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The software divide just isn't hard enough, and the separation can often be accidentally blurred. Yes, I am aware that a foldable phone with a larger canvas and an intuitive split-screen UI can open two apps at the same time at almost normal size, but relying on software UI to divide the two apps does not work as well as physically dividing them. If Microsoft is also going with the same inner folding approach, I'm not confident it will break any new ground that Samsung, Xiaomi, or Oppo didn't already do. For one, I think the foldable scene is getting crowded, and products are starting to feel similar (at least for people who have access to Chinese phones like me). While I have been a believer in the foldable phone since day one (I was actually crazy enough to buy the original Galaxy Fold Huawei Mate X with my own money), this Microsoft news bums me out. A recent rumor shared by an industry insider says Microsoft has ditched the dual-screen concept in favor of a "true" foldable phone like Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series. I held out hope that the third time would be the charm, that the Surface Duo 3 would fix the previous two models' shortcomings and be the multitasking machine I've always wanted.īut that's not going to happen now, at least not in the way I wanted. That said, there was noticeable progress from the first Surface Duo to the second, and Microsoft consistently improved the software with monthly updates.