Is Microsoft even TRYING? - Surface Duo 2

[@kayburcky7146]

At this point dbrand is just throwing money at them yelling "dance, monkey!"

[@IbadGrammarX]

dbrand edge kids made look cool but more cringe kid

[@ltcuddles685]

@@IbadGrammarX you edited that but it still barely makes sense

[@rutil1446]

@Slywerk I can just imagine how much brain power you need to figure that out.

[@ralphM1114]

It's MONKE, not monkey.

[@kayburcky7146]

@@ralphM1114 that's fair I guess

[@Levi24Helvey]

Love how we've come full circle to the windows Nintendo DS smart phone

[@last5902]

@@michealnestor4440 🤣 yes!

[@budthecyborg4575]

That is honestly half the reason I want one. All we need is a DS Emulator.

[@Web720]

Are they powerful enough for 3DS emulation?

[@royolaniye6643]

@@Web720 there's already been one for years now

[@royolaniye6643]

@@Web720 yup

[@thatdarnskag5043]

1:20 Dbrand receives its most compelling advertising, and they didn’t have to pay for Riley’s safety equipment or throw stuff at him.

[@leojei]

Loved his comment on the skin!

[@pinwheelsteve]

They need more skin able items

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Remember when playstation cucked them into submission recently? BRUTAL own.

[@Twollsy]

@@iHaveTheDocuments well, not really, since a couple days after they released darkplates 2.0

[@mark2220]

That was the best sponsor spot I've ever seen on YT. More interesting than the video. 🤣

[@Ballistica242]

Riley - "I like to wait for the reviews", also Riley - "I AM the reviews"

[@mirkozlikovski9553]

doesn't seem that he is, because he obviously doesn't have a clue about the device he's "testing" or about its purpose... or he pretends not to know, so he can trash it just for the fun of it...

[@paulbram2]

@@mirkozlikovski9553 RIght, which are the absolute worst kind of youtube videos. If you're going to review something, put some effort into it.

[@bryce1361]

@@paulbram2 to be fair, short circuit videos like these aren't truly reviews it's more like initial impressions. When they do reviews they usually daily drive them for a few weeks and give a very detailed analysis. Here they open the product, have some basic info and just kinda explore

[@paulbram2]

@@bryce1361 nah, here he opened it with preconceived notions then proceeded to do whatever he could to confirm his biases at every turn.

[@yemyem727]

So helium makes Riley's voice pitch just like Linus' 😂 ***

[@metacerberusVT]

*Insert old "Linus is a lesbian" joke here*

[@swiftrick15]

I was going to say exactly the same thing..lol

[@wayward79]

Plot twist… Linus is actually Corpe Husband but inhales Helium prior to filming at LTT. 🤣

[@KyngD469]

Underrated comment

[@skycubix8943]

Proof that Riley is deepfaking Linus who actually retired after 10M subs

[@timmy7201]

12:33 - *Microsoft's UI on Android is still half-baked* That's where they're aiming for, platform independent consistency across all Microsoft products.

[@withche07]

consistency of half-bakedness

[@nslouka90]

I think the general clunkyness of Android combined with whatever Microsoft slapped on it made it feel really half baked.

[@Mr_Trump]

@@nslouka90 Would be true if android was clunky, but it isn't.

[@flameshana9]

@@Mr_Trump If you try and multitask it is. I regularly have 5 or more things going at once on a computer. Even on a large tablet having 2 going is a pain.

[@Mr_Trump]

@@flameshana9 I have never had any issues, everything is always smooth and responsive.

[@christophermorin9036]

"In Conclusion, Don't inhale helium because the internet says it's dangerous apparently, and also put a D-Brand skin on your shit." Sorry, I just lost mine.

[@CheapBastard1988]

Flushed?

[@christophermorin9036]

@@CheapBastard1988 Of course.

[@erickauffmann_official]

Get it out of the cart! Get it out of there!!!!

[@mini-_]

But is having two screens minimalistic? That is what we need to know.

[@mar1o981]

More minimalistic than an actual computer screen.

[@evionlast]

It is in Microsoft design, think of Ms Access included in office for you to create a phone directory, where you can query contacts via nonstandard SQL.

[@sheldonirving9529]

fuck the minimalists. they can go join apple and their follows in their pursuit of 1 button oneness ;)

[@2youn8]

are you making a reference to his Intel upgrade thing or are you serious because people obv don’t understand

[@LukxLTU]

@@2youn8 im pretty sure hes making that intel upgrade reference :D

[@pvtpain66k]

I love that every time Riley states something as a question, he's wrong. He's perfect for these weird products that a dozen people want.

