The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a mediocre 13 inch portable monitor with a 1080p IPS screen. Like most portable monitors, it's designed for extra productivity when you're on the go. It has a unique design, with a case that mounts on the back of your laptop and slides out, so you can keep the display mounted on your laptop, and it's always ready to go. Unfortunately, like most portable monitors, it delivers a sub-par gaming experience, with a terrible response time and no gaming features. It's also not a good choice for anyone who requires accurate colors, as it has a narrow color gamut even in SDR, so colors can appear dull and muted with some content.
Our Verdict
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a mediocre monitor overall. It's best-suited for extra productivity when working on the go, like in a coffee shop, as it gives you a bit more screen real estate to work with. It's a sub-par gaming monitor with a terrible response time and no gaming features. It's mediocre for watching movies or media creation, and it has a limited color gamut, even in SDR, so colors can appear muted.
- Excellent text clarity.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Terrible response time.
- Low contrast.
- Not very bright.
- Text clarity changes depending on which side of the screen it's mounted on.
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is an okay office monitor. The small size isn't great for a main display, but it's useful for a bit of extra screen space to work when you're on the go, and the high pixel density delivers excellent text clarity. It has excellent gray uniformity and great gradient handling. It has good reflection handling, but low peak brightness, so glare can be an issue in a bright room. Unfortunately, it might be disappointing if your work requires accurate colors, as it has a very limited color space, even in SDR.
- Excellent text clarity.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Colors appear dull and muted.
- Low contrast.
- Not very bright.
- Text clarity changes depending on which side of the screen it's mounted on.
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a sub-par gaming monitor. It has low input lag, so your actions are in sync with the action on-screen, which is great. Unfortunately, it has a terrible response time, so fast-moving objects have a very long blur trail behind them. It's also limited to a 60Hz refresh rate, and it doesn't support any advanced gaming features like a variable refresh rate.
- Low input lag.
- Terrible response time.
- Low contrast.
- Limited 60Hz refresh rate and no VRR.
- Not very bright.
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a mediocre monitor for watching videos. It has low input lag, good reflection handling, and excellent gray uniformity, as well as okay viewing angles. Unfortunately, it has low contrast, so it's not a great choice for dark-room viewing, but it also isn't very bright, so clarity in a bright room can also be an issue.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Great gradient handling.
- Colors appear dull and muted.
- Low contrast.
- Not very bright.
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a mediocre monitor for media creators. The compact size and high pixel density can be useful for a bit of extra screen space when you're on the go, and it has okay viewing angles. It has excellent gray uniformity and great gradient handling, so you don't have to worry about banding or dirty screen effect. Unfortunately, it has a limited color gamut, even in SDR, and colors can appear muted.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Great gradient handling.
- Colors appear dull and muted.
- Low contrast.
- Mediocre accuracy out of the box.
- Not very bright.
The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus doesn't support HDR.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 13.3 inch Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus, but it's also available in a smaller 12.5 inch size, known as the Mobile Pixels DUEX Lite. There's an older model, known as the DUEX Pro, but it appears to have been discontinued, although it's still available from a few online retailers. We're not quite sure what the difference is between the DUEX Lite and the DUEX Pro. We expect our results to be valid for all three models, but there are a few minor design differences. Mobiles Pixels also makes another line of similar models, known as the Mobile Pixels TRIO. The TRIO models are nearly identical but are design to be used in pairs, for a triple-monitor setup with your laptop.
| Model | Size | Native Resolution | Max Refresh rate | Panel Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUEX Lite | 12.5" | 1080p | 60Hz | IPS |
| DUEX Plus | 13.3" | 1080p | 60Hz | IPS |
| DUEX Pro | 12.5" | 1080p | 60HZ | IPS |
If you come across a different type of panel or your Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, like gray uniformity, may vary between individual units.
We don't know when our unit was manufactured, but you can see the label here.
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The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is a mediocre portable monitor with a unique design. It can help improve productivity when you're on the go, but it's not very good overall.
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The Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus is better than the MSI Optix MAG161V. The Mobile Pixels is more accurate out of the box, has better reflection handling, better contrast, and slightly better viewing angles. The MSI, on the other hand, has a larger screen, and it feels much better built.
The Mobile Pixels TRIO and the Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus are very similar overall. The TRIO has slightly better viewing angles, higher peak brightness, and slightly better reflection handling, so it's more capable of overcoming glare in a bright room. On the other hand, the DUEX Plus has much lower input lag. The biggest difference between them is in the design, as the DUEX is designed to be used as a single additional monitor, whereas the TRIO is designed to be used either as a single additional monitor or as a pair of additional monitors.
The Lepow Z1 is slightly better than the Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus, but the difference is extremely minor. The Lepow supports HDR, but there's practically no benefit to using HDR, as it can't get very bright in HDR, it has low contrast, and it can't display a wide color gamut. The Lepow also has better gradient handling and a slightly larger screen.
The ASUS ZenScreen Go MB16AHP is better than the Mobile Pixels DUEX Plus. The ASUS has a much faster response time, higher peak brightness, a larger screen, and slightly better viewing angles. The Mobile Pixels has better reflection handling and slightly better black uniformity, but this can vary between individual units.
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