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Microsoft disclosed plans to re-enter the smartphone business by the 2020 holiday season with a foldable, dual-screen device called the Surface Duo

Microsoft Corp. is returning to the smartphone game and plans a suite of new wireless computing devices, including two with dual screens that fold together like a book.

At a New York media event Wednesday, the company surprised onlookers when it disclosed plans to re-enter the smartphone business by the 2020 holiday season with a foldable, dual-screen device called the Surface Duo.Samsung’s relaunched foldable phone fixes some of the first issues, but now comes with a long list of warnings about handling the phone carefully. WSJ's Joanna Stern retreats to a sealed dome in the woods to review the innovative device.

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