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The Microsoft Surface Duo is a dual-screen Android-powered smartphone/mobile device that sold for $1400 when it launched last fall, despite having somewhat dated specs including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor. But now Microsoft is selling the Surface Duo with 128GB of storage for $650 (or you can pay an extra $50 for a 256GB model).
Meanwhile, if you missed out on picking up a tablet during Prime Day, there are still some almost-as-good deals to be found. Among other deals, you can snag a refurbished Amazon Fire HD 8 for $50 or a Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4″ for $180.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Tablets, smartphones & eReaders
- Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4″ w/Snapdragon 662/3GB/32GB for $180 – Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 10.4″ w/Exynos 9611/4GB/64GB for $280 – Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 w/SD865+/6GB/128GB for $530 – Microsoft Store (via eBay)
- Refurb Amazon Fire HD 8 for $50 and up – Amazon
- Microsoft Surface Go 2 tablet + Type Cover bundle for $550 and up – Microsoft Store
- Microsoft Surface Duo dual-screen phone for $650 and up – Microsoft Store
- Kobo Clara HD 6″ eReader w/ComfortLight Pro for $95 – Kobo
Laptops
- Lenovo Chromebook 11.6″ w/Celeron N4020/4GB/32GB for $149 – Walmart
- Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 11.6″ convertible w/Celeron N4020/4GB/32GB for $199 – Walmart
- Samsung Galaxy Book S 13.3″ Win10 laptop w/Snapdragon 8cx/8GB/256GB Verizon 4G LTE for $740 – Microsoft Store (via eBay)
Wireless earbuds
- Klipsch T5 II true wireless earbuds for $79 – Walmart
- JLab Epic Air true wireless noise-cancelling earbuds for $70 – Amazon
- JBL Tune 225TWS true wireless earbuds for $39 – meh
- JLab Audio Go Air true wireless earbuds for $15 – Microsoft Store (via eBay)
Media Streamers
- TiVo Stream 4K with Android TV for $29 – Amazon
- Roku Express 4K+ HDR media streamer for $30 – Walmart
- Anker Nebula Soundbar Fire TV Edition w/2.1 channel audio, 4K HDR video out for $144 – Amazon
- Apple TV 4K w/32GB for $99 – Walmart
Smart speakers & displays
- Refurb Amazon Echo Dot (4th-gen) for $30 – Amazon
- Refurb Amazon Echo Show 5 for $50 – Amazon
- Amazon Echo Show 8 (1st-gen) for $80 – Amazon
- Google Nest Hub smart display (2nd-gen) + Nest Mini smart speaker (2nd-gen) for $89 – Google (via eBay)
Downloads & Streaming
- Adobe Photoshop elements & Premiere Elements 2021 for $80 – Newegg (coupon: 63FANTECH538)
- Save up to 80-percent on select Kindle eBooks – Amazon
Other
Interesting how the Surface phone runs Android instead of a Microsoft OS like Windows Phone. I guess this means Metro Tiles are finally dead.
It’s because Microsoft doesn’t have a viable smartphone operating system, and they’ve given up wasting money trying to make it happen.
What I do not get is that Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world but they did not write apps for their own phone OS to make it viable.
The real deal of the day is buying awesome Pokemon cards at Pokeflip at a cheap price: https://pokeflip.com/
Thats a good price for the Surface Duo. That’s certainly in line with the value that I would put on that phone.
It’s a Shame that Microsoft isn’t offering the same value on their Canadian store. It’s only on sale for $940 CAD, which is around $770 USD. Still a good sale, but not cheap enough for me to commit to not having access to 5G for the next 2 years.
Hopefully this pricing is a sign of better value to come in future versions?
Likewise on the UK store. Currently £250 off for a final price of £1150. That’s 1600 USD. That’s way too much but if it were as discounted as it is on the US store I’d consider it.
I want to avoid saying “it should have Windows, not Android”, because Android really was the right operating system for it as a smartphone.
However, if it did have Windows, I would definitely fork over $650 USD for it to use as an offline/wifi device.