The smartphone industry can be said to be Microsoft's eternal pain, and the total collapse of the WP system has made it miss the perfect opportunity to enter the mobile Internet market. However, Microsoft does not intend to completely abandon making mobile phones, and in 2019, it also launched a foldable mobile phone Surface Duo, equipped with Android system. But now, the phone is having some problems with the upgrade system.
Foreign media onMSFT reported that Microsoft Surface Duo is likely to be unable to complete the system upgrade of Android 11 before 2022. News from Windows Central shows that Microsoft has tested Android 11 on the Surface Duo and gave the final version to Google. According to Google's policy, this version needs to be reviewed, but the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays have led to slow progress, so that the Microsoft phone cannot fully push Android 11 as scheduled.
This statement seems to have pushed the pot to Google. But in Xiao Lei's view, the main problem is still in Microsoft. When Microsoft first released the Surface Duo, it promised to provide a three-year system update. The Surface Duo, which was officially listed in 2020, is pre-installed with the Android 10 system, and now that more than a year has passed, it is natural for users to expect to upgrade to Android 11.
As early as September 2021, Microsoft promised to upgrade android 11 to the phone at the end of the year. Since Microsoft has given a timeline, it should arrange enough manpower and material resources to complete all the work by 2022. At that time, the WP system was also because of the delay in updating time, which made Nokia miserable and missed the golden opportunity.
Now look, surface Duo is a slightly outdated product, its chip is Snapdragon 855, and its flagship of the same period is basically a Snapdragon 865 model. Moreover, this mobile phone has also exploded a lot of bugs, such as gesture failure, splash screen, etc.
More importantly, the Surface Duo price is not cheap, and the initial price is almost 9,000 yuan. Launched in September this year, the Surface Duo 2 costs nearly 10,000 yuan. Xiao Lei personally believes that if you really want to buy folding screen products, perhaps Samsung, OPPO, Huawei and other brands will be a better choice, after all, the maturity of the product and the ease of use of the system are much better.