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The Surface Duo is dead — Microsoft pulls plug on $1,500 Surface Duo 2 after just one Android OS upgrade
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I bought one and I loved it. The only reason I stopped using it is because I dropped it at just the wrong angle, and it would have cost $750 to get it fixed by Microsoft, and no local repair shop would touch it. I didn't have the tools to fix it myself either, so I was forced to replace it. I was eventually able to fix it most of the way, but fucked up some parts on the process, so I just use it as a tablet type device now.
If they were going to continue supporting it, I would have coughed up to have it repaired, and if they had made a Surface Duo 3, I would have bought it in a heartbeat. It was so disappointing to see them drop this device line so quickly.