While smartphone makers flocked to the Snapdragon Summit to uncover phones with the caller flagship chipsets, Microsoft picked a spot from earlier this year, the Snapdragon X2 Plus, to powerfulness 2 caller Surface devices.
Starting with the Microsoft Surface Pro 12” (2nd edition), this is simply a highly portable 12” Windows connected ARM tablet with a 2,196 x 1,464px (3:2) PixelSense LCD and 90Hz refresh rate. Besides regular interaction input, it besides supports the optional Surface Slim Pen (which tin observe 4,096 levels of pressure).
The Surface Pro 12” supports interaction and stylus input
Microsoft besides introduced Ink Canvas, an AI-powered, pen-first app for sketching, readying and designing. While the emblematic AI use-case is to make images from text, Ink Canvas goes the different mode – it turns your sketch into text.
Microsoft Ink Canvas
Naturally, the Surface Pro 12” supports a keyboard cover, but, similar the stylus, it is sold separately.
The tablet is powered by a passively cooled Snapdragon X2 Plus with a 6-core CPU and an 80 TOPS NPU for on-device AI. The tablet tin beryllium configured with 16GB oregon 24GB of RAM and 256GB oregon 512GB of retention (UFS).
Microsoft says that compared to the erstwhile Surface Pro 12” (which utilized the archetypal Snapdragon X Plus), the Snapdragon X2 Plus offers 17% faster Office productivity, 18% much businesslike artillery use, 60% faster graphics and a whopping 95% faster section AI inferencing.
Microsoft Surface Pro 12”
The built-in artillery promises up to 15.5 hours of video playback oregon up to 11.5 hours of “active web usage”. It is recharged implicit 1 of the 2 USB-C ports (both USB 3.2) with a charger up to 45W (but you person to get your ain charger). With DisplayPort 1.4a, the tablet tin thrust 2 4K @ 60Hz monitors. For wireless connectivity, determination is Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
The tablet weighs 686g (1.5lbs) and measures 7.8mm (0.3”) thick.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 12” (2nd edition) starts astatine $1,150 – you tin find it connected Microsoft.com. The 16/512GB exemplary is $1,250 and the 24/512GB exemplary is $1,450. There are 3 colour options: Platinum, Black and Violet.
Microsoft Surface Pro 12” in: Platinum • Black • Violet
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 13” (2nd edition) features an aluminum assemblage with a color-matched keyboard and a next-gen haptic feedback trackpad.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 13” in: Violet • Platinum • Black
The somewhat larger 13” show is simply a PixelSense LCD with 1,920 x 1,280px (3:2) and 60Hz refresh complaint and interaction support. The show has 500 nits max brightness and is protected by strengthened glass. Like the Surface Pro, determination is simply a 1080p Surface Studio Camera connected the show (the tablet besides has a 10MP rear-facing camera).
The laptop is besides passively cooled, i.e. it doesn’t person a instrumentality blowing implicit the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip. There are plentifulness of configurations disposable ranging from 16/256GB for $1,200 to 24/512GB for $1,500.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 13” (2nd edition)
The laptop weighs 1,225g (2.96lbs) and measures 17.5mm (0.69”) erstwhile closed. It houses a larger artillery that promises up to 22.5 hours of video playback.
For connectivity, determination are 2 USB-C (USB 3.2) ports, 1 USB-A (also USB 3.2) and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Charging is done utilizing the supplied 45W USB-C adapter.
Microsoft besides unveiled a caller Surface Mouse for $80. It volition beryllium disposable successful Black and Platinum successful prime markets from October 13. The rodent has haptic feedback, which registers on-screen events similar a model snapping into place.
Microsoft Surface Mouse
The rodent has been redesigned for ambidextrous usage (so it’s suitable for left- and right-handed radical alike) and features a customizable enactment fastener for Copilot. The Surface Mouse uses Bluetooth 6.0 and tin beryllium paired with aggregate devices.
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