Older flagship · 2021

Microsoft Surface Duo 2

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), AMOLED screen

Extras Dual-screen 360-degree hinge, Foldable display

Watch out No more updates, Waterdrop notch

8.3″ AMOLED · 90Hz

888 5G 8 / 128 GB

4449 mAh 23W charging

16 MP 3 rear · 12 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

8.3″ · AMOLED · 1892 × 2688 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

8.3"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1892 × 2688 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

Brightness

800 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

879,900

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Software & updates

Android 11 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 11

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

12 MP f/1.7 main · OIS · 12 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

12 MP f/1.7

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

16 MP f/2.2

Front camera

12 MP f/2.0

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4449 mAh · 23 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4449 mAh

Wired charging

23 W

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB · 8/512GB

Storage type

UFS

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B14, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B29, B30, B71

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n20, n25, n28b, n28a, n38, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79

Build & Design

284 g · 5.5 mm

Height

184.5 mm

Width

145.2 mm

Thickness

5.5 mm

Weight

284 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · dual accelerometer · dual gyro · dual proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), dual accelerometer, dual gyro, dual proximity, dual compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1892 × 2688 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 8.3″ vs 6.1″ screen

Better camera hardware

Telephoto · OIS vs —

37% larger battery capacity

4,449 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

880k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 284 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 3 losses

Less smooth display

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1892 × 2688 vs 1080 × 2400 resolution

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 284 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

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How each one compares to the Microsoft Surface Duo 2.

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Microsoft Surface Duo 2

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 13

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Where to buy

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