[@penultimatename6677]

He turned an amazing product into something weird. It is not weird. It is a phone of amazing engineering with Android running it. Not a Microsoft version of Android. This review is a disservice and false.

[@marcellodepaula4749]

@@penultimatename6677 man it is weird as hell and ir has too many problems. Specially in it's price point

[@penultimatename6677]

@@marcellodepaula4749 I have the phone and it just is not true. It's a great phone. There is room for improvement and certainly some issues that need attention. But this is a polished phone. I am very glad I own one.

[@marcellodepaula4749]

@@penultimatename6677 I don't think it's garbage, but I think they should deliver something way more polished for that price point. If Microsoft released their products a bit cheaper and going higher on the price as they released better polished products. They wouldn't have so many critics. I can see that the idea is good, but it is still far away from being amazing for 1500 dollars. They had to sell the first version for like 500 hundred after releasing it at 1500.

[@penultimatename6677]

@@marcellodepaula4749 appreciate your thoughtful response. My only comment to add. If your comment is based on this review it is not accurate. There are many positive/negative reviews for any product. I know you can find many reviews of the Duo 2 that have critical comments but also very positive. The review on this site is troubling because it is false in many ways and dismissive for an audience with very little to no contact with the device. Not giving a fair review means many won't check it out. Which I believe is the intention of this review. No matter the reviews I have the Duo 2 and I love it.

[@C123--]

It's really impressive how consistent Microsoft is at cocking up every new venture they try to take.

[@muazqamar]

They do this for financial purposes. They can show losses on products like this and it saves them money overall

[@morezco]

Yeah, it seems actually hard to keep missing the plot like that for so long. And with all that money too. *Flashbacks to Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer laughing at Apple’s $500 phone that “does not appeal to businessmen because it does not have a keyboard for email”*

[@mt_xing]

Ah yes, the noted failure that is the Surface Pro line, on its 8th generation and selling billions of dollars of devices every year.

[@C123--]

@@mt_xing the Surface was absolute garbage at launch (I owned one) and it took like 5 generations for it to become a solid product. Not sure that's what I would consider a resounding success.

[@mt_xing]

​@@C123-- You're living in some interesting fantasy world where the Pro 3 wasn't already good, but more to the point, you claimed they cock up every single venture. Here's one they didn't. But have fun running with those goalposts - let us know if that gets tiring.

[@SlickTV18]

Surface duo 2 is my favorite phone I've owned up to this point. And that's coming from a longtime Samsung user. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@JustinBrown1]

I just bought one and it's pretty sweeet. The software is getting better. The software is so close but there are still issues. But being able to do two things at once is magical.

[@theinstitute1324]

@@JustinBrown1 I'm really interested in these and have followed them for a while now, and I'm hoping that they stick with it and really work out a good interface and software experience that meshes well with this thing's potential. I love the concept of a high productivity phone like this, but they really I think need to make the software shine for it otherwise it's just gonna keep sitting in this weird high-potential, low-utilization limbo it's in.

[@MAGAMAN]

To be fair, pretty much anything is better than a samsung phone.

[@XXXRIPROACH]

and I thought apple users were delusional

[@Azeria]

I literally didn’t know the Duo 1 had ever launched. I thought this was the first one finally launching when I clicked on it.

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

Yeah it came out literally a year ago lol

[@jordanturner97]

That's the magic of Microsoft's terrible marketing

[@SlenderSmurf]

I also have never heard of this product until now

[@pbilk]

@@jordanturner97 Microsoft also had a limited supply because it was a test concept.

[@jordanturner97]

@@pbilk They had a limited supply because they probably knew it was trash

[@necrojoe]

The offset keyboard at around 8:20 is because it's open, so you can only reach it with your left thumb. When you folded the right side back, it got wider since you could reach it with your other thumb, now.

[@thesral96]

I feel like any software Microsoft lies its fingers on gets buggy and slow. Never seen such a scuffed Android UI.

[@KJMcLaws]

Gotta be all that phoning home they add

[@CommonTater100]

they just don't have the resources to do it right. such a tiny little company...

