It's been half a decade since Microsoft launched its dual-screen Surface Duo smartphone. It was supposed to be the company's ...

Surface Neo and Duo hands-on: Our dual-screen future We fully expected Microsoft to show off a dual-screen Surface today -- what we didn't expect was the company's return to smartphones in a bold ...

Or perhaps it was when the company gave up on the intriguing dual-screen Surface Neo, following the underwhleming launch of the Surface Duo (effectively killing the Courier concept twice).

Last week Microsoft announced the Surface Duo and the Surface Neo that will be released in 2020. They both feature a clamshell hinged screen that fold open and give you more ample real estate ...

This was the case with the Surface RT/Pro with Windows RT/8, the Surface Book with Windows 10, the Surface Neo with Windows 10X, and the Surface Laptop Studio with Windows 11.

But the Surface Duo has completely consumed me as a replacement for a tablet. And my Kindle. And now I want the Surface Neo to become a real thing again.

The Surface Duo is Microsoft's first Android phone, and it looks like a shrunken-down version of the Neo. It has similar hinges, allowing you to use it in various configurations.

Windows 10X on the Surface Duo gives us a glimpse of what the Surface Neo could have been.

Microsoft’s computers used to be about finding new ways to use Windows, but the AI boom and some mediocre updates have left Surface hardware on its back foot.