Last year, Microsoft finally launched its first dual-screen device, dubbed Microsoft Surface Duo and is now available for purchase in the United States and Europe. The device received mix reviews but the company is on its way to launch its successor.

As per the latest report, Microsoft is working on the Surface Duo 2 and it is revealed that it will come with support for 5G connectivity as well as improved camera performance. It appears that the product is codenamed “Zeta.”

The report also suggests that the upcoming Surface Duo 2’s camera will use machine learning and artificial intelligence to offer new camera experience that will significantly improve image processing.

The Microsoft Surface Duo, even though launched in 2020, comes powered by the older Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset. So, for the upcoming device, we expect the company to adopt the latest chipset and offer top-of-the-line features.

While information about the next-generation Surface Duo is surfacing online, it remains to be seen when the company is planning to launch the device. Given that the current model is rolling out to more regions now, it seems unlikely that Microsoft is planning to launch the second-generation device this year.

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Meizu, which recently launched its flagship Meizu 17th smartphone in its home country China. The company has worked on some interesting smartphone designs and now a smartphone with dual display setup has been leaked online.

The leaked image shows that the phone has a secondary screen on the back panel. It also shows that the device is powered by the Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset and features a single rear camera sensor.

While nothing much is known about this smartphone, the report claims that the device in question could have been named Meizu Pro X. Given the smartphone’s design and the chipset used, it seems that the company was working on it around 2006 but the device never made it commercially.

However, the company did come up with a dual-screen smartphone when it finally launched Meizu Pro7 and Pro7 Plus. The smartphones come with a small 1.9-inch AMOLED screen on the top-left corner on the phone’s back.

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The company’s latest flagship smartphones — the Meizu 17 series went official earlier this month and a couple of weeks back, the phones were up for sale in China for the first time and got sold out in under a minute.

Meizu 17 has a starting price of 3,699 Yuan which is about $522 whereas the Meizu 17 Pro begins at 4,299 Yuan which roughly converts to $607. The Meizu 17 comes in Mint, Black, and White colors while the Pro model is offered in Green, Gray, and Aurora White colors.

Recently, Meizu joined the P2P File Transfer Alliance along with OenPlus, Realme, and Black Shark. The alliance, which already has Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo as members, enables cross-device file transfer protocol at high-speed without the need for third-party apps.

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A number of Hisense phones have been certified by TENAA in the past couple of months but the electronics manufacturer hasn’t announced any new phone yet. That changes on October 23 as Hisense is set to announce two new devices – the Hisense A5 and the Hisense A6L.

Hisense A5

The Hisense A5 is not like a lot of the other phones out there. It has been reported that the phone will have an e-ink display and not an IPS or OLED display. Just a single e-ink display with an aspect ratio unlike that of other e-ink readers. The poster says it is a new type of e-ink display for the mobile industry.

The image shows the Hisense A5 has a single rear camera on the back. The photo seems to match that of the Hisense HLTE202N that was certified by TENAA last week.

The TENAA listing reveals the display is 5.84-inches in size with a 1440 x 720 resolution. The phone has a 1.8GHz octa-core processor and up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The rear camera is a 13MP sensor and there is a 5MP camera in front. There is also a 3900mAh battery under the hood and Android 9 Pie pre-installed.

Hisense A6L

The Hisense A6L is a successor to the dual-screen Hisense A6 that was announced last year. There are no details about the device but the image shows that there are two cameras above the e-ink display on the back of the phone, unlike its predecessor which has just one rear camera.

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There are a number of dual screen phones in the market all with varying designs. There is the ZTE‘s Axon M, there is Samsung‘s W series, the YotaPhone series, and there is the Meizu Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus. Nubia might be joining this list based on these photos that just leaked.

Photos of a phone with a display on each side have been seen on Weibo. They were uploaded on Weibo by Chinese leaker “@Kumamoto Technology” and he said they are of a Nubia phone.

On one side of the phone is a large display with thin bezels all around which is definitely the main screen. On the back is a smaller display with an 18:9 aspect ratio too but with thick bezels on all sides. The bezel above the second display is home to dual rear cameras a LED flash and some sensors.

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There are buttons on both sides of the phone but we can’t make out a fingerprint scanner. There are also no details about the specs of the device. Nevertheless, we believe this is probably a prototype device and we don’t have sufficient information to confirm if this will make it to the market or not.

To remind you, Nubia did release something really exciting at IFA this year — the Nubia Alpha concept smartphone. So, we know they aren’t afraid to play around with the design.

Update: More photos of Nubia’s dual screen phone have been posted on the web and the source has revealed that this is the Nubia Z18s that first surfaced about three months ago. Although the first image and these live photos differ in the position of the LED flash.

These photos are clearer and they show that the Nubia Z18s has curved edges on the back, the signature red accent around the rear cameras and is a fingerprint magnet. One of the photos even shows the clock screensaver we saw on the poster that leaked back then.

We still can’t say if Nubia is going to release this to the public or it has canceled it already.

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Samsung is working on testing a prototype phone with dual displays, and according to industry sources production will begin soon. Both OLED screens will be connected in the middle by a hinge and will open and close like a clam-shell phone.

This device is quite different from the Galaxy X which is expected to use a single flexible OLED screen that can be folded in half. Samsung is reported to have placed orders for components to make about 2000 to 3000 units for the dual-screen phone in H1 2017.

This dual screen phone is probably a preliminary phase for the Galaxy X. And data gotten from the tests will be used to develop its foldable phone which Samsung plans to release in limited quantities in H2 2017. Since both the dual screen phone and the Galaxy X will be manufactured in limited quantities, they will only be available to a select few.

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Samsung has come a long way with its flexible displays. The Galaxy Round was the first smartphone to feature a curved display. It was released in October 2013, a month ahead of LG’s G Flex which also featured a curved display and a self-healing back. But while Samsung has continued with releasing phones with curved displays, LG stopped after the G Flex 2.

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