[@louisgarbour2737]

I had a huawei phone long before they got banned here in the states, and I had the wierdest issue with it. Its minor, but its so weird I think it contends. Normally it was not a super wacky android skin, but whenever I connected to the WiFi of a friends house, and never any other time, some octopus widget would pop up on the screen and I couldn't get it away. It always happened there, and never anywhere else. I have no idea what the hell was up with it

[@XeZrunner]

To be completely honest, their Windows UI (Windows 11) also feels a bit half-baked - system UWP apps are often slow to respond (Settings, Photos) and the OS consumes so much resources and has so many processes running, it's not even funny.

[@Deses]

Ah, I see you never used TouchWiz.

[@MrHaggibear]

I think the funniest thing here was, that Rileys voice actually sounds kinda normal on Helium :D

[@its_johnH]

He sounded like Linus

[@-3kko-]

Last time I was this early Microsoft made good software

[@dexgaming6394]

Which version of Windows? Windows ME?

[@LM-dd9db]

I believe that when they made good software youtube wasn’t even born lol

[@DanLMH]

@@dexgaming6394 xp

[@Anialatedable]

What like Altair BASIC?

[@Collin_J]

Ngl this is a really good first look. Like I can imagine myself watching Riley on one screen and preordering on another

[@stevenlowell4]

People who skipped the sponsor spot: Wait.. why does Riley sound like Linus now?

[@erickauffmann_official]

😹😹😹

[@beeboo5433]

That's how they are gunna replace Linus when he retires in the future, just need to deep fake his appearance :)))

[@xoxoDonkey]

No one skips a Dbrand sponsor spot

[@averysnacks6834]

I'm pretty sure the weird multitasking behavior is actually an issue with Googles gestures implementation not getting along with ANY third party launcher. Been waiting for a fix for a while now.

[@raggedvagabond7537]

I think the gestures just suck ass regardless. Buttons on screen work just fine, and there's no going home when you're just trying to scroll up in an app

[@briannhinton]

Samsung has it working for some reason.

[@rawr4444]

I've used Nova Launcher for more than half a decade without any issues like that. Ever.

[@neruwu]

I have never ever used a stock launcher and never had problems with gestures.

[@averysnacks6834]

@@neruwu It's an Android 11-12 thing I'm pretty sure and not present on all phones. I unfortunately have a Pixel 3 XL and anytime I use any third party launcher I run into these weird issues. Inconsistent animations, difficulty getting to multitask UI, not being able to click away from multitask UI unless I click an app, keyboard popping in and out randomly etc. It's a known issue.

[@elvisdorkenoo]

3:36 actually, that's 300% more cameras...

[@JoeGillian0]

More like 400% i would say but i have not watched the video yet

[@elvisdorkenoo]

@@JoeGillian0 more is the key word…

[@JoeGillian0]

@@elvisdorkenoo i would say it is more a matter of semantic (where more implies a mulitplication instead of an addition) than anything else but as long as your maths are correct going from 1 camera to 4 in total, that s good enough for me :-)

[@elvisdorkenoo]

@@JoeGillian0 yup but the thing is that 100% more means double… ! so when you move from that…

[@elvisdorkenoo]

I think if we lived in a world where “more” means multiplication, “50% more money” would mean you now have half less money😅

[@JefferyMiller21]

Has anyone else noticed just how much Riley looks like Flanders?

[@jemiebridges3197]

That would make Linus Homer, and explains why he drops or explodes everything he touches 😅

[@bobthebugman337]

@@jemiebridges3197 lmaooo true

[@stephengere3937]

Yeah, I've thought that for a while now. 😂

[@NekoSnowy]

We live in an age of release it unfinished and maybe fix it later, and Microsoft really embodies this philosophy between Windows 11, Halo Infinite, and this device~

[@lauratimmel3402]

Pretty sure dbrand's strategy is to make the sponsor spots more memorable -- and commented-on -- than the actual content of the video. And... yeah. It's working.

[@lizunya1983]

Picked up one of those cheap surface duo 1s recently and while I admit there are some bugs the swipe gestures only took me ~30 minutes to figure out. Maybe they messed it up for the 2 but I kind of got the vibe that Riley was giving us a bit of "Oh I'm not sure about these punch cards, It's much faster to do maths on my abacus..."

[@pablofrias483]

SD2 is better in software and hardware, but this youtubers decided they will gatekeep ppl from awesome tech, instead of been excited for this devices, it's mostly like they hate innovation if its not about more camera improvements or more SoC brute force.

[@penultimatename6677]

They didn't mess up the Duo 2. He sabotaged the demo. It's disgusting and people should question his other reviews. Clearly biased.

