO。它有一个体面的相机，而不是从前置摄像头切换到后面，你折叠屏幕拍照或离开它在书的形式采取自拍。但我喜欢这个东西，它是我最喜欢的新手机。
总结： 为什么这款手机适合我
我是一个读者，我读了很多书，我不在手机上玩电子游戏。我有电脑和游戏系统，我已经习惯了使用耳机、手表或耳塞打电话。
作为一个图书读者， Surface折叠屏是令人难以置信的。手机上的 Outlook 带来类似于我的笔记本电脑上的体验。我通常携带手机和平板电脑， 我发现现在只用携带手机。我甚至在晚上在床上看书，只有当我的电量不足时，我才去开平板电脑。
这种外形也适合我在家里使用手机，主要是在离开办公桌时保持连接，以及从停机时阅读。它住在我的后袋，所以我总是带着它;如果我必须跑腿或去一个我必须等待的地方 （比如去拿晚餐）， 我手头有我最好的阅读器。
Surface Duo 手机值得一试，对于像我这样的人来说，这可能是值得的。然而，再次强调，它是第一代设备，在未来两代中，它很可能会发生很大的变化。因此，对于那些喜欢的东西更成熟一点，你会想等待第2代或第3代。但对我来说，第一代足以。
说真的，我的评价很不错，你可能会认为只是拥有了一个沉重的电子书阅读器，但这适合我。
I've been using the Microsoft Surface Duo for over a week now, and it is my new favorite smartphone.
Optimized more for business than for consumer use, it isn't for everyone. But for the way I use my smartphone, it is a better device for me. Let me walk you through why, and we'll close with my product of the week -- the new Nvidia RTX 30 card that may make you look better on your next Zoom call.
Spinning Back to a Business Focus
I was one of the last of the BlackBerry users and only recently gave up the latest BlackBerry phone because it was just too far out of date. While I'm still missing the keyboard a bit, what I really miss was the business focus of the device.
When the market pivoted from phones like the Palm, Microsoft, and Research In Motion (BlackBerry) devices, to the Android and iOS devices, we lost something. Mostly we lost a lot of time. We should have been focusing on work instead of distractions; and while streamed content is fun, it tends to consume our resources, i.e. time and money. At the same time, the old business standard arguably was more focused on helping us make more money and advance in our careers.
To me, and I realize that I'm not in the majority here, it is more important to focus on increasing my income and productivity than it is to focus on increasing my distractions and eating up both my free and work time.
I think Microsoft had it right when they ran this ad campaign for their old Microsoft phone, arguing that folks should take their nose out of their phones and experience life:
For me, a phone should predominantly be a way to communicate, but we communicate far differently now, and the apps we use to communicate seem to prefer larger screens; and that takes us to the Duo, which has twin screens and is very different from the foldable phones with which it will compete.
New Ways of Doing Things
The Microsoft Surface Duo is a very different phone, which means it has a learning curve. For instance, to use it as a phone, you need to flip it open, pivot the screen around to the back, and put the screen with the camera above it next to your ear (and this also automatically answers the phone).
This configuration makes the device much better when you are using earbuds or one of the few Android smartwatches, like the latest generation Diesel smartwatch. It runs Android with a Microsoft UI, and it does take some retraining. Learning the unique gestures makes it a ton more fun to use, but at first, it's a little frustrating because it's different.
Now, what this device is particularly good at is reading books, doing email, and Microsoft Teams calls. In all three cases, the foldable screen makes the device substantially more efficient.
For reading books: You get two pages (when you put it in two-page mode), which makes it feel pretty close to a small paperback.
For email: You get the list of messages on one screen and what is in the highlighted message on the other. This makes going through email far more efficient.
For Microsoft Teams: You get the video conference on one screen and another function on the other screen, like the chat window, or PowerPoint; allowing you to work with the phone similarly to how you likely work with your personal computer.
The phone uses glass for its case, and it comes with rubber bumpers in the box: USE THEM. I didn't. I dropped the phone and cracked the case. It still works fine, and the rubber bumper covers most of the crack, but I wish I'd put on the rubber bumpers before I started using the phone.
Applications work as they would on any phone, but you can tent this phone much as you can a convertible laptop and prop it on your desk or table to watch a video, so you don't have to hold the phone. Unlike a foldable phone, however, doing a video using both screens is annoying because of the break in the middle. I'm ok with this, but some may want a larger screen experience.
Surface Duo comes with 128 or 256 GB, and the difference in price is US$100, so I'd go with the extra storage for the money. The base price is $1,399, so this isn't a cheap date, and I'd suggest you play with one for a bit before picking it up. Also, this is a Generation 1 product, so if you don't like being an early adopter, you may be better off waiting for the Generation 2 or 3 version -- and the next generation should have 5G and Wi-Fi 6.
The phone doesn't have wireless charging, which I do miss a little, and it doesn't have 5G or Wi-Fi 6, but given 5G isn't deployed yet where I live, and it is a phone, I'm not missing the shortcoming, but I might if 5G was available. My laptop is Wi-Fi 6, and I need it for larger files, but picture uploads are fast with Wi-Fi 5, and this Duo does support 4x4 MIMO. It has a decent camera, and rather than switching from the front camera to back, you fold the screen over to take a picture or leave it in book form to take a selfie.
But I love the thing, and it is my new favorite phone.
Wrapping Up: Why This Phone Fits Me
I'm a reader. I read a lot of books. I don't play video games on my phone. I have PCs and game systems for that, and I'm used to using a headset, my watch, or earbuds for calls.
As a book reader, the Surface Duo is incredible. Outlook on the phone is similar to the experience on my laptop. I typically carry a phone and a tablet, and I've found that now with this Surface Duo, I'm down to carrying only the phone. I even read with it in bed at night and only go to the tablet if my charge starts running low.
This form factor also fits how I'm using the phone at home, mostly to stay connected when I'm away from my desk and to read from when I have some downtime. It resides in my back pocket, so I always have it with me; and if I have to run an errand or go someplace where I have to wait (like to pick up dinner), I have my best reader in hand.
The Surface Duo phone is worth checking out, and for people like me, it may be worth it. However, once again, it is a first-generation device and it will likely change a lot over the next two generations. So for those that like something a bit more cooked, you'll want to wait for Generation 2 or 3. But for me, Generation 1 is where I live; and, as an analyst, pain is my middle name.
Seriously, I'm having a ton of fun with this phone and, if you are a heavy ebook reader, this could be just the phone for you. It is for me.
