
And the steps outlined above don't seem too difficult just time-consuming. While we would have preferred a straight-up unlocked device with this deal, we can't complain, given this new low price for the Surface Duo.

The easiest way to do this is to submit an unlock request on their site at and then wait a week for it to fail and give you a case #. Redditor HighWingy provided this guidance, which should result in fully unlocking your Surface Duo for use on other carriers: However, from this Reddit thread, we discovered it could be unlocked via AT&T (or, more likely, Microsoft) with a bit of work. The final hurdle to this deal, but still surmountable, is that this Surface Duo comes locked to the AT&T network. We must also consider that unlike most new smartphones launching these days, the Surface Duo doesn't support 5G (which was a curious omission even when it launched last year). You'll get a smallish 3,577 mAh battery to handle all that screen real estate and just 6GB of onboard RAM. We should mention that this price gets you a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC, dual 5.6-inch AMOLED displays (1800x1350 each) for an effective workspace of 2700x1800 at 8.1 inches.

But it appears that Microsoft still wasn't moving the smartphones fast enough, as Amazon-owned Woot is now selling the smartphones at an even more attractive price point.

How low can it go? In May, we reported that the Surface Duo Android flagship dropped to a low $599 versus its $1,399 launch price.
