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It’s now easy enough to find a laptop with a spiffy, super-vibrant OLED screen. But two OLED screens at once? That’s the stuff of science fiction — and, well, Lenovo’s weird Yoga Book 9i. But if you’re looking for a more conventional laptop design with a keyboard that just happens to go double-barrel on the screens, then GPD’s Duo is just that.
And right now, you can place an order for the GPD Duo on Indiegogo, with a starting price tag of $1,275. (GPD is a Chinese hardware company that’s best known for its handheld gaming gadgets, but it’s been branching out into standard laptops over the last few years.)
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The Duo is actually GPD’s biggest device yet, with dual 13.3-inch OLED touchscreen panels running at 2880×1800 resolution each. Those screens can fold in on each other to show only one interior display (like a standard laptop), one interior and one exterior (good for presentations, I suppose), or flip up to show both screens at once in a stacked array. (I hope the dual hinge is sturdy, but you can also back it up with a fold-out kickstand in its stacked configuration.)
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Inside the laptop is a familiar set of full-power specs, including an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage on the base model. The top-end version ($1,867) has a newer Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and an impressive 64GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.
As you might expect, this thing isn’t exactly super portable thanks to those double screens and its beefy main body to support them. But it does offer a lot of ports: dual USB-C, dual USB-A, full-sized HDMI, Ethernet, an SD card slot, and even an OCuLink port for the sold-separately GPD G1 external graphics card.
This thing has the capacity to be a productivity monster with the right setup. Just make sure to lift with your legs — it’s 4.8 pounds (2.2 kilograms), which isn’t bad considering all that hardware. An 80-watt-hour battery powers it all, with 100-watt charging to get you back up to full in a jiffy. GPD claims 14 hours of battery life.
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If you feel like upgrading, the dual M.2 slots can support up to 16TB of total storage. And it’s not even limited to enhancing its own hardware. That second screen can operate as an independent portable monitor with USB-C Alt Mode, so you can plug in another device and watch it on top of your laptop if you want. (GPD says it’s compatible with the Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and PS5, but consoles might need an adapter.)
It’s a super-cool design, to be sure, and GPD says that early birds will get their laptops in November. Normally we hesitate to suggest any kind of crowdfunding, but GPD has a very solid track record of delivering its devices on time. (I’ve personally bought a GPD XD myself and was pretty pleased.) Whether or not that extra screen will actually enhance your laptop experience? Well, I won’t speculate on that… and I won’t lay down four figures on it before reading reviews, either.
Further reading: The good, bad, and ugly of OLED laptops
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he’s the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop “battlestation” in his off hours. Michael’s previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he’s covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he’s always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.
