If this had been priced £600/£700 in the UK I might have bit but at twice the price? It s a hard no. I just picked up a realme X50 Pro 5G (Snapdragon 865, OLED, 8GB/128GB, NFC, 65W charging etc) for £360. I could get one of these for everyone in our household for the price of a Duo, which is crazy :( That pricing strategy alone would wind me up to the point of refusing, on principle, to buy onto this but, as it happens, I m not interested in premium phones anyway so it s academic. Also, that form factor does not appeal to me, whatever the price.
While Microsoft had already announced that the Surface Duo handset is coming to Europe in early 2021, the company today announced pricing and availability for the UK, France, Germany, and Canada.
What you need to know
We finally have a launch date for Surface Duo s international expansion.
The Surface Duo will launch in the UK, France, Germany, and Canada from February 18th.
It ll still be expensive, priced at £1349 at launch.
After launching last year in the U.S. only, the Surface Duo is finally coming to parts of Europe and Canada (via
The Verge). It ll be launching next week on February 18th, five months after the launch of the Duo launched in in the U.S. It is accompanying a price-drop in the U.S, where the Duo will now cost $999, but it ll be a bit more expensive in Europe, setting users back £1349 and €1549 in the UK and Germany respectively.
KCOM has joined forces with Giacom to create a UK Microsoft provider “powerhouse”.
Hull-based KCOM and Hessle-based cloud services outfit Giacom say their new partnership signals the creation of a Microsoft powerhouse that will let firms across the region access the IT giant’s cloud based products and services more easily than ever before.
This partnership boosts the cloud application engineering capability that KCOM already offers its large enterprise and public sector customers through its national business.
KCOM’s Business Development Managing Director Sean Royce said: “I’m delighted to be partnering with Giacom to deliver Microsoft cloud services to our customers. It’s great to see two successful, local and award-winning businesses come together to create a world-class service for the region.