Take the saving with a pinch of salt, since the current price, £679, is very much what the Surface Duo should have been at launch. And it's something of an insult to only see it at a sensible price almost a year after first availability, with the announcement of the Surface Duo 2 very clearly just around the corner. But hey, if you're in the UK and always fancied a Surface Duo play then here we go - a price that won't break the bank and offers quite a decent dual-screened Android experience.

Here's the current listing, anyway:

Again, somewhat insulting to UK users that this huge price drop comes half a year after similar drops in the USA, but it's best to take it at face value. It's either worth it now or it's not, as-is. In terms of software, the Surface Duo should get its long, long-awaited Android 11 update 'soon' - though you have to wonder, after all this time, if this will stay on Android 10 (with security updates) and the Duo 2 will launch with Android 11, etc. Bringing the Surface Duo to where it should have been all along.

Of course, the Duo 2 will also launch with a silly price (£1400 etc) and then we start the cycle all over again. The Duo 2 has been spotted with triple camera bump, but take those images with a pinch of salt, since they could equally well be of one of the many Surface Duo/Andromeda prototypes that Microsoft was considering.

PS. Other pieces from us on the Surface Duo:

• The Surface Duo gets barrage of fixes plus May 2021 Security
  
• Surface Duo news and much miscellany...
• Surface Duo 'for Business' launched in many new markets
  
• The Surface Duo officially headed to Europe (and the UK)
  
• Rounding up the Surface Duo
• Surface Duo: kiosks, unboxings and parallels
  
• A video verdict on the Surface Duo from a parallel universe?
• Surface Duo (Surface Phone) finally launches, full-on enterprise focus
• Surface Duo specifications underwhelm?
• Microsoft's Surface refreshes, plus the Surface Neo and Surface Duo (phone)!