[@alecfoster4375]

Real OGs remember the "Is Microsoft even trying?"

[@niko.5962]

Real real OGs remember "Better Hardware, same PROBLEMS - Surface Duo 2"

[@flameshana9]

Apple: better hardware + new problems.

[@__goat__]

@@flameshana9 True, 1 year old iPhones don't have problems anymore, so the next gen will always have new problems. Microsoft on the other hand doesn't care about their fanboys and didn't release a single Android Update for the 1500$ Duo. It's still running on Android 10, which was already outdated when the phone was presented.

[@themightywolfie7145]

The thing with the swipe gesture is that you have to kinda start swiping right at the edge of the screen. It won't recognise the gesture if you start swiping from the bezel.

[@Harris83]

I fucking love dbrand... and their relationship with lmg

[@maxstr]

"Durr is that Bing??" He says when there's a huge G logo in the search bar.

[@germansuicidegamers9885]

Maybe let someone review the phone that has interest in the device and some sort of knowledge and not nitpicking stuff because he don't like Microsoft.

[@gogobrasil7185]

This video is so chaotic, I love it! Props to both Riley and the editor, this was really fun And this performance promotes Riley to my favorite host now

[@TheJohnboyhunter]

"This video is so chaotic". It's Riley, of course it's chaotic.

[@jbnelson]

Riley: “Microsoft!” *grrrrr* My thoughts exactly.

[@WhiteEuphoria74]

This guy must be the most goofy reviewer on KZbin. It's like watching a kindergarten kid play with a fire truck and just driveling.

[@pere__ubu]

this sponsor segment started with the scariest yet funniest edit I've seen on this channel.

[@SamuraiGuy]

To me, the 360° flip and the slim-ness was the appeal for the first one. This one just seems like something like a Samsung S20 with an extra screen.

[@dalm312]

You can blame the crowd that complained about picture quality in the first one. Which was fine. Like I was going to take a photo and expect people to say it was amazing on the original Duo, but it looked okay and was pretty clear. If I had to grade it, it ass a solid C. From what I've heard from people who own it, it feels all right with it set to single screen. They had to make it thicker for two reasons, one was the batter and second is the USB ports would just break in the first one. Never had a phone do that before. I'm still using a Duo 1 and i feel it's a good phone still with the occasional glitch. There are some features I wish I had from the newer one, like the light bar and ability to charge the pen.. Just not worth $1500 for me to spend on. Maybe if it drops to $400 like the original Duo I'll upgrade.

[@rawr4444]

9:05 "I'm having a stroke." 🤣 Oh, boy.

[@hgutierrezp]

This guy is the best Microsoft Seller I've ever seen on KZbin. Thanks to him I just ordered mine. The way he dares you to buy one of this devices is just genius!

[@tafb94force29]

Are people really buying this? I never hear or see anything about it. It seems to be terrible.

[@AustynSN]

I'd like to see some sort of software/case combo that allows you to attach two phones to act as a foldable phone. This would be a great way to use older phones, maybe one's previous gen phone with their current.

[@always.elevate]

I’m gonna say that’s the most dangerous sponsor spot you’ve had in quite a while lol

[@arekpetrosian4965]

Meanwhile, I'm here, watching this review on my Duo 2, loving everything about my phone. 😂😂😂 Thoroughly enjoyed your video, though, despite me disagreeing completely. Humorous, well-done and an all-around great vid. Keep up the good work.

[@SRC267]

12:03 for spit

[@SamiulIslam-dr3ew]

8:12 I think that keyboard moved to the left to make it easy to type one-handedly, right?

[@malikfaisal416]

Riley looks like my mom when she got her new phone

[@Marck132you]

Hahahah truth story 😂

[@CarthagoMike]

Honestly, the idea of this thing is great, esp if you also want to use it for reading work documents whilst commuting. But the execution just... is not quite there yet, especially not for that price.

[@WaffleusRex]

It's gotten a lot better since launch.

[@shaesham]

I feel like any tech reviewer could make a list of things to fix. A lot of “never do this” types of things, like NEVER SPLIT A VIDEO ACROSS THE SCREENS LIKE HOW IT DID FOR CRAB RAVE. I didn’t even think that was possible. Jesus.

[@flameshana9]

Any beta/bug tester should be doing this for them. When it reaches the reviewers it's already too late.

[@kevinwells9751]

Seriously, how did they not test and fix that? To me the biggest facepalm of the whole thing is the camera bump that stops you from folding it all the way around. I mean that's the whole point of the phone and they managed to fuck it up

[@razemix]

There's one thing I really don't understand. They have this huge bezel which is basically used just for the selfie camera. Why not just put the camera bump inside? The other side could have a dent so it would close. You could still use those cameras when folded, but you would also have kickass selfie cameras like Zenfone 8 Flip. And it could lie flat on the table.

[@Aremisalive]

Such a shame. I think the phone looks insanely good, both physically and in possible function. But alas, as long as the software is half-baked and the price is 2x what I would pay, then I have to pass.

[@kevinwells9751]

The camera bump that makes it not fold flush with itself is inexcusable to me. The main selling point of the phone is the form factor and they know that people are going to be using it primarily folded open so how did they not think this through?

[@ralexand56]

don't judge the phone by this stupid video. It was only made to crap on the phone and for a feeble attempt at humor.

[@pablofrias483]

@@ralexand56 phone is actually pretty amazing

[@__goat__]

@@ralexand56 Macrocrap deserves to be crapped on for releasing a 1500$ phone and not even providing a single Android Update, the Duo 1 still runs on Android 10. Every 100$ China Smartphone gets better Software support.

[@ralexand56]

@@__goat__ this review is about duo 2, clown

[@TeamHahah]

This was hard to watch. I like Riley but this was just going in with a bias and doing whatever possible to make everything into a joke. Most of his issues are down to him either not paying attention or just deciding something is bad immediately and moving on. Just badly done. Even the thumbnail is wrong. It shows a Duo 1.

[@ramoncastillo532]

no bro you are the one with the bias it looked laggy and slow, nice hardware very questionable software, it could have been great but currently its meh, with some software updates i could see it being good tho still hope left

[@adamocaya809]

I totally agree. It is really hard to watch. It's like Riley didn't even give it a chance. It is an unfair unboxing/first impressions/review. Sadly there are a lot of tech reviewers like this.

[@Indy4Cookie]

Best sponsor read ever. You can’t one up this lmao

[@TheRealXyzven]

11:24 - "I don't know how to do that, but apparently you can do it because I just did it" Feels like Riley went on an emotional learning journey in 3 seconds. LOL

[@DctrGizmo]

I’m impressed how Microsoft still hasn’t learned from their mistakes.

[@_reZ]

But, they did. They listened to almost all the complaints and fixed them.

[@penultimatename6677]

It would appear that way if you accept this review. It was a terrible and very unfair review. He purposefully did things to highlight issues that do not exist.

[@kenhew4641]

Obviously this is a joke review and not meant to be taken seriously. He even purposely misuse the gestures to make it seem like the UI is terrible but in reality there's no problem with it

[@penultimatename6677]

@@kenhew4641 the comments suggest it was not taken as a joke. Has he done many joke reviews? I get that he jokes around but not for the whole review. I have not watched much of this KZbinr so I could be wrong. He could have commented in the description this was just his way of joking. I believe he was seriously trying to damage the brand. This was no joke.

[@ahnafmozammel1940]

0:06 where were you when the LG Wing came out tho?

[@PhonicWheel51]

And as Riley left the building linus was in awe as he floated towards the canadian sun

[@professorx6328]

Thank you for this comment friend

[@michaelrobinson8827]

@4:13 This is an interesting way to present a sponsored segment. Love the D Brand ad spots!

[@brenotanure3336]

Can't wait for the next video this editor puts his hands on Absolutely hilarious

[@silentKeys20]

0:37 Missed opportunity to say "I don't have to wait for the reviews, I AM the reviews"

[@Oliver_Saer]

I wish they would take off the dbrand skins after they've done the sponsored bit. It's meant to be a first impressions show, but how are you meant to give first impressions on the device appearance when it's covered by a third-party skin?

[@alpha2727]

Does it work better when you use swipe buttons instead of the android gesture thingy? For me the gestures generally don't really work, so I use swipe buttons.

[@AndroidDigest]

90% of the things he complains about in the video, they are user error. He literally complained about bing being a search engine, it can be changed, he swiped down, and it says "swipe down to search" but he's complaining about it searching.

[@eric-.]

One of the biggest times I felt super ripped off was a couple of weeks ago when I ordered a D brand skin and case for my new S21. The skin is like half a percent better than what I could have gotten from Wish for 99 cents. The case is about 2% better than the onn case I got from Walmart for $6. I basically paid $40 for junk that's about 2.5% better than what I could have paid $7-$8 for. Let's see if this comment gets deleted like my other 3 comments on Dbrand in the past week.

[@2oux]

Surace moment; we're too minimal for the extra letter.

[@dashcamcalifornia5003]

Riley: I'll just wait for the review before I buy it Also Riley: well I'm going to review this thing so I can buy it

[@G.Padilla]

"Wow, the confidence." That's not confidence, that's brand's pride, Surface's brand needs to be heavy overpriced for what they're giving you, regardless if it is good or not. They'll also make commercials about having better starting prices than the competition, regardless if their entry level is a gen old i3 with a lot less performance than said competition at starting price. Just look at them releasing Tiger Lake and Snapdragon 888 options at the end of their lifespan before new chips come, as if they couldn't just wait a few weeks, use a new processor and extend their appeal? It's like they weren't working with Intel to make Alder Lake a thing, or like they didn't have confidence in their job there. But it's definitely true they don't care about the product's appeal from a specs standpoint.

[@W0Rd0n32sTre3T]

? A lot of phones come out around this time every year and no one ever gave them shit for using the latest snapdragon and not waiting for the next one to come out LOL

[@willofthewind]

I bought a surface laptop 1 before I knew anything about computers. Now that I'm a computer hobbyist, the i5-7200U and 8gb ram appall me for the price of the thing... somewhere in the realm of $1200 if I recall. The integrated graphics struggle to run even some webpage 3d, and the *dual core* CPU is very weak. Not to mention that it's so poorly cooled it can't even sustain 70% load without throttling down. It's a well-built machine in terms of feel, weight, and portability, but it just isn't worth paying that much for such terrible specs.

[@G.Padilla]

​@@W0Rd0n32sTre3T Flagships normally release close to the processor release, plus the whole Surface line this time has been delayed by a lot, and again consider they were the first in line testing Alder Lake. Releasing now just seems lazy to me, all things considered, like they were working on these as a side project with no worth and were obliged to release them now before the next chips dropped because they never even thought of going for them. I was also pointing how they like to market "Pro/premium" devices with entry level specs. This may have one of the best processors right now... for a few days... but the price is comparable to actual foldable phones with better specs and higher production costs justifying their price, while this does not. The competition at the same price points is almost always better, and by a lot in some cases, that's lazy to me, topping it off with now releasing products a year late to the party before new ones arrive.

[@W0Rd0n32sTre3T]

@@G.Padilla companies put out premium phones throughout the year, no one complains when Samsung releases the latest Note (normally comes around this time) or Fold and said samsung should have waited for the new gen snapdragon. Duo's got issues but processor isn't one of them lol

[@G.Padilla]

@@W0Rd0n32sTre3T I'm calling it lazy, along with the whole Surface line, processor here is perfectly fine compared to 2.5k Surface Studio giving you the low end i7 mobile while say the Galaxy Book gives you the high end i7 at even less than the Surface's Studio starting price, with the full upgrades to memory and storage and much better tech EMR S-pen included in the price, but phone still falls within the Surface's overpricing and lazy speccing all around. As for Samsung's example, ignoring Note had its own niche, top of the line quality overall, S-pen included, definitely not needing to appeal an audience unlike this one, and it's now (probably) sadly dead, say Galaxy Tab S8 should've released around August with a SD888, but Samsung pushed it to early next year for a SD898 or hopefully a Radeon Exynos so, it can be done, and it is being done, yet Microsoft chooses not to compete regardless of how many heads up they get from the competition while they're late to the party, not even in price nor specs within the same generation.

[@numbersneverlie7858]

Instructions not clear: inhaled a 10 gallon tank of helium and now I am hospitalized.

[@SeralyneYT]

Glad to see dbrand taking over where Fractal Design left off years ago

[@bananaman420]

Hey! Linus should try this phone now that it's software had some time to mature. Using a custom launcher made me feel like I was discovering smart phones for the first time again, and the "dual monitor" aspect makes tasks like going through a *forget password* feel like a breeze. It's also reinvigorated my love for emulating games (gba lol). I'm waiting on the pen case (super rare now) and I'll finally have a full successor to my old note 9 (which I know Linus loved!). P.S biggest drawback is no headphone jack 😭

[@jkingsize71]

Wow! It really shows that you don't know how to use this device! It is so much more than you give it credit for. You have influenced all these people that the Duo 2 is junk by showing how to use it incorrectly.

[@tafb94force29]

I don't know but MKBHD said that this phone is trash again for the second year.

[@Feligresa]

Were they like "Let's make a phone, but it's a Nintendo DS"?

[@jseen9568]

I like how everyone that reviewed the first one was like "wow this could be a great business device, but not a good phone". Now it's, "wow They really didn't fix anything a year later."

[@penultimatename6677]

Yes, if you believe this sabotaged review. Most things were fixed. It's a great phone. For sure with room still to grow.

[@AlexSinclair]

Sometimes I think these videos are more fun when the product is frustrating instead of just hearing how cool and out of stock it is.

[@mxbblife_mu]

The phone is Great you can do Way more than a Boring ass iPhone which only has a Good camera and nothing more. The software is 100% fine to me... It's like Microsoft only gave the reviewers pre release software but the customers got better ones LOL

[@kelpsie]

0:36 - "I don't have to wait for the reviews; I AM THE REVIEWS."

[@genial24]

I want to see how a 3ds emulator runs with 2 screens in this

[@Frank72364]

Ewww… emulators. 3DS costs nothing thesedays. Just buy one of those.

[@sfwreaths1]

@@Frank72364 no

[@Frank72364]

@@sfwreaths1 I swear LMG has dumbest audience there is. After Elon Musk amd his audience ofc. But LMG audience is mostly same guys who follow that idiot as well. People who think Elon Musk and dbrand are ”savage”.

[@SamGarfield1]

It’s legitimately one of the best use cases for this device. Not at $1500, but in a few months when they’re $400 it’s pretty compelling. I have a video running ds emulators on the Duo 1 on my channel.

[@ratcomuk]

@@SamGarfield1 looks great! will have to try that out myself

[@taylorrkenneth]

"Starting up... the shield." at 6:20 ... was that a Phantom Menace reference?

[@HokageSama13]

Sorry. Linus’ voice is still higher than helium voice Riley. Truth hurts

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

that way riley shouted "ITS FINE" is very telling. If this was on his credit card, it'd be returned to the store later that day

[@Crlarl]

6:57 It would be closer to 7:5, not 13:9. It's precisely 473:336 but you can approximate it just fine as 24:17.

[@36363ace]

Nice maffs

[@Crlarl]

@@36363ace Thanks

[@Silverj2k7]

The battery size for this seems absolutely tiny, I would have expected something like 8k+ for a 'dull-phone' form factor. :/

[@BlakesView]

As someone who has used a Surface Duo for the last year it absolutely blows my mind how bad people are with the gestures. 1 year later and people using this product still do not know how to use the gestures on the phone. I don't understand. Also, you compared a business device to a device that specializes in media.

[@SamGarfield1]

If you’ve been using a phone for one year and still can’t figure out the gestures, the problem is not with you.

[@BlakesView]

@@SamGarfield1 you do not swipe from the bottom of the screen to use the device. If someone can't figure that out in a year that is horrifying.

[@ratcomuk]

I must admit being a new duo 2 user I amazed how many bad reviews there are out in youtube.... I think the problem here is people open it up and dont change any of the touch settings or take time to look up which areas of the screen you should be swiping from. Take the youtube demo he shown... dark narrow video with portrait style.... if he had opened the phone in landscape mode and shown something colourful it would of been a wow factor. Everyone who has seen my phone has been wowed by that simple demo. Still I guess if people dont invest a little time getting to know how a new style of device works that what you get...

[@BlakesView]

@@ratcomuk I am definitely surprised at the lack of education on the usage of a new form factor. Everyone tries to use it like an iPhone.

[@zacharysnow91]

I am not one to normally comment on a video but here we go. I am a chemist and just would like to say that helium does not stay in the atmosphere it escapes into space. That is why there is a finite amount of helium on the planet and their could be a shortage. This is actually kind of scary because a lot of scientific instruments use helium including medical instruments such as MRIs.

[@ALegitimateYoutuber]

am i the only one that really likes this two screen set up? because to me it's like have two monitors, which i find super useful. I feel like this is something you treat more like a two monitor computer. instead of treat like a phone.

[@piggypooo]

Love to have discord on one screen to coordinate guild activities while the game open on the other screen . At this point I'm using a tablet and phone. Tedious

[@confusinggameplays1687]

You guys forgot that you can connect the Microsoft Duo to a Screen and it'll give you like a Samsung DEX like environment.

[@HandleName_CB]

How could you said they are the same problems when marcohard tried so hard to add new problems to their products.

[@shutterphillic6577]

Legend has it, every stuff ever launched was first pre ordered by Jono and then rest of the planet...Jono the pre-orderer!

[@adrammelech6323]

The universe didn't exist until Jono pre-ordered it. You can make a religion out of this. Jonoism.

[@mrbean15000]

Jono's a VGHS fan!

[@Char1ieC]

If you close your eyes, Riley on helium is basically Linus

[@LounisG]

damn, the robots at dbrand are getting better at these, cannot wait for their future ones hopefully its linus hosting them.

[@galgrunfeld9954]

Petition for a show of Jono just pre-ordering stuff. Not using them. Just pre-ordering them.

[@_RKev]

dbrand really out here testing the patience of LTT staff with how much bullshit they can get through

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

It is still stereo sound, Riley. One speaker is on the left, one on the right. Stereo sound. Dont know why he's complaining about that.........My S9 has a back firing speaker and an amplified ear piece speaker, so the right side sounds like it's behind the phone. Witch design is worse? The Duo 2 probably has better stereo sound because there's no speakers on the back of the device. Just saying.

[@rawr4444]

Riley has such a Chaotic Good energy. Absolutely amazing! cHaOtIc gOoD

[@tyrealest]

Jono ending the video early was hilarious

[@Terrobility]

My favourite early ending is the Dennis Intel home tech upgrade. Linus says "maybe I should give the home upgrade to someone who deserves it" and outro starts rolling

[@penultimatename6677]

The Surface Duo 2 is a fantastic phone. For sure nothing is perfect but this is a dumb review. Movements and other actions are accentuated to fail. Same can be done with any phone. Even when he likes a feature he finds a reason to criticize. You owe this phone a fair review. For those that don't like and want to see any Microsoft phone to fail will confirm their biases from this video. I understand some of it is supposed to be humor but it will not be seen that way. The Duo is a great phone. FYI - there is a Microsoft launcher but there is only one flavor of Android. There is not a Microsoft version of Android. Which means the intention was to make the phone look bad or he has zero understanding of Android. The Android and Duo phone users know this demo is denigrating Android and Microsoft on purpose. A fair review can show issues with the phone. Nothing is perfect and for sure this phone has its issues. But overall it is a great phone and can proudly stand beside any Android or iPhone.

[@jonnathan780]

You worked on the team making this phone didnt you 🤨

[@penultimatename6677]

Haha, I wish I did but no.

[@tafb94force29]

I don't know but MKBHD said that this phone is trash again for the second year.

[@penultimatename6677]

@@tafb94force29 its not true. That is the point. The review unfairly trashed the phone. Is it perfect? Of course not but most of the issues have been fixed. I would be lying if I said there were no frustrations but that can be true for any phone. Even if this was the only flawed phone it is still equal to the others. Microsoft did not say, who cares and threw out junk. This is a great phone.

[@rush2489]

So the touch input problem... I am fairly sure the touch screen is only polling for input at below 60hz...... or the service that polls for touch input hitches often.... I returned my duo 2 for this exact reason.... that and the battery needs to be 2x bigger.

[@raytsang250]

Is this so-called reviewer even TRYING to give a fair and comprehensive review?

[@ScorgeRudess]

8:18 really dont you see that they are doing it because its supoosed to be typed onehanded?

[@jacobsmith3010]

The UI shouldn't look this cheap on a phone selling for over AUD2000

[@_Sigfried_]

The timing in the editing made the video just that little bit more hilarious than usual.

[@michaelwilson9557]

Android users, swipe up from the app drawer like he does in the video. Does that take you to the home screen? I can't find an android 11 device where it does. Why is it Microsoft's fault that the reviewer doesn't know how Android works? Seems like he's just making things up.

[@Terrobility]

If you use gesture based navigation (instead of the dedicated buttons: back, home, app drawer), swiping up from the bottom will take you to the home screen. Maybe he didn't swipe from low enough. Idk

[@michaelwilson9557]

@@Terrobility honestly I don't know anyone who isn't using gesture based navigation, I forgot the other mode was even there. On stock android 11 the gesture doesn't work, but it does in 12. Microsoft clearly said the device is running 11. Does this reviewer have any other Android 11 phones where he swipes up from the app drawer and then complains it doesn't work?

[@computingwithcoffee3907]

I believe the double tap to wake feature only works if the device is on . I don't believe that double tapping can have the same function as holding in the power button . I'm sorry but I'm laughing so much it's very funny watching you make up new smartphone standards 🤣